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Children of the Damned

Lawrence P. Bachmann Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

United Kingdom

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Ian Hendry

Alan Badel

Barbara Ferris

Alfred Burke

Clive Powell

Yoke-Moon Lee

Roberta Rex

Gerald del Sol

Mahdu Mather

Frank Summerscale

Sheila Allen

Ralph Michael

Martin Miller

Patrick Wymark

Harold Goldblatt

Bessie Love

Tom Bowman

Andre Mikhelson

Peter Thompson

Patrick White

Jack Berg

Eddie Boyce

Ian Cullen

Joe Dunne

Ernest Fennemore

Patrick Halpin

Philip Johns

Annette Kerr

Arnold Lee

Martin Lyder

Frank Maher

Terence Maidment

Richard Marner

Leo McKern

Tony O'Leary

Bill Rayment

Michael Robbins

John Wyndham

John Briley

Anton Leader

Tom Howard

Lawrence P. Bachmann

Ernest Walter

Ben Arbeid

Ron Goodwin

Irene Howard

Davis Boulton

Elliot Scott

Ted Sturgis

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"Warning: Spoilers"
 
Children Of The Damned is directed by Anton M. Leader and written by John Briley. It's a thematic sequel to Village Of The Damned from 1960 which was based on the novel written by John Wyndham. Plot finds 6 children identified by UNESCO to have special powers that if used in unison could have devastating consequences for mankind.

Interesting and atmospheric if ultimately lukewarm as a whole. Retreading the plot from the superior first film, it's amazing that this take actually has very little to do with the 1960 darling. Confused? Well you wont be watching this since it's very talky and the makers are intent on making us listen. Listen to some moral quandaries, Cold War politics and even a touch of existentialism. All nicely wrapped around 6 not very creepy kids who actually aren't very evil at all. The acting is fine, notably the taut turns from Ian Hendry and Alan Badel, while David Boulton's black & white photography carries a suitable bleakness to it.

Well made but all too often dull; where Briley's script isn't as clever as it wants to be, the film is mostly saved by some technical smarts and a boldly gloomy ending. 5/10

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