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Originally Posted by Sculpt
Village of the Damned (1960)
6/10
Never saw this film before. And I don't want to give the story away. Basically something happens to a small town and it is apparently of a supernatural or alien origin.
It's a very interesting idea, and shot nicely. But the idea rolls out very slowly and barely gets out of the crib. The idea could have been developed so much more in the time allotted... felt myself tapping my fingers across the table.
Interesting note, especially for those who've seen this before... the more widely distributed Americanized edit freeze-frames the children and white-outs their eyes. Looks good on the movie poster, but in a film it's just hack... it's jolting and looks so fakey, it takes you out of the story.
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I got that impression with other vintage films as well . Seems like the bare notion of the monster was already so terrifying for the audiences at the time that the filmmakers did not feel the need to elaborate on it. Like the abrupt ending in Dracula: somebody just says so and phew, the monster is dead. End credits.