Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned (1964)

Genres - Mystery, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Alien Film  |   Release Date - Jan 10, 1964 (USA - Limited), Jan 29, 1964 (USA - Unknown), Jan 29, 1964 (USA)  |   Run Time - 90 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Lucinda Ramsey

This sequel to the 1960 Village of The Damned falls short of the original well-made Sci-Fi shocker. The pretentious attempt to give the film a moral message severely weakens the plot and serves to confuse the fans of the previous film. Beautiful, strange children with genius IQ's, destructive dispositions, and ray-gun eyes, who were invaders bent on overtaking the earth in the former tale, are now a sample of mankind's future sent to the earth for the purpose of being destroyed in order to teach the present-day warlike man a lesson of some sort. Plagued with a tedious and unimaginative plot.

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pregnancy, alien [not human], child, genius, gifted/talented, killing, mutant, psychic, supernatural-forces, supernatural-powers