Village of the Damned
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The team are joined by Westley Sith of the Mos Eisley Happy Hour for a thoroughly British nightmare; the 1960 adaptation of John Wyndham’s “The Midwich Cuckoos”, filmed as “Village of the Damned”. A film in which Shere Khan has to contend with a whole village of creepy man-cubs; the local Doctor ponces everyone’s cigarettes; and genial Harry Grout becomes a copper coming a cropper on a bicycle. Along the way we discuss “Ace of Wands”, “Psycho Goreman”, BBC Sounds podcast “The Sink”, Shudder original “The Power”, “Wolf Cop” and “Another Wolf Cop”. Watch (or re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us. APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND QUALITY ISSUES -CURRENT QUARANTINE MEASURES MEANT WE HAD TO RECORD THIS EPISODE REMOTELY.
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- "Today this village, tomorrow the world... what is the fate of the human race?"
- "This isn't a police state... yet."— General Leighton
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LeeGood evening and welcome to horror.
LeeI'm Lee.
ChrisI'm Chris.
AdamAnd I'm Adam.
LeeAnd we are joined this evening by
Leestar of the Moss Eisley Happy Hour, Wesley.
AdamYes. He's back. Thanks by popular demand again.
LeeThanks by popular demand again.
AdamIn in many ways. I was thinking that then.
ChrisVery popular demand.
AdamTechnically, it's a crossover episode.
LeeOh.
AdamBecause we've got all all of the Moss Eisley Happy Hour on it, so it's like, you know,
LeeYeah, we have to try not to start forgetting and slipping into Star Wars talk, the way that in Star Wars we keep slipping into.
ChrisOh, well, well, there is a little bit of Star Wars in this.
LeeOh, oh, my.
ChrisHe's there.
AdamI'm trying to think.
LeeWe'll see what he brings up.
ChrisI I can I can see Star Wars in anything, it's fine.
LeeThis is true.
AdamYeah, the Millennium Falcon, don't you see it?
LeeOh.
AdamOh, did you watch the special edition Village of the Damned where George Lucas has got hold of he's got hold of a load of films that are just coming out of their copyright?
AdamAnd he's just like adding bits in little robot that walks down some stairs.
LeeHe's just whacking his ball drone in he's in everything, really.
AdamYeah. Yeah.
AdamHoodoo.
LeeOh.
AdamUm.
LeeUm, so, uh, before we get into that, as we're obviously all champion at the bit to get talking about it.
LeeUm, Wesley.
LeeHave you seen anything horror related recently which you would like to discuss?
AdamUm, I've been watching quite a few little bits and pieces that it feels I saw yonks ago, the Wasp Woman, Roger Corman.
LeeAh, I've never seen that.
AdamIt's playing, isn't it?
LeeIt's playing, isn't it?
AdamYeah.
LeeIt's very Roger Corman.
AdamIt's very Roger Corman.
LeeIt's on YouTube.
AdamIt's on YouTube.
AdamSo, um, yeah, the Earth Dies Screaming.
ChrisWhat is very what is very Roger Corman?
LeeOh, when have Chris and I watched Roger Corman?
ChrisI I I can't remember what have we seen?
