UK, 1963
90m
black and white, 2.35:1
mono, English
A British science fiction film directed by Anton M. Leader.
Premise
Five children with remarkable – possibly inhuman – intellectual and psychic powers are discovered by a group of scientists. But as the military cast their eager eye over the children, they escape and hide out in a church – the race is on to protect them before they can be used as weapons, or before the authorities, terrified by their increasing powers, order their destruction.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Anton M. Leader
© MCMLXIII Children of the Damned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios Ltd
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Lawrence P. Bachmann production. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture
Associate Producer: Ben Arbeid
Production Manager: Albert Becket
Original Screenplay by: John Briley
A sequel to “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham
Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis
Continuity: Betty Harley
Director of Photography: Davis Boulton
Film Editor: Ernest Walter
Music Composed and Conducted by: Ron Goodwin
Recording Supervisor: A.W. Watkins
Sound Recordist: Dave Bowen
Dubbing Mixer: J.B. Smith
Sound Editor: Allan Sones
Westrex Recording System
Special Effects: Tom Howard
Art Director: Elliot Scott
Locations: London, England, UK
Produced at M.G.M. British Studios Borehamwood, England
Casting Director: Irene Howard
Cast
Ian Hendry
Alan Badel
Barbara Ferris
Alfred Burke
Sheila Allen
Ralph Michael
Patrick Wymark
Martin Miller
Harold Goldblatt
Patrick White
Andre Mikhelson
Bessie Love
The Children
Clive Powell (Paul)
Lee Yoke-Moon (Mi Ling)
Roberta Rex (Nina)
Gerald Delsol (Ago)
Mahdu Mathen (Rashid)
Frank Summerscale (Mark)
Alternative Titles
The Children Return – working title
The Children – working title
La stirpe dei dannati – Italy
Links
Sequel to
Village of the Damned (1960)
See also
The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
School of the Damned (2019)
References
Periodicals
- British National Film Catalogue vol.2 1964
- Castle of Frankenstein no.5 p.4
- Castle of Frankenstein no.10 p.6
- The Daily Cinema no.8873 (7-8 February 1964) p.7 – note (Trade shows)
- The Daily Cinema no.8874 (10-11 February 1964) p.3 – note (MGM’s ‘Damned’ and ‘Murder’ trade shows)
- The Daily Cinema no.8874 (10-11 February 1964) p.4 – note (Trade shows)
- The Daily Cinema no.8882 (28 February 1964) p.10
- Empire no.194 (August 2005) p.166 – illustrated DVD review (FFW: Import Classic: Village of the Damned/Children of the Damned by Kim Newman)
- Empire no.202 (April 2006) p.167 – illustrated DVD review (At Home: Village of the Damned/Children of the Damned by Angie Errigo)
- Film Index no.30 (1974) p.102
- Films and Filming vol.10 no.7 (April 1964) p.33
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.178 no.37 (13 January 1964) p.3
- Kine Weekly no.2943 (27 February 1964) p.11
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.31 no.363 (April 1964) p.55
- Motion Picture Herald vol.231 no.3 (5 February 1964) p.988
- Sight and Sound vol.16 no.5 (May 2006) p.92 – DVD review (Village of the Damned/Children of the Damned by Ronnie Hackston)
- Variety 22 January 1964
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.220-221 – illustrated credits, review
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.92-93, 92, 157
- Feature films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.68-69 – credits
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena p.157
- Hoffman’s Guide to Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.71 – credits, review
- Island of Terror: A Book of 60 Great* British SF and Fantasy Movies from 1936-1984 *And not so Great by Keith Topping pp.235-241
- The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film by Sonja Fritsche (ed.) pp.89-103 – article (Invaders, Launchpads, and Hybrids: The Importance of Transmediality in British Science Fiction Film in the 1950s by Derek Johnston)
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.63 – credits
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Handbook by Alan Frank p.32 – illustrated credits, review
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.510-511 – credits, review
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) p.169
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.102-103 – credits, review
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith p.49
- Unsung Horrors by Eric McNaughton & Darrell Buxton (eds) pp.192-193 – illustrated review (by Ian Taylor)
- Variety Science-Fiction Movies by Julian Brown (ed.) p.24 – illustrated credits, review
