One of the classic British science fiction thrillers was THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED. In it, a mysterious sleep falls over a tiny rural village. Later, every woman of child-bearing age is just as mysteriously with child. The children born are uniformly light-haired and fine-featured, and it is soon discovered think and act as a collective. More terrifying is that the children evidence strange powers of mental and physical manipulation. One of the greats, done in that essential British style of playing the concept absolutely seriously. George Saunders stars. Recommended highly.
The film sired an inferior semi-sequel film, THE CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED. It's not that CHILDREN is a bad film or anything, it's just that VILLAGE was so superior. In the 1990's was a re-make of the original film, which from the start was more or less universally agreed to be a pointless affair.
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