17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Tribute To John Carpenter

VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED

VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED

Country: USA
Year: 1995
Duration: 98'


Midwich, California. All of a sudden the entire population of the city falls into a mysterious, deep sleep which lasts several hours. A few of the women discover that they are pregnant without having had sexual intercourse. They give birth to children that are similar to human beings, but with extraordinary telepathic powers.

Biography

film director

John Carpenter

(Carthage, New York, 1948) debuted in 1974 with the science fiction film Dark Star and next made three low budget films, Assault on Precint 13 (1976), Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980), which made him one of the best-known directors of American New Horror. In 1981 he directed Escape from New York and the following year The Thing continuing his study of horror movies and science fiction. He confirms his status among the genre’s best with subsequent works such as Vampires (1987), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), and Ghosts of Mars (2001). Between 2005 and 2006 he directed two episodes of the TV series Masters Of Horror. His last movie is The Ward (2010). In 1999, Torino Film Festival dedicated a complete retrospective to his opus.

FILMOGRAFIA

Dark Star (id., 1974), Assault on Precint 13 (Distretto 13: le brigate della morte, 1976), Halloween (Halloween: la notte delle streghe, 1978), The Fog (Fog, 1980), Escape from New York (1997: fuga da New York, 1981), The Thing (La cosa, 1982), Christine (Christine, la macchina infernale, 1983), Big Trouble in Little China (Grosso guaio a Chinatown, 1986), Prince of Darkness (Il signore del male, 1987), They Live (Essi vivono, 1988), In the Mouth of Madness (Il seme della follia, 1994), Village of Damned (Villaggio dei dannati, 1995), Escape from L.A. (Fuga da Los Angeles, 1996), Vampires (id., 1998), John Carpenter’s Ghost of Mars (Fantasmi da Marte, 2001), Masters of Horror (ep. Cigarette Burns, TV, 2005; ep. Pro-Life, TV, 2006), John Carpenter's The Ward (The Ward - Il reparto, 2010), John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (serie tv, 2023).

Cast

& Credits

Director and screenplay: John Carpenter.
Plot: dal romanzo omonimo di John Wyndham.
Director of photography: Gary B. Kibbe.
Effetti speciali ottici: Bruce Nicholson per Industrial Light & Magic.
Costume designer: Robin Michel Bush.
Art director: Rodger Maus.
Music: John Carpenter, Dave Davies.
Editor: Edward A. Warschilka.
Cast and characters: Christopher Reeve (Alan Chaffee), Mark Hamill (reverendo George), Kristie Alley (Susan Verner), Linda Kozlowski (Jill McGowan), Karen Kahn (Barbara Chaffee), Peter Jason (Ben Blum).
Producer: Sandy King.
Production company: Alphaville per Universal Pictures.
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