The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Children of the Damned
Drama · Horror · Mystery · 1964
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
Movie details
Children of the Damned
“Beware the eyes that paralyze!!!”
1964 Drama · Horror · Mystery 1h 30m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Children of the Damned?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Anton Leader
Written by
John Briley
Ian Hendry
Tom Llewellyn
Alan Badel
David Neville
Barbara Ferris
Susan Eliot
Alfred Burke
Colin Webster
S
Sheila Allen
Diana Looran
Ralph Michael
Minister of Defense
Patrick Wymark
Commander
Court is in session
Put Children of the Damned on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.