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VHS : Village of the Damned (1960)In association with Amazon.comstarring: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Naismith directed by: Wolf Rilla  List Price: $14.98 Price: $13.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301977852 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6301977858 Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Release Date: April 27, 1995 Running Time: 77 minutes Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Theatrical Release Date: December 07, 1960 Sales Rank: 13618 Related Items: Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This moody little sci-fi classic has it all over the competition when it comes to possessed tykes with telekinetic powers. Midwich's mysteriously hatched brood bores into the subconscious both with their eyes and with their creepy Hitler Youth-like presence. Based on John Wyndham's 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos, and starring George Sanders as the most skeptical of the "miracle" parents, Village gets off to a rousing start when the isolated town of Midwich is cordoned off after some invisible knockout gas descends from above. A few weeks later, every female of childbearing age is pregnant. Much anger and consternation ensue, especially in those families for which the blessed event isn't a blessing. Nine months later: a town full of blue-eyed, golden-haired cherubs with telekinetic and telepathic powers. The kids mature at an alarming rate and travel the streets in packs. Anyone who looks at them sideways meets with a violent accident. Barbara Shelley, Sanders's wife, is scolded by her child; a motorist who is deemed a threat winds up driving into a wall. The film is especially refreshing in these days of computer- generated visual effects. Director Wolf Rilla, working from a script cowritten by Stirling Silliphant, generates unease the old-fashioned way: through clammy atmosphere and character development. The opening sequence, in which the military attempts to figure out the extent of the Midwich epidemic, is especially unsettling. --Glenn Lovell Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Seminal British sci-fi thrillerWolf Rilla's 1960 production of "Village of the Damned" was a cinematic jewel from a bygone era. A combination of a well conceived plot, a professional cast and creative direction was sufficient to evoke fear and terror without the use of special effects and buckets of stage blood. Based on the novel "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham the film depicted a strange phenomenom that befell the English countryside town of Midwich. An inexplicable and undetectable force caused every ... Read More Rating: - Village of the Damned ~ Wolf RillaI was lying and watching tcm one evening and this movie came on. I was skeptical since many horror movies have bad plots, no character development and terrible acting ability. This movie on the other hand had adequate ability in all three categories. This is a very messed up movie regarding the telecenetic powers of a group of blonde/blue eyed children living in England. Thier behavior is unsettling and how they act towards other is truly barbaric. It shows that there is more to being human then ... Read More Rating: - Superb SF classicDon't even think about watching John Carpenter's ill-advised 1995 remake of this brilliant science fiction film. The 1960 original is subtle, tightly scripted, and superbly plotted. In the lead role of Gordon Zellaby, George Sanders is, though a bit stuffy, mostly well cast, as is Barbara Shelley as his wife. She, and every other female of child-bearing age in the small, obscure village of Midwich, England, gives birth to a baby who grows far more quickly than is normal. In addition, ... Read More Rating: - A "Must-Have" for Classic Sci-Fi Fans!!!British science fiction at its absolute best. I agree with another reviewer: there should not have been a remake and I've avoided the remake because this movie is such a great classic. As you've probably gathered from other reviews, a whole group of fast-growing blonde children with extraordinary powers are born in a British village. The children are a little skittish and a bit unforgiving when given milk (as a baby) that's too hot, or when one of the villagers nearly hits one with an automobile. ... Read More Rating: - The Village: Terrific Acting + Gripping Camera WorkBy the time the 50's came to an end, Hollywood had unleashed a legion of threats, monsters,and alien invasions on the earth. These films usually involved direct assaults on cities and terrified populations by lumbering beasts (Godzilla) or flying saucers (WAR OF THE WORLDS). Yet, political events of the mid fifties began to suggest that the next threat to humanity might be more insidious, less obvious. VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED was England's reply to the continuing question to the ending posed by THE THING (1951): ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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