Village of the Damned (1995 film)
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| John Carpenter's Village of the Damned |
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 Village of the Damned movie poster. |
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| Directed by | John Carpenter |
| Produced by | Michael Preger Sandy King |
| Written by | Novel: John Wyndham Screenplay: David Himmelstein |
| Starring | Christopher Reeve Kirstie Alley Thomas Dekker Mark Hamill Linda Kozlowski Michael Paré |
| Music by | John Carpenter Dave Davies |
| Cinematography | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Editing by | Edward A. Warschilka |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical) |
| Release date(s) | April 28, 1995 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22,000,000 (estimated) |
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John Carpenter's Village of the Damned is an English language 1995 science fiction–horror film directed by John Carpenter.
A remake of the 1960 film of the same name, both based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. This version is a heavily Americanised version, the book and original film were both set in Great Britain.
It stars Christopher Reeve (in what would be his last leading role in a feature film before the horse riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down for the rest of his life), Kirstie Alley and Mark Hamill. This movie stood out from the original due to its incorporation of graphic violence, with depictions of such things as a man falling asleep on a barbeque grill and a woman eviscerating herself.
The children are much more explicitly alien than in the original film. A preserved alien foetus is shown, the children become more alien-looking as they use their powers at greater intensity. Also, a degree of conspiracy theory permeates the storyline. It is implied that the American government is willing to allow the children to grow to adulthood regardless of how many murders the children commit.
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The American village of Midwich is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born. At first, they all appear normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are neither human nor humane. The 1995 film differs from the earlier adaptation in that one of the children (David, child of the local school teacher Jill) loses his "partner" after she dies at birth. As a consequence he shows human compassion, though still resembles the other children. This leads to his not fitting in well with the children or villagers. In the end, he and Jill survive and leave the village.
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| John Wyndham |
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| Bibliography |
| Novels: |
| Foul Play Suspected · The Secret People · Stowaway To Mars · The Day of the Triffids · The Kraken Wakes · The Chrysalids · The Midwich Cuckoos · The Outward Urge · Trouble with Lichen · Chocky · Web |
| Collections: |
| Jizzle · The Seeds of Time · Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter · Consider Her Ways and Others · The Infinite Moment · Sleepers of Mars · The Best of John Wyndham · Wanderers of Time · Exiles on Asperus · No Place like Earth |
| Filmography |
| Feature films: The Day of the Triffids (1962 film) · Village of the Damned (1960 film) · Quest For Love (1971 film) · Village of the Damned (1995 film) |
| Radio |
| Radio adaptations: The Day of the Triffids (radio) · The Chrysalids (radio) · The Kraken Wakes (radio) |
| Television |
| TV adaptations: The Day of the Triffids (TV series) · Chocky (TV series) · Random Quest · Consider Her Ways |
Feature films: Dark Star • Assault on Precinct 13 • Halloween • The Fog • Escape from New York • The Thing • Christine • Starman • Big Trouble in Little China • Prince of Darkness • They Live • Memoirs of an Invisible Man • In the Mouth of Madness • Village of the Damned • Escape from L.A. • Vampires • Ghosts of Mars • Psychopath
Made for television: Someone's Watching Me • Elvis • Body Bags • John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns • John Carpenter's Pro-Life
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