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Name: Village of the Damned
Released: 1995-4-28
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare, Meredith Salenger

Village of the Damned

R
1h 38m
1995

30%

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From the master of suspense, John Carpenter, comes a chilling new version of the sci-fi classic. Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich. After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee (Christopher Reeve) and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner (Kirstie Alley) join forces when the women simultaneously give birth…and the reign of terror begins. In what the New York Times calls "one scarifying trip," the people of Midwich must try to find a way to stop the children in the Village of the Damned.

Director:

John Carpenter

Producer:

Michael Preger, Sandy King

Writer:

David Himmelstein

Cast:

Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare, Meredith Salenger, Mark Hamill, Pippa Pearthree, Peter Jason, Karen Kahn, Thomas Dekker, Lindsey Haun, Cody Dorkin

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

30%

Critics Consensus: With John Carpenter at the helm and an eclectic onscreen ensemble, this Village of the Damned should be distinguished by more than its improved special effects.

Reviews

Philadelphia Daily News

Anderson Jones

There's nothing worse than an un-scary scary movie. "Damned" is too long on drama, too short on horror and, what is most annoying, too insulting to our intelligence.

April 26, 2022

FULL REVIEW

Critics Inc./America Online

Brandon Judell

So bad, so unimaginative, so poorly directed, you end up gawking at the screen entranced.

Although it's not in the same league as Carpenter's other notable remake (his 1982 version of The Thing remains unparalleled), it's well worth reassessment.

The film feels somewhat dead. It's not tapping into a cultural vein, or expressing some sort of parental nightmare, it's just echoing those prior ones in a totally unsatisfying way.

John Carpenter's version of the original story is compelling and absolutely entertaining.

June 25, 2017

FULL REVIEW