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Village of the Damned (1960)
Uncanny Child to (Evil) Other
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“Fairly Faithful” Adaptation
• Based on John Wyndham’s popular novelThe Midwich Cuckoos (1957)
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Screenplay
AmericaSterling Silliphant
meant for Ronald Coleman
EnglandWolf RillaRonald KinnochJohn Wyndham (Novel)
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Sequel:Children of the Damned (1963)
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Remake:John Carpenter directs in 1995
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Crew
Director – Wolf RillaMusic – Ron Goodwin
Visual Effects – Tom HowardBudget – $200,000
Reception – “A Certificate”
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Martin Stephens ... David Zellaby
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Barbara Shelley ... Anthea Zellaby
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George Sanders ... Gordon Zellaby
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Influences?
Italo Cavino’s “Sleeping Beauty” as retold in Italian Folktales (1956)
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Influences?
The Bad Seed Novel and Play – 1954; Film – 1956
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Influences?
1954
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Concept of the Child
Innocent
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Concept of the Child
Tabula Rasa –Blank Slate
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Concept of the Child
Rebel
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Evil Children Subgenre Subgenre of Horror genreStarted with The Bad Seed (1956)Spread by Village of the Damned (1960)
Films“It’s a Good Life” Twilight Zone episode (1961)Who Can Kill a Child? (1976, U. S. title, “Island of the Damned”)The Omen (1976)Children of the Corn (1984)The Good Son (1993)Let Me In (2010)
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Fear of the Unknown
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Appearance ≠ Reality
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Appearance ≠ Reality
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Appearance ≠ Reality
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Uncanny
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Uncanny
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Uncanny
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Uncanny
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Uncanny
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Uncanny
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Other
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Other
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Uncanny -> Marvelous Text?
Us? Other!
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Masculinity & Class
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Faustian Figure?
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Kiss that Tells
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Kiss that Tells
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What SF motifs are missing?
• Spacecraft• The word “alien”• Don’t “watch the skies”• The media response• Big military action• Change in view of universe
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What else is missing?
• “Good” children
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Show—Don’t Tell
• Words like “pregnancy” and “virgin”• Lower class males’ reaction to
pregnancy news
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Links & Connections
The Omen (1976)
Let Me In(2010)
(1993)
Who Can Kill a Child ? (1976)
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Links & ConnectionsThe Happening (2008)
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Forget the skies—watch the children!