Village of the Damned
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Movie Reviews of Village of the Damned
Movie Review: It's Okay...But You Expect More With Carpenter
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed this movie when I first saw it in the theater, and I still enjoy it when I happen to pop in the DVD. I guess the biggest disappointment with Carpenter's remake of "Village of the Damned" is that it stays too close to the original 1960's version, which is a true sci/fi - horror classic. I remember hoping that Carpenter would give "Village of the Damned" the same treatment he gave to his remake of "The Thing". With "The Thing" you had Carpenter adding his own touches, creating a movie that was similar to the original film, but still stood on it's own and came away with an 80's horror masterpiece. And while "Village of the Damned" is a pretty good movie, it just doesn't feel like a "John Carpenter" movie. You don't get that steady tension found in his other films like "Halloween", "The Fog" or "The Thing", where the mood and atmosphere of the movie really kept you in suspense the entire way through. Still it's not a bad movie, and worth a checking out if for no other reason to see Christopher Reeve in a non-Superman role, and to see Mark Hamill portray a slightly wacko priest.Movie Review: OK movie but why was it rated R?
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought the movie was OK really, not as good as the 1960 classic. Not even on par with Carpenter's prior work. I do love the soundtrack though, Carpenter always seems to come up with good music for his movies even when they stink.
But I really don't know why this movie was rated R. There is absolutely nothing as far as violence to warrant the rating, and certainly nothing in the way of suspense or thrills to scare anyone. This really should have been PG, but I guess Carpenter thought nobody would go see his movie if it was PG so he pushed for a R rating. Turns out nobody saw the movie either way.
Movie Review: LINDSEY HAUN ROCKS
Summary: 3 Stars
my names blake and I love horror movies the first time I saw this was when I was 8 but I just saw it the other day and thought Lindsey Haun is the best Ilove her in the color of friendship and I think shes great she plays the leader of the children in the movie village of the damned and you should so see it LINDSEY HAUN ROCKSMovie Review: Village of the Darned
Summary: 2 Stars
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.
Movie Review: As usual, this makes me want to see the original
Summary: 2 Stars
This was a good idea but it comes off a bad, made-for-TV movie. Where was John Ritter? And they made poor Mark Hamill weird. However, the strength of the movie was the little actress who played Maura. It's not easy to play a bad little girl. She does as well a job as McCormack in "The Bad Seed". Most child actors overact. However, her dialogue between her father (as a representative of the adult normal world) is very riveting (not to mention logical) and she gives her part the right amount of eerieness. My favorite line from her: "Things are going to change around here." I want to say that to my boss.The little boy who played David is also touching. Everyone else-- a Bronx cheer! However, Kirstie Alley does show a hint of being able to be a good villian ala Christopher Walken.