Village of the Damned (1960)

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Written by John Wyndham, Stirling Silliphant

Directed by Wolf Rilla

Running Time: 80 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1960

Rating: PG Certificate

Filmed in Black and White

A British sci-fi horror classic, this is a superb, chilling and reasonably faithful version of John Wyndham's novel The Midwich Cuckoos. Now, 47 years on, it looks decidedly dated and quaintly old-fashioned, but still remains intensely creepy and tense.

The inhabitants of the English village of Midwich fall unconscious. No-one - including the authorities - can explain the phenomenon. Some months later 12 women in the village give birth to unusual children, all on the same day. The children all have the same very light blond hair and larger than normal heads. Soon it becomes clear that the children can communicate with each other telepathically, are growing at a much faster rate than normal, don't have any conscience or love, and are incredibly cold to others. Not only that, but they seem able to make people do things against their will, accompanied by an odd alien glow in the children's eyes, and some of the villagers have died in unusual circumstances. Are the children to blame?

Highly recommended.

Cast

George SandersGordon Zellaby
Barbara ShelleyAnthea Zellaby
Martin StephensDavid Zellaby
Michael C. GwynneAlan Bernard
Laurence NaismithDoctor Willers
Richard WarnerHarrington
Jenny LairdMrs. Harrington
Sarah LongEvelyn Harrington
Thomas HeathcoteJames Pawle
Charlotte MitchellJanet Pawle
Pamela BuckMilly Hughes
Rosamund GreenwoodMiss Ogle
Susan RichardsMrs. Plumpton
Bernard ArchardVicar
Image for Peter VaughanPeter VaughanP.C. Gobby

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