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Village of the Damned

May 30th, 2010 | Author: ladeqp

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Village of the Damned “Good Sci-Fi/Horror Remake!” – Gregorypwilson – Syracuse, NY USA
Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley and Linda Kozlowski star in John Carpenter’s
1995 sci-fi/horror film. After a force invades a small town, a group of kids
are born at the same time with alien powers. This is a good remake and
this dvd has nice picture and sound, but only a trailer. I recommend this.
A classic of science fiction by John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos. John Carpenter makes it into a film that is disquieting. The end of the world will never come of course but it is all already programmed within our own genetic heritage. Evil is in our genes in the possibility that is being developed and progressively monitored by the social system that our human nature is producing to see the end of emotions, of empathy and compassion, the end of any kind of emotion. It is all the more disquieting because this social system of ours is producing absolute individualism and yet it is this very absolute individualism, when becoming the common point of a certain group of people that will lead them to absolute and cold is not glacial power and destructivity in the sole name of survival. That sounds and is horrible but absolutely possible. There is no difference between these mutants and the posse that is going to lynch them. They only want to survive even if that means the destruction of the other antagonistic group. But the story has no way out, no smallest ounce of hope. The doctor whose wife produced one of the children who should have been ten and are nine because of a still born will eventually use dynamite to destroy them. Even if you want to go beyond the divide you will unavoidably be led to the conclusion this divide is an absolute barrier. You will be transformed into a monster yourself. There is no escape and it is not the fact that the David who lost his mate who was the still born is escaping with his mother that promises a better future that will bring us hope. Alone he might be nothing, his feelings for his lost and unknown mate might be movingly pathetic but he cannot go against his genetic nature and his genetic nature is to look for a mate, for a partner in survival. Yet I found Carpenter’s characters slightly too superficial, not deep enough, too cold in one word, though Carpenter is simple and that is an asset in the genre, no baroque or even rococo over-killing. That’s lucky because those kids are nothing but a new branch or brand of Nazi SS, and those new branches or brands are becoming by far too many and too common in our modern world though they are always isolated in one little section of the world and have not been able so far to go beyond two or three places at the same time. But they are mobile and that is the real danger because they can eventually build some kind of a network. This time it is becoming really scary.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Universal: After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician dr. Alan chaffee and government scientist dr. Susan verner join forces when the women simultaneously give birth and the reign of horror begins. Bonus features: talent bios production notes and more. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/28/2004 Starring: Christopher Reeve Kirstie Alley Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R Director: John Carpenter The original 1960 version of Village of the Damned is regarded as a classic of science-fiction and horror, and it remains one of the creepiest movies of its kind. Directed with occasional flair by John Carpenter, this 1995 remake trades subtlety for more explicit chills and violence, but the basic premise remains effectively eerie. In the tiny, idyllic town of Midwich, a strange mist causes the entire population to fall asleep, and when everyone awakes the town physician (Christopher Reeve) discovers that 10 women–including his wife and a local teenaged virgin–have mysteriously become pregnant. Their children are all born on the same day, with matching white hair and strange, glowing eyes, growing at an accelerated rate and raising Reeve’s suspicion that they’re not of Earthly origin. These demonic brats can control minds and wreak havoc with the power of their thoughts–so of course, they must be destroyed! Only Reeve knows how to get the job done, and his performance (the actor’s last big-screen role before his paralyzing accident in 1995) grounds this otherwise superfluous remake with enough credibility to hold the viewer’s attention. But for the real chills, definitely check out the original version–it’s 20 minutes shorter but twice as spooky. –Jeff Shannon Village of the Damned

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