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Village of the Damned

  • 19951995
  • RR
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
32K
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POPULARITY
5,858
346
Village of the Damned (1995)
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HorrorSci-FiThriller
A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
32K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,858
346
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    • Director
      • John Carpenter
    • Writers
      • John Wyndham(book "The Midwich Cuckoos")
      • Stirling Silliphant(1960 screenplay)
      • Wolf Rilla(1960 screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Christopher Reeve
      • Kirstie Alley
      • Linda Kozlowski
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John Carpenter
    • Writers
      • John Wyndham(book "The Midwich Cuckoos")
      • Stirling Silliphant(1960 screenplay)
      • Wolf Rilla(1960 screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Christopher Reeve
      • Kirstie Alley
      • Linda Kozlowski
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 149User reviews
    • 103Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Village of the Damned (1995)
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    Thomas Dekker, Cody Dorkin, Trishalee Hardy, Lindsey Haun, Jessye Quarry, Adam Robbins, Chelsea DeRidder Simms, Renee Rene Simms, and Danielle Keaton in Village of the Damned (1995)
    Christopher Reeve, Constance Forslund, Karen Kahn, and Linda Kozlowski in Village of the Damned (1995)
    Kirstie Alley in Village of the Damned (1995)
    Christopher Reeve in Village of the Damned (1995)
    Kirstie Alley in Village of the Damned (1995)
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    Meredith Salenger in Village of the Damned (1995)
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    Christopher Reeve
    Christopher Reeve
    • Dr. Alan Chaffee
    Kirstie Alley
    Kirstie Alley
    • Dr. Susan Verner
    Linda Kozlowski
    Linda Kozlowski
    • Jill McGowan
    Michael Paré
    Michael Paré
    • Frank McGowan
    Meredith Salenger
    Meredith Salenger
    • Melanie Roberts
    Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    • Reverend George
    Pippa Pearthree
    Pippa Pearthree
    • Sarah, George's Wife
    Peter Jason
    Peter Jason
    • Ben Blum
    Constance Forslund
    Constance Forslund
    • Callie Blum
    Karen Kahn
    Karen Kahn
    • Barbara Chaffee
    Thomas Dekker
    Thomas Dekker
    • David McGowan
    Lindsey Haun
    Lindsey Haun
    • Mara Chaffee
    Cody Dorkin
    Cody Dorkin
    • Robert
    Trishalee Hardy
    Trishalee Hardy
    • Julie
    Jessye Quarry
    Jessye Quarry
    • Dorothy
    Adam Robbins
    • Issac
    Chelsea DeRidder Simms
    • Matt
    Renee Rene Simms
    • Casey
    • Director
      • John Carpenter
    • Writers
      • John Wyndham(book "The Midwich Cuckoos")
      • Stirling Silliphant(1960 screenplay)
      • Wolf Rilla(1960 screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was the final feature film completed by Christopher Reeve before a horse riding accident on May 27, 1995 which left him paralyzed.
    • Goofs
      Mara's white tights become blue anklets during her first visit to the Midwich Clinic.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: [walks into the barn where the children are] Another man is dead. Why do you hate us so much, Mara?

      Mara Chaffee: It isn't a matter of hate. It is a biological obligation.

      [short pause]

      Mara Chaffee: You are thinking of what happened to the others. Then our actions shouldn't surprise you. We have to survive no matter what the cost; we are the only ones left now.

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: I don't see why we can't reach an understanding. Why can't we just live together?

      Mara Chaffee: If we coexist, we shall dominate you. That is inevitable. Eventually you will try to eliminate us. We are all creatures of the life force. Now it was set us at one another to see who will survive.

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: That's a cruel sport.

      Mara Chaffee: Life is cruelty. We all feed on each other, exploit each other in some way to survive.

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: [shakes his head] I don't agree with you.

      [walks over to where Mara is sitting]

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: I think that adaptation is the key to survival. Cooperation and symbiosis...

      [kneels by Mara's desk]

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: and compassion.

      Mara Chaffee: Why do you think your own survival depends upon emotion from us? Shoul we pity you? Empathize with your plight?

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: [bangs his fist on Mara's desk]

      [shouting]

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: You should feel! You should feel something!

      [stands up]

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: Without feelings, you're nothing. You're just second-rate mimics of a higher organism. That's right, higher organisms. We're your superiors in our capacity to love. Without compassion you're a doomed species.

      Mara Chaffee: Emotion is irrelevant. It is not our nature.

      Dr. Alan Chaffee: [looks back at David] Well, I'm not so sure you're right about that, Mara.

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    User reviews149

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Some women give birth various strange children with supernatural power and extraordinary intelligence
    Acceptable Carpenter's remake with the premise is still interesting enough to watch it , dealing about several strangely emotionless children all born at the same time in a small village in Midwich . The scene is an American village of Midwich in which rare mist overcomes the idyllic coastal location . At the same moment, every single person and animal in town has passed out just as suddenly; some unknown force has put all the inhabitants of Midwich to sleep. Everybody falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the middle of the day. When the army gets involved, they find this force has precise boundaries. A few hours later, this strange force disappears and everyone wakes up. The mystery remains unsolved for weeks, but it has a sequel. Some months later every woman (Linda Kozlowski , Meredith Salenger) capable of child-bearing is pregnant . All Midwich women of childbearing age are unaccountably pregnant. And the glowing-eyed children they have will prove to be worse than what they could have feared. The children that are born out of these pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want to do ; all of them have telephatic powers . They result to be mind-controlling demons or aliens . Meanwhile the doctor (good performance by Christopher Reeve) along with a scientist (Kirstie Alley in a new role who doesn't appear in the former film and doesn't do much sense) attempt to stop their plans of conquest .

    This Sci-Fi thriller contains chills , suspense , intrigue and creepy events about some precocious deadly children and their quest of power . However, it suffers from unimaginative account because being a copy from original film (1960) by Wolf Rilla with more violent and explicit scenes and fails to provide the intelligent atmosphere from previous story . Furthermore , it packs better cinematography by Gary Kibbe who photographs colorful scenarios from the village .Suspenseful and thrilling musical score by the same director John Carpenter .

    Other renditions based on John Wyndham novel titled ¨The Midwich cuckoos¨ and well adapted by Stirling Silliphant are the following : The black and white classic (1960) by Wolf Rilla with George Sanders , Michael G. Wynne and Barbara Shelley and followed by ¨Children of the damned (64)¨ by Anton Leader with Ian Hendry , Alan Badel and Barbara Ferris . Rating : Acceptable and passable , providing pleasant screams for the viewer . Essential and indispensable seeing for John Carpenter followers .
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    • In the beginning of the movie, the character of Christopher Reeves claims to have heard some whispers. From which source were the whispers emanating?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • John Carpenter's Village of the Damned
    • Filming locations
      • 11 Church St, Tomales, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Alphaville Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,418,365
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,222,450
      • Apr 30, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,418,365
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS-Stereo
      • DTS
      • Dolby SR
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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