Children of the Damned (1964)

10/01/1964 (GB)•Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction•1h 30m

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Beware the eyes that paralyze!!!

Overview

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

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Ian Hendry
Col Tom Llewellyn
Alan Badel
Dr. David Neville
Barbara Ferris
Susan Eliot
Alfred Burke
Colin Webster
Clive Powell
Paul
Yoke-Moon Lee
Mi Ling
Roberta Rex
Nina
Gerald del Sol
Aga Nagalo
Mahdu Mather
Rashid

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A review by John Chard

5.0

Written by John Chard on Apr 13, 2020

We are here for the same reason you are. "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. C...