Village of the Damned
1995 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
The populace of the Midwest American village of Midwich suddenly all go to sleep at once. After six hours, the people return to normal but not long after that all the women of child-bearing age discover that they are pregnant. The children are all born with pure blonde hair and demonstrate great intelligence. But as they grow up, the children demonstrate the ability to operate as a group mind and be able read thoughts and control the minds of the townspeople. Any that oppose them are mentally driven to kill themselves. Remake from the cult horror "Village of the Damned" (1960), directed by Wolf Rilla.
Direction John Carpenter
Cast Christopher Reeve · Kirstie Alley · Linda Kozlowski · Mark Hamill · Meredith Salenger · Michael Paré · Lindsey Haun · Thomas Dekker · Karen Kahn
Soundtrack John Carpenter · Dave Davies
Screenplay David Himmelstein · John Wyndham
Cinematography Gary B. Kibbe
Original title Village of the Damned
5.8
26K votes (FilmAffinity)
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