Movie

Children of the Damned

1964 · 90 min

A somber, talky sci-fi chiller that builds quiet dread through eerie children and moral debate, ending on a bleak, tragic note.

Tagline: Beware the eyes that paralyze!!!
Overview: Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, fate, freedom, power
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
fate
freedom
power
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none