Rent Children of the Damned (1964)
3.2 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- The children, who all live in England but are from different parts of the world, are normal in aspects except that they are geniuses with acute psychic powers. They do have more in common than their IQ's, however: none of them have fathers and no one seems to know where they came from. When a psychologist (Ian Hendry) attempts to find out more, he unlocks a horrifying mystery that could lead to the destruction of the universe. Frightened, the children then retreat to an abandoned church, where they use their powers to protect themselves against the government, who wants to destroy them.
- Actors:
- Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke, Sheila Allen, Ralph Michael, Patrick Wymark, Martin Miller, Harold Goldblatt, Patrick White, André Mikhelson, Bessie Love, Clive Powell, Yoke-Moon Lee, Roberta Rex
- Directors:
- Anton Leader
- Producers:
- Ben Arbeid
- Writers:
- John Briley, John Wyndham
- Aka:
- The Children/ The Children Return / Horror!
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/10/2023
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Screenwriter John Briley
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of Children of the Damned
Loose adaptation - Children of the Damned review by Alain
if you enjoyed the book this film is loosely based on, then you are likely not to enjoy this film that much. There is nothing wrong with any of the actors, in fact the children pull quite a performance. But the changes to the original story leave too many unknowns, and completely change the tone of the story. The later adaptation was more convincing.
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S0-so Sequel to the Classic Village of the Damned - Children of the Damned review by PV
This is quite an oddity, worth watching for curiosity value. Looks dated even for 1963 - but very ethnically diverse for then, via the unexplained conceit that somehow the children of foreign embassy staff in London are these 'special children'. Why? We are not told.
But it shows how non-ethnically diverse London was back then. Often films of 1960s and 50s, such as THE INNE OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS had to use embassy children as actors - Chinese in that case.
It's very much a B-movie, with a Welsh character defending children against heartless authorities. So there is the plot.
Watch Village of the Damned - a real classic - based on The Midwich Cuckoos and avoid the awful woke pc Sky Tv series made recently. Watch this as an extra.
3 stars. Just.
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