# Children of the Damned (1964)

> Six extraordinarily intelligent psychic children turn a London church siege into a bleak test of whether humanity can meet the unknown without repeating its own violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18727

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Director: Anton Leader
- Cast: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke, Sheila Allen, Ralph Michael, Patrick Wymark, Martin Miller
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056931/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, oppressive, classic horror night, science fiction double feature

## Movies like Children of the Damned

- [The Omen (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/639)
- [Village of the Damned (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/6690)
- [Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/28573)
- [The Haunting (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/6689)
- [The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/17374)
- [Phase IV (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/40746)
- [The War Game (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/15818)
- [The Nanny (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/25269)
- [Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/2043)
- [The Fury (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/7246)

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