These Are the Damned

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nick s After half an hour of screenplay it turns into a completely different movie. Some of the ways the characters react to situations seemed rather contrived. The scenes involving children were quite stagey. The movie was a great effort to present something quirky to the audience but the direction was a little rusty. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Oliver M Yep…..the multi verse! Oliver Reed in parts of this is actually acting in A Clockwork Orange. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Part 'Motor Psycho,' part 'Children of the Damned,' this worthwhile Hammer Films sci-fi effort hits a number of genres in one unique and compelling film. A biker gang, a hot female lead, creepy kids, government conspiracy, a mysterious hideaway - and more - it's all here, plus the repeated playing of a song you won't soon forget. 'Black leather, black leather!' Dig it, dammit! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Odd blend of social drama (in which an American ex-pat pursues a young British girl but gets harassed by her brother and his band of "teddy boys") and science fiction (in which they stumble into an underground cave where a scientist has been raising children from birth contacting them only through a video screen). It doesn't entirely coalesce but around halfway through things started to become interesting - of course, the earlier uncomfortable social dynamics are probably more consistent with director Joseph Losey's other output (especially when he started working with Pinter). However, I was there primarily for the sci-fi in Hammerscope this time and it doesn't really disappoint - perhaps it feels even weirder (these cold-as-ice children and their predicament) because it's crammed uneasily into another picture. But such is/was the world where the nuclear threat was inserted surreally into everyone's daily existence (see also Peter Watkins' The War Game, filmed around the same time in Britain). Worth a look. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member A public servant is the only servant that has secrets from its master. An American tourist in Europe comes across a girl running away from her brother's gang. He rescues the girl, falls in love, but she surely isn't in love with him. They escaped in his boat and when she discovers his feelings she quickly asks to be dropped off on land. He pulls up to a strange house used by an eccentric doctor. They try to sail off but they end up washed up back at the house and saved by some strange kids who claim to reside in the doctor's mansion. What is going on in this strange house? "If I could explain these I wouldn't have to make them." Joseph Losey, director of The Servant, The Go-Between, Don Giovanni, Mr. Klein, A Doll's House, Concrete Jungle, Figures in a Landscape, and X: the Unknown, delivers These are the Damned. The storyline for this picture is interesting, unique, and unfolds well. The concept was better than I anticipated and the acting was okay. The cast includes Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, and Oliver Reed. "You must have respect for other people's property." I came across this movie on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and decided to give it a shot. This was better than I anticipated. I thought it would be a Village of the Damned like plot, but I found it slightly more interesting than that. This was an interesting thriller worth a viewing but not worth adding to your collection. "It's much easier to be polite when clean." Grade: B- Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Radioactive children of the future meant to survive an inevitable nuclear holocaust. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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