John Carpenter's Village of the Damned is an English language 1995 science fiction–horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is marketed with the tagline "Beware the children."
It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name which is based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. The 1995 remake is set in the United States, while the book and original film were both set in the United Kingdom.
It stars Christopher Reeve (in his last sta...
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John Carpenter's Village of the Damned is an English language 1995 science fiction–horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is marketed with the tagline "Beware the children."
It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name which is based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. The 1995 remake is set in the United States, while the book and original film were both set in the United Kingdom.
It stars Christopher Reeve (in his last starring role before he was paralyzed in a horse-riding accident), Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare, and Mark Hamill. The remake stands out from the original due to its incorporation of graphic violence, with depictions of such things as a man falling asleep on a barbecue grill and a woman eviscerating herself with a scalpel while under the children's psychic control.
The children are much more explicitly alien than in the original film. The children become more alien in appearance as they use their powers at greater intensity. Also,...
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