Village of the Damned

"What Demonic Force Lurks Behind Those Eyes?"

Dec 7 1960 Approved 1h 17m
Horror, Sci-Fi

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Plot

In the small English village of Midwich everybody and everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of child-bearing is pregnant and 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.

Written by

Stirling Silliphant, Wolf Rilla, Ronald Kinnoch

Directed by

Wolf Rilla

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
19,943
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
77
Popularity
NA