Village of the Damned
Beware the children.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$22 000 000
Box office
$9 418 365
Director
Actors
Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré, Meredith Salenger, Mark Hamill, Pippa Pearthree, Peter Jason, Constance Forslund, Karen Kahn
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Sandy King, Michael Preger, Andre Blay, Shep Gordon, Ted Vernon
Camera operator
Gary B. Kibbe
Composer
Artist
Rodger Maus
Audition
Sandy King, Reuben Cannon, Cheryl Miller
Editing
Edward A. Warschilka
Whole Team (61)
Whole Team (61)
Short description
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
What's left behind the scenes
- It was shortly after the completion of filming for this movie that Christopher Reeve fell from a horse during a ride and remained confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) was kind and polite to everyone involved in the production, but he maintained a pointedly cold demeanor with the children in the cast so that the relationships required by the plot would be better conveyed on screen.
- It was after completing filming on this picture that Christopher Reeve fell from a horse during a ride and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
- The film was shot in the western part of Marin County, California. Director John Carpenter owned a home there, but the local residents did not appreciate the invasion of outsiders—namely, the film crew—and expressed their feelings in very clear terms, which made filming extremely difficult. According to Carpenter, for example, a neighbor would start mowing his front lawn or fire up a chainsaw to cut wood exactly when the filmmakers started shooting, and Carpenter had to pay him to do these activities at other times. On several occasions, locals even tried to break the locks on the equipment trailers. Because of all this, Carpenter grew to dislike living there, despite having filmed several scenes of the thriller 'The Fog' (1980) in the same area.
- The film was shot in the western part of Marin County, California. Director John Carpenter owned a house there, but the influx of outsiders – the film crew – did not sit well with the locals, and they made their feelings very clear, which greatly complicated the filming. According to Carpenter, for example, a neighbor would start mowing the lawn or start a chainsaw and saw wood just when the filmmakers began shooting, and he had to pay him to do all this at another time. Several times, locals even tried to break into the trailers with filming equipment. Because of all this, Carpenter grew to dislike living there, even though he had filmed some scenes from the thriller 'The Fog' (1980) in those very places.
- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) was kind and courteous to everyone involved in the filming process, but he maintained a deliberately cold demeanor with the children involved in the shooting, so that these relationships – as required by the plot – would be better conveyed on screen.
Similar movies
8.1/10
8/10
7.9/10
7.9/10
7.9/10
7.8/10
7.7/10
7.6/10
7.5/10
7.5/10
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
