# Village of the Damned (1960)

> A quiet English village becomes the testing ground for a terrifying generation of unnaturally gifted children.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6690

## Facts

- Runtime: 77 min
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
- Director: Wolf Rilla
- Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Naismith, Richard Warner, Jenny Laird, Sarah Long
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054443/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, oppressive, restrained, classic horror night, double feature

## Synopsis

A chilling tale of a village where the children are not what they seem.

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- [The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)](https://ember.film/movie/14529)
- [The City of the Dead (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/25266)
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- [The Plague of the Zombies (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/17835)
- [Village of the Damned (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/6921)
- [Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/17051)
- [Children of the Damned (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/18727)
- [The Innocents (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/9913)
- [Curse of the Fly (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/23974)
- [The Crawling Eye (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/28040)

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