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Village of the Damned (1995)
Rate:
1
Viewed:
9/12
9/12:
File John Carpenter under "What the Heck Happened to Him?"
It's an understatement because he used to churn out the best stuff during the late 70's and most of the 80's.
Thereafter, he fell off the map. He would resurface by making crappy horror films that were nowhere near his usual
standard, and one of them is Village of the Damned. As a matter of fact, I prefer this title:
Village of Jor-El's Damned Children.
It deserves a '1' from me because of Kirstie Alley's horrible channeling of Lauren Bacall/Kathleen Turner (just take
your pick, it doesn't matter) with her chain-smoking shtick. To top it off, when the women are allowed the decision to
abort their fetus after being mysteriously impregnated by the wind and knowing they didn't have sex for a long time,
they decide against it. Yeah, the results will be obvious in the long run that bad things are bound to happen.
When the pack of Jor-El's children are walking around like that, it's clear they should be locked up and studied by experts.
But what the hey...where were they the entire time? Speaking of Jor-El, it's hard to believe they aren't his kids. Hey,
how come none of them is black? Oh, oh...my bad, it's verboten to start a racial Jor-El/Superman controversy. Sorry,
sorry, I is sorry.
All in all, Village of Jor-El's Damned Children is truly damned.