History Film / VillageOfTheDamned1995

* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:A majority of the adults introduced are killed by the children, and by the end the audience is left with 1 adult and 1 child (David and his mom Jill)]]

In the village of Midwich, everyone suddenly loses their consciousness for a day as they were preparing for a county fair. Later, it becomes apparent that all the women have mysteriously become pregnant during that time, which leads them to give birth to children who have immense psychic powers. The children, howewer, are devoid of anything similar to humanity and empathy...

!This remake provides examples of:

* DrivenToSuicide: A young woman whose late daughter was [[spoiler: David's intended partner who was a stillborn and is the older sister of one of the children. It is implied that she shot herself in the head out of grief over her lost daughter.]]
* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler: A majority of the adults introduced are killed by the children, and by the end the audience is left with 1 adult and 1 child (David and his mom Jill)]]
* DyingTown: The already small town of Midwich, with its 2000 inhabitants, becomes this when the kids start hurting and killing its citizens, driving most survivors to either leave town or get themselves killed if they make the children angry until [[spoiler: Mara's father kills nearly all the children while David and Jill leave the town]] It is unknown how many people remained in the town (if there's anyone left at all).

* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Alan decides that in order to save humanity he must kill all the children, including his "daughter" Mara, who is not technically his daughter but rather the spawn of some unknown entity. Although he makes an effort to spare Jill's son, David, which she manages to do moments before the bomb Alan was hiding in the barn explodes.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The cuckoos read Alan's mind just in time to find out about the bomb he has planted, just before it explodes and kills them all.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: All the alien children are killed [[spoiler: by Mara's father after he realizes that they cannot be taught humanity nor be stopped,]] except for [[spoiler: David, whose mother manages to get him out of the barn in time]].

* GoodShepherd: Reverend George is softspoken, kind, and cares about the safety of the town. [[GenreSavvy He is also one of the first to realize the threat the children pose]].

* KidsAreCruel: Especially if they're mutated children with no empathy

The movie is a BloodierAndGorier remake of Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960.

* KillEmAll: The film has everyone dying except for [[spoiler:the teacher girl and her son aka one of the alien children, the only one to have developed human emotions]].

* KidsAreCruel: Specially if they're mutated children with no empathy

* CreepyChild: All the mutant children, and specially their leader Mara. One of the boys (the son of the local schoolteacher Jill) loses his female counterpart in childbirth, and thus learns empathy... ''and he's still kinda creepy''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: If the children take any pain inflicted upon them, accidentally or otherwise, they force the adults to experience it taken UpToEleven. This also applies if the adults try to interfere with the children's plans in any way.

* AnyoneCanDie: The film has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. This being a Creator/JohnCarpenter film, all but [[spoiler:two]] of them are dead by the end.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's a ton of supporting characters outside of the main cast.

* UnfriendlyFire: When the State Police and National Guard attempt to confront and kill the children, the children hypnotize them into killing eachother instead.

* WouldHurtAChild: All the alien children are killed [[spoiler: by Mara's father after he realizes that they cannot be taught humanity nor can be stopped except for David, whose mother manages to get him out of the barn in time]].

* TinMan: David, in spite of the cuckoo's nature, slowly grasps onto emotions to some degree. Mara is a darker example. For someone who refutes the idea of having emotions, she has a [[TranquilFury thinly veiled contemptuous, angry disposition]] for most of the movie.

* LighterAndSofter: In the original story and the 1960 film based on it, all the children were villains uncaring of humanity. The girl who was destined to be David's mate is stillborn, and as a result, David has some emotional vulnerability. To balance it out however, the other children are even more vindictive and graphic in action than in the original.

* DyingTown: The already small town of Midwich, with it's 2000 inhabitants, becomes this when the kids start hurting and killing it's citizens, driving most survivors to either leave town or get themselves killed if they make the children angry until [[spoiler: Mara's father kills nearly all the children while David and Jill leave the town]] It is unknown how many people remained in the town (if there's anyone left at all).

* SoftSpokenSadist: Mara speaks softly and coldly, and is the ringleader of a bunch of horrible kids.

The 1995 adaptation of ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos'' by Creator/JohnCarpenter, starring Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/MarkHamill, Creator/KirstieAlley, and Creator/PeterJason.

* RealityEnsues: Everyone falls asleep at once in the middle of whatever they were doing? There are consequences, many gruesome and fatal.

* KillEmAll: The film has everyone dying except for the teacher girl and her son aka one of the alien children, the only one to have developed human emotions.

* AnyoneCanDie: Even for a horror film, no one is safe, and by the end of the movie pretty much everyone is dead, including [[spoiler:the protagonist]].

* DriventoSuicide: A young woman whose late daughter was [[spoiler: David's intended partner who was a stillborn and is the older sister of one of the children. It is implied that she shot herself in the head out of grief over her lost daughter.]]

In the village of Midwich, everyone suddenly loses their consciousness for a day. Later, it becomes apparent that all the women have mysteriously become pregnant during that time, which leads them to give birth to children who have immense psychic powers. The children, howewer, are devoid of anything similar to humanity and empathy...

* DyingTown: Midwich becomes this when the kids start hurting and killing it's citizens, driving most survivors to either run away until [[spoiler: Mara's father kills nearly all the children while David and Jill leave the town]] It is unknown how many people remained in the town (if any at all).