Village of the Damned

1995
15
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

35K

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Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

35K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Videos3

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Village of the Damned (1995)

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Village Of The Damned: You Ain't Right

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Village Of The Damned: You Ain't Right

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Village Of The Damned: Glowing Eyes

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Storyline

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Trivia
The film was shot in western Marin County, California. Director John Carpenter had a house in Inverness for several years, so the location was essentially his second home at that time (as the director puts it, "his own backyard"). However, the locals were not happy to see the film crew in the area so they made the shoot very difficult by harassment and vandalism. Carpenter tells that while they were filming, for example, a sound take, a neighbor would start mowing his lawn or start up a chainsaw until he was paid to stop. Some of the people even tried to break into the equipment trucks. The whole experience essentially soured Carpenter on living in the area, where several scenes of his earlier film "The Fog (1980)" were also filmed.

Goofs
Baby Mara, has dark brown eyes, older Mara has light blue eyes.

Quotes
Dr. Susan Verner: What can you read that's in my head?
Mara Chaffee: Everything that is active in your mind. However, the path that leads to the speaking process eludes us. Why to you speak some thoughts but not others?
Dr. Susan Verner: Wouldn't it be a noisy world if we all said what we thought?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: French Kiss/My Family/Panther/Village of the Damned/Picture Bride (1995)

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Featured review

oh, its another john carpenter movie

I ve seen all john carpenter's movies and "V.O.T.D" is one of his best COINS (imho) and i really liked it, the story of course is a remake of the same title(1960),and based (lightly) on true events before i review :i have to say that i dont like people remaking movies,most of them are trash,however, this one is definitly exceptional and J.C did a great job remaking/directing this movie the camera work is perfectly executed(shooted) on the other-side of the coin the cast were at their best(C.REEVE,M.hamell....) the death scenes were awesome but needed more which i have no obejections the kids were really cool,and believable in their face expressions

ALL IN ALL :this movie is a real shiny coin in carpenter's collection if you are a big fan of his collection,dont miss it for other genre fans:its an entertaining flick