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| Village Of The Damned [1995] | ![Village Of The Damned [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R064MCAWL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Linda Kozlowski, Kirstie Alley, Michael Pare
Studio: 4 Front Video
Category: Video
Buy Used: £6.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 19129
Format: Closed-captioned, Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 94 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
UPC: 044004495530
EAN: 0044004495530
ASIN: B00004WDE9
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1995
Release Date: February 19, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Nice clean case. Excellent condition. Will dispatch same day first class.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The original 1960 version of Village of the Damned is regarded as a classic of science fiction and horror, and it remains one of the creepiest movies of its kind. Directed with occasional flair by John Carpenter, this 1995 remake trades subtlety for more explicit chills and violence, but the basic premise remains effectively eerie. In the tiny, idyllic town of Midwich, a strange mist causes the entire population to fall asleep, and when everyone awakes the town physician (Christopher Reeve) discovers that 10 women--including his wife and a local teenage virgin--have mysteriously become pregnant. Their children are all born on the same day, with matching white hair and strange, glowing eyes, grow at an accelerated rate and thus raise Reeve's suspicion that they are not of earthly origin. These demonic brats can control minds and wreak havoc with the power of their thoughts, so of course they must be destroyed. Only Reeve knows how to get the job done, and his performance (the actor's last big-screen role before his paralysing accident in 1995) grounds this otherwise superfluous remake with enough credibility to hold the viewer's attention. But for the real chills, definitely check out the original version--it's 20 minutes shorter but twice as spooky. --Jeff Shannon
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Village of the Darned December 12, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Although the most prolific of the 70s directors who worked their way up from superior exploitation to the mainstream, John Carpenter's flame may have burned the brightest but it also burned the most briefly before he descended into lifeless hackwork. Even the more promising projects floundered when confronted with his increasingly pedestrian handling. His 1995 remake of Village of the Damned is a classic example. Ill-advisedly relocated to a California coastal town inhabited by Superman, Luke Skywalker and Crocodile Dundee's girlfriend, the special effects are more prominent and the body count is multiplied more than ten times as villagers burn themselves to death, impale themselves, doctors blind or perform autopsies on themselves, all staged with remarkable flatness and a complete lack of atmosphere or foreboding. A few good ideas are thrown in, but aside from one schoolroom sequence and the foolproof "brick wall" ending, it's desperately dull and under characterised stuff that feels like it was made by a wage slave reluctantly punching a time clock every day. More like Village of the Darned, the most mysterious thing about it is just how Michael Pare managed to get such prominent billing when he doesn't even make it past the title sequence.
 I only have eyes for you dear September 23, 2003
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This movie which holds it own is a remake of the 1960 film classic which in turn was based on the book “The Midwich Cuckoos” ISBN: 0899683878.
The small town of Midwich one-day falls inexplicably asleep. Many accidents occur due to the sudden narcolepsy, which is exaggerated in John carpenter style. The result is that several of the village females including a virgin is in a motherly way. They all have their bouncing white hair babies the same day and as with the cuckoo eggs, they are too in love to notice the little quirks about having to control or punish everyone. Compound this by other villages that fall to the same fate and you have an epidemic that threatens to wipe out the human race.
What action can be taken? Is it too late? If he/she were your child what would you do?
 One word - avoid May 23, 2002
8 out of 19 found this review helpful
Sadly, this is one of those pretentious horror films that makes the genre simply risible. I am a huge horror fan, yet this is truly awful. The story line is monotonous - it is the same throughout i.e. white-haired kids commit evil acts. The morals Reeve's character sets down near the end, upon which the entire film is based, are simply puerile and laughable. Basically, it really doesn't deserve a single star and I don't want to waste any more time talking about it - just as you shouldn't waste any time watching it. Terrible directing, awful acting and a script so cheesey it would make the manufacturors of Edam jealous.
John Wyndam deserves better. February 17, 2001
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
As a kid, i was a huge John Wyndam fan, and have always thought that his books would make good films, but noone has yet succeeded, and this film is no exception. The premise of the film is good - psycho kids with white hair out to take over the world, but the whole film relies upon that - there's little development, and no attempt to add to the atmosphere. Carpenter has done so much better (the Thing for one), and we could have hoped for so much more from a good idea. The only redeeming feature of this film is you get to watch Kirsty Alley cut herself open, which is a memorable and disturbing moment in an otherwise monotonic production.
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