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Village of the Damned

1960 · 77 min · Director: Wolf Rilla ★ IMDb 7.3 · 21,810 ratings

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In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

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Emotional fingerprint

Village of the Damned (1960) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Fear
  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity28 %18 %3 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity40 %30 %12 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity55 %48 %23 %49 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Tension61 %53 %25 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity52 %36 %21 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity49 %29 %29 %44 %
32.5 %≈ 25′Disturbing61 %44 %51 %47 %
37.5 %≈ 29′Disturbing68 %56 %62 %49 %
42.5 %≈ 33′Disturbing68 %57 %63 %53 %
47.5 %≈ 37′Disturbing65 %53 %61 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing60 %48 %55 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity60 %47 %51 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity59 %48 %48 %54 %
67.5 %≈ 52′Curiosity60 %53 %47 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 56′Tension71 %66 %59 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 60′Tension79 %75 %68 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 64′Tension78 %75 %68 %32 %
87.5 %≈ 67′Tension76 %72 %57 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 71′Sadness78 %74 %40 %37 %
97.5 %≈ 75′Tension85 %82 %39 %42 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MS
Martin Stephens

Laurence Naismith

Dr. Willers

RW
Richard Warner

JL
Jenny Laird

SL
Sarah Long

TH
Thomas Heathcote

CM
Charlotte Mitchell

PB
Pamela Buck

Milly Hughes

RG
Rosamund Greenwood

Miss Ogle

SR
Susan Richards

Mrs. Plumpton

BA
Bernard Archard

Vicar

Peter Vaughan

P.C. Gobby

JP
John Phillips

General Leighton

Richard Vernon

Edgar Hargraves

JS
John Stuart

Professor Smith

KP
Keith Pyott

Dr. Carlisle

AA
Alexander Archdale

Coroner

Details

Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Written by
Stirling Silliphant, John Wyndham, Wolf Rilla, Ronald Kinnoch
Type
Movies
Released
1960
Runtime
77 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 21,810 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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