I can't think of a movie that does a better job at grounding a fantastic situation in reality. The low-key, almost documentary-like presentation adds to the effect. I've watched this several times, and each time I'm engrossed in the story.
I rated this a 10, and I think it deserves it. What did you rate this movie? And what do you think of it?
... Justin
I gave it a 7/10, i thought it was going to be bad but luckily it turned out ok. It didn't really scare me much, i just watched it because it was on tv yesterday.
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Although Village of the Damned wasn't particularly thought-provoking--I like a movie with real depth--it was a good adaptation and it was very well directed. I gave it a 7/10.
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... Justin
I'd vote this 9/10.
Many will say this is just a b-movie, but those are the ones I treasure most. (Night of the Demon, Quatermass Goes Dahn the Pit, etc)
I never get bored of this film. I play it often. It is impecably directed and acted. Never gets too cheesy, like some of the period. And brilliant running time.
Recommended.
I play it often, too. You get the feeling that real people are being affected by something fantastic. That's one of the things that makes the story so interesting.
... Justin
It is one of my favorite movies.
However, I really hate movies where the protagonsit kills evil children who are a menace to society.
I believe that all movies should follow the rule that it can never be a good deed to kill one or more children under any imaginable circumstances, let alone the much smaller set of possible circumstances.
Throughout history countless millions of persons have believed that certain groups were evil demons in human form who had to be totally exterminated in order to save the world, and have tried to exterminate all members of those groups, including their children.
I say that all good and decent movie and tv characters must resolve NOT to act to save the world if it means killing even one child, because even if they feel totally certain that killing one or more children is necessary to save the world, they should realize that countless millions of other persons have been equally convinced it was necessary to kill children to save the world and were wrong.
So I guess that I have to give VotD an eight or nine instead of a ten that I might otherwise want to give it.
Well... Psychopath kids are psychopaths and like it or not, they do exist in real life. I don't approve murder, but movies are movies.
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Not thought-provoking? It was way more thought-provoking and a little more original that the usual mad-scientist-creates-another-monster-who-goes-on-a-rampage-and-kills-and-eats-everybody so popular and prevalent in the '50's & '60's era,that's why it stood out for me,as well as being genuinely weird and a bit creepy.
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You'd never know from just that film that George Sanders usually played cynical, acid-tongued cads. He seems born to play kindly old men.
Martin Stephens is excellent as the sinister child. He never made a career out of the movies, but he has at least one other excellent role, in The Innocents, which is based on The Turn of the Screw.
...Justin Glory be, Delbert, you should eat! You're a count, for God's sake!
This is far superior to the Chris Reeves remake. Barbara Shelley is absolutely beautiful, no stunning, in her role. Usually she is the distressed lady always in mortal dander but here she is the loving, but reserved mother to an alien child. She is beautiful and I gave the movie an 8...
shareI wasn't invested in any of the characters and the story was rushed, so I rate it 5/10.
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I would give it an 8/10. The children were all wonderful actors and were some of the most interesting villains I have ever seen in a horror film. I usually find the victims more interesting than the villains, but not in this movie. It was an interesting, suspenseful, and intriguing story and I am glad I watched the film. It was wonderful.
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I gave it a 10/10. I just love this little film. Creepy and quaint in equal doses. The music is good too by Ron Goodwin. He did too few films but when he did the score was always memorable.
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