
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.... (Full plot summary below)
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An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
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| The New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Carpenter gives this formerly black and white story a handsome color retelling and a lot of new punch. And he avidly exploits the fears that are at its heart. Now add a new one. With its baleful little villains, Village of the Damned is even creepier to watch as a parent than it was to see as a child. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasVillage of the Damned is a good-looking, well-wrought film with some knockout special effects, some dark humor and crisp portrayals. |
| DVDLaserDouglas PrattThe story is set across a decade and would be easy to pick apart, but such activity would divert attention from the film’s chief asset, its general mood and atmosphere, which improves on multiple viewings. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaCuriously mellow for a John Carpenter thriller, Village of the Damned, a full-color, cornball special-effects remake of the 1960 sci-fi favorite, is a trip to a village of the darned tedious. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAn enjoyable, if obviously-flawed, amalgamation of horror and science fiction. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.John Carpenter's version of the original story is compelling and absolutely entertaining. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhen the children in Carpenter’s Village flash their glowing eyes, hypnotizing the hapless grown-ups into committing a series of increasingly lurid suicides, the kids don’t seem much more bizarre — or frightening — than your average 10-year-old Nintendo freak. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaHas John Carpenter lost his mind or just his talent? On the heels of In the Mouth of Madness comes the director's rehash of the 1960 classic, Village of the Damned. Unfortunately, Carpenter simply makes a hash of it. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrHas John Carpenter lost his mind or just his talent? On the heels of In the Mouth of Madness comes the director's rehash of the 1960 classic, Village of the Damned. Unfortunately, Carpenter simply makes a hash of it. |
| San Francisco ExaminerGary KamiyaNeedless and undeveloped subplots dissipate the clean suspense of the original, and the exponential increase in violence and gore cannot conceal this. |