PG certificateVillage of the Damned is a Film programme that first aired in 1960 and has been classified a PG certificate.

Village of the Damned is a 4 star programme

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Village of the Damned (1960)

Directed by
Wolf Rilla

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.

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Genre: Film

Running Time: 80 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1960

Rating:
4/5 Stars

Classification: PG Certificate

Filmed in Black and White

Cast

George Sanders...Gordon Zellaby
Barbara Shelley...Anthea Zellaby
Martin Stephens...David Zellaby
Michael C. Gwynne...Alan Bernard
Laurence Naismith...Doctor Willers
Richard Warner...Harrington
Jenny Laird...Mrs. Harrington
Sarah Long...Evelyn Harrington
Thomas Heathcote...James Pawle
Charlotte Mitchell...Janet Pawle
Pamela Buck...Milly Hughes
Rosamund Greenwood...Miss Ogle
Susan Richards...Mrs. Plumpton
Bernard Archard...Vicar
Image for Peter VaughanPeter Vaughan...P.C. Gobby