Village of the Damned ~ Lost in Adaptation

A comparison of the 1960 horror movie to the book it's based on: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham.

[Dominic-Noble]

I'm stoked so many people got the original Mary Sue reference! Also just wanted to reiterate how appreciative I am of all the kind comments. It really does help the channel a ton <3

[harmonicajay]

"Why were you crawling on all fours and barking, Mr. Zellaby?"
(Bomb rings)
"Oh, thank God."

[sophiekathleen]

He reads the original Mary Sue fan fiction. I love this channel.

[limbobilbo]

Dominic wrote down that dominatrix joke. Filmed himself three times, twice as children, then but it in black and white, then uploaded it.

Respect man, respect

[katrijndekeersmaecker]

An entire community of women having unexplained simultanious pregnancies is an absolutely amazing and terrifying horror concept.
I WANT this story from a female lens.
The power fetuses have to alter their carrying parent's body has so much potential for horror.

[yourearsaregreen]

Suddenly being pregnant (or being pregnant at all) is one of the most horrifying things I can think of, never mind having to raise the satan-alien child too

[starcatcherSEQUEL]

"The hidden message was that Jesus was also a space alien parasite..."
Giorgio Tsukalos: *heavy breathing*

[agm]

Have I read the book before hearing about the authors past I would have interpreted the whole "I'm so happy to be pregnant with God knows what" aspect as an effect/manipulation of the mothers by the "children" inside them.

[vanessar]

Waking up, suddenly being pregnant is like my personal nightmare... but ofc we need to know how the men are coping. XD

[ladyfoxytales]

"Burdened with excessive Catholicism" is an amazing sentence.

[theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

So John Carpenter remade a movie about interstellar aliens with supernatural powers that come to earth to be raised by humans...and he cast SUPERMAN in the leading role?

That can’t have been unintentional.

[thomasraines]

That “Zellaby fanfiction crossover” bit was hilarious.

[natyfop]

the part with the original star trek self-insert-fan-fic applied to this author was hilarious

[jessicapatton]

If I ever get enough confidence to properly try writing one of the things on the top of my list is the ‘mysterious mass pregnancy’ plot but from the women’s point of view. Given I’m a woman who doesn’t want children and is genuinely grossed out by the thought of being pregnant I get the feeling the tone will be very horror.

[ShadowYaz]

“Captain! I am not that sort of man!” As a person who’s name is Mary Sue, I super liked that. 😆

[Tamlinearthly]

Ira Levin said that when considering pregnancy-themed horror the idea of aliens occurred to him but this book had already beaten him to the punch, so instead we got "Rosemary's Baby."

[c-puff]

My biggest exposure to the Midwich Cuckoos are "The Delightful Children from Down the lane" from Kids Next Door.

[Astr-Dreamer]

Hey guys, just a reminder please don’t tell him to hurry up and finish doing other books adaptations, A lot of this take a lot of time and effort
You just telling him to hurry will cause possible burnout, he’s a human being, not an entertainment machine.

Edit: The entitlement people in the replies you don’t pass the vibe check 🤡

[basementdwellercosplay]

I think the mothers being overly happy to be randomly pregnant with the alien kids in modern recreations or reimagining it by explaining the kids made them think this so they would be very well cared for and not hurt. I don't think the writer meant that considering the past he had but it'd make sense as why the mothers aren't even bothered by the change
Edit: I forgot this comment and recently watched the film, deciding to watch this to see how it deferred from the book. I thought that David was supernaturally controlling his mother cause as soon as he's born she's devoted him no matter what even though she was scared while pregnant

[turkishvan]

"Birds can be real assholes" Especially when you include the fact that the eggs laid by the victim bird are either thrown out by the brood parasite parent, by the brood parasite baby once it hatches, or the baby victim birds are killed by the brood parasite baby upon hatching, thrown out of the nest by the brood parasite baby's instinctive reaction when it feels something on its back, or just out-competed in food acquisition by the larger brood parasite baby. End result, along with tricking another bird into raising a baby, brood parasites result in the death of the original babies.
BTW, not all cuckoos are brood parasites. The roadrunner (yes, it's a cuckoo) is an example of a non-brood parasite species. All honeyguides are brood parasites, though