Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

Beware the children.

Directed by John Carpenter

Produced by Universal Pictures, Alphaville Films

199599 min6.1 / 10

A paranoid sci-fi horror about alien children infiltrating a small town, built on body-horror dread and the violation of parenthood itself.

An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.

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  • Is Village of the Damned scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of films.

  • Is Village of the Damned one of a kind? No. Less singular than 94% of films.

  • Does Village of the Damned end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Village of the Damned easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Village of the Damned violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

  • Is Village of the Damned sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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