Village of the Damned
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Movie Reviews of Village of the Damned
Movie Review: Creeps instead of moral issues...
Summary: 4 Stars
Midwich was a nice, friendly place to live - until one day, the whole town mysteriously falls asleep for a few hours. A while later, the town discovers 10 women are pregnant - including the town virgin, and a wife whose husband was away.Nine months later - all women give birth, and 9 of these babies survive. But their families (and then the town) soon discover that these are no ordinary little kids - while the white haired, bright eyed kids are quick o develop physically and seem to poses psychic and mind reading abilities, their moral values wish a lot to desire...
While the moral issues arising from this story line do get acknowledged, the writer / director team chose to go for the obvious creeps and thrills from this movie than to go into morality issues too deeply. This is a legitimate persuit, and it is a good movie as a thriller / suspense / horror movie, another production of it (looking into different angles of the story) can remake it and get a completely different result...
Movie Review: "Beware the children..."
Summary: 4 Stars
This remake of the classic 1960 chiller is one of John Carpenter's more underrated films and never fails to disappoint for overall creepiness. Christopher Reeve (in his final big screen role before his paralyzing accident) plays a town physician who discovers that 10 women in his small town are all inexplicably pregnant at the same time after all waking up from a mysterious sleep inducing myst. When the children are born, they all look basically the exact same and can control people's minds. The original Village of the Damned is one of the creepiest films of all time, basically because of the fact that it's not what you see, but what you don't see, that gives you those chills down your spine. In this remake, Carpenter goes for his usual blend of shocks and gore that do lower the overall creepy atmosphere of the film, but all together Village of the Damned is still a shocker that does it's job well. Also featuring Kirstie Alley and Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamil.Movie Review: the morals issues and questions are still there
Summary: 4 Stars
this remake of the 60's sci fi classic still poses the same questions of the movie viewer as the classic. issues like conformity of innocence, fascism,communism, and the like are still there but not as much. the creep factor comes from the stated elements above. thats why the two movies the original and the remake are good sc fi b-movies they ask you thoses hard questions and not a soap opera like new battlestar galactia. i use the title the village of the damned as a metaphor for chicago because it lose a certain something like new york and l.a. america becoming grey goo of mediocrity and conformity. enough of that but carpenter is underrated to me at least because he don't turned out tendy kiddyporn horror flicks. like scream or i know what you did last summer. its real horror like full moon movies.Movie Review: John Carpenter's best since Halloween
Summary: 4 Stars
This is without question one of the most freakiest movies out there. This movie just goes to show that you don't need alot of profanity, nudity, and gore to have a good horror film. What I really like about Village of the Damned is that it doesn't lose its scariness. I have watched it quite a bit and I still get a tad scared every time I see it. John Carpenter also does a good job with the music which adds some creepy effects to the movie. The main reason I don't give Village of the Damned a 5th star is because it is somewhat slow starting out but it does a great job eventually picking up. If you are someone who has nightmares from watching scary movies, I wouldn't recommend seeing this.Movie Review: Beware The Children
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very creepy and shocking horror film about evil children all born at the exact same time from various women in a small community. But as they get older, they have an ability to read and control people's minds. And when their temper is crossed, they force the adult to hurt themselves or even kill themselves in bizarre and very painful ways. Like at the scene where the little girl's eyes turn red as her mother plunges her arm into the boiling hot pot of soup. And the scene where the girl forces the eye doctor to put the stinging eye drops in her eyes.