Read the Empire Movie review of The Village Of The Damned. One of those little science fiction movies that, once seen (and it's a TV staple) is never...

Read the Empire Movie review of Village of the Damned. Pointless re-make. One of (the once great) Carpenter's...

Pillage of 'The Damned': John Carpenter's remake of a sci-fi fave sows bad seeds

With "Village of the Damned," a sleek and scary remake of the 1960 classic thriller of the supernatural, John Carpenter takes us back to a beautiful Northern...

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"Village of the Damned" is a risible remake of the British 1960 sci-fi classic. With John Carpenter at the helm, potential seemed to be there for a scary and...