Beware the children.
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Christopher ReeveAlan Chaffee
- Kirstie AlleySusan Verner
- Linda KozlowskiJill McGowan
- Michael ParéFrank McGowan
- Meredith SalengerMelanie Roberts
- Mark HamillReverend George
- Pippa PearthreeSarah
- Peter JasonBen Blum
- Constance ForslundCallie Blum
- Karen KahnBarbara Chaffee
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- David HimmelsteinScreenplay
- John WyndhamNovel
- Gary B. KibbeDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Dave DaviesOriginal Music Composer
- Edward A. WarschilkaEditor
- Sandy KingProducer
- Michael PregerProducer
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