![]() ![]() Presumably with a bit of tongue-in-cheek, Wyndham begins with a small English village that is not so much sleepy as actually asleep! On the night of 26 September just after 10 o’clock, all the people of Midwich, as well as all the animals, fall into a deep slumber that will last some 36 hours. We must make it bind us together for the good of all. “This is a thing that has happened to all of us. I submit this review for Tuesday’s Overlooked Film meme over at Todd Mason’s Sweet Freedom blog Katie’s Book to Movie Challenge at Doing Dewey (for reviews, click here) and Carl’s 2015 Sci-Fi Experience (review links here). ![]() It was filmed twice as Village of the Damned (in 19), which may have diverted attention from the original book, which is much sharper and less cosy than it may seem … Focussing on a series of increasingly deadly events in a small English village, this is a typical bit of low-key speculative fiction by John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (1903–1969). Time for another left turn at Fedora, but one that seems appropriate given the festive season. ![]()
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