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Episode 7: Village of the Damned (1960) & Who Can Kill a Child (1976)

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Episode Seven: Village of the Damned (1960) & Who Can Kill a Child (1976). There's something very wrong with the children....Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where we combine two films, and fall down several rabbit holes, to create something greater than the sum of its parts.First up is Village of the Damned, from 1960 starring George Sanders and Barbara Shelley, in which group of mysterious children take control of a small English village. Then we are heading to another village, only this time in Spain, for Who Can Kill a Child from 1976, which even in its very title, poses the question of how far would you go to protect yourself… when the danger comes from those that society has sworn to protect?Join us every Sunday for a new pairing and a new discussionInstagram: @thehorrordoublebill#horrorpodcast #horrorcinema #spanishhorror #britishhorror #1970shorror #1960shorror #cultcinema #horrormovies Sources:Evil Seeds The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children edited by Vanessa MorganHistorical background and context:https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/clonezone/https://www.history.com/news/juvenile-delinquency-1950s-culturehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/surviving-the-female-psychopath/202308/the-genesis-of-william-marchs-the-bad-seedhttps://william-golding.co.uk/lord-of-the-flies-and-the-second-world-warhttps://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bixby_jeromehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bixbyhttps://www.history.com/news/cold-war-paranoia-in-pop-culturehttps://retroreport.org/video/population-bomb-the-overpopulation-theory-that-fell-flat/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb#https://www.britannica.com/event/baby-boomhttps://tangentonline.com/interviews-columnsmenu-166/interviews-columnsmenu-166-interviews-columnsmenu-166/classic-ray-bradbury-interview/#:~:text=TANGENT%3A%20Ray%2C%20you%20have%20a,and%20just%20about%20everything%20since.Village of the Damned:English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897 – 2015 by Jonathan Rigbyhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/10/johnwyndham#:~:text=Critical%20verdicthttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/dec/05/2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midwich_Cuckooshttps://reactormag.com/village-of-the-damned-killer-kiddos-from-outer-space/#:~:text=Upon%20its%20move%20to%20the,that%20unfortunate%20driver%20smashes%20intohttps://culturevulture.net/film/village-of-the-damned/#:~:text=The%20Midwich%20Cuckoos%20alludes%20not,a%20heresy%20to%20Catholic%20dogmahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sandershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Conwayhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001694/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/jul/14/george-sanders-centenaryWho Can Kill A Child:“Who Can Kill a Child?” Mondo Macabro Blue Ray release special features: Interview with Narcisso Ibanez Sarrador, Interview with Kim NewmanSpanish Horror Film by Antonio Lazzaro-Rebollhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Can_Kill_a_Child%3FInstagram: @thehorrordoublebillemail: [email protected]: @thehorrordoublebillartwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)

Episode Seven: Village of the Damned (1960) & Who Can Kill a Child (1976). There's something very wrong with the children.... Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where we combine two films, and fall down several rabbit holes, to create something greater than the sum of its parts. First up is Village of the Damned, from 1960 starring George Sanders and Barbara Shelley, in which group of mysterious children take control of a small English village. Then we are heading to another...

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