Media1960

Village of the Damned released

When: 1960
Sources: 2 public sources

A December 1960 California drive-in ad for Village of the Damned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

MGM released Wolf Rilla's British film Village of the Damned, adapted from John Wyndham's novel The Midwich Cuckoos. A whole English village falls unconscious, and the women later bear telepathic children; the BFI describes it as tapping fears of alien invasion and mind control.

Sources

OtherVillage of the Damned (1960) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films (American Film Institute)
OtherFilm 2: Village of the Damned (1960) (opens in a new tab)BFI (British Film Institute), Sci-Fi Classroom

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