This was made after George Sanders made 'All About Eve' - the high point of his career. Maybe he needed the money for a Sure Thing movie, after his divorces from two Gabor sisters (at different times, mind you). But his role in this is so ludicrous, it's sad.... With his effete persona, his plummy Brit accent - who could possibly believe he married a nice woman and sat drinking tea in the garden, and was overcome with joy at becoming a DADDY!...I picture him swilling down gin all day and mourning his past, until wife/mommy brought him High Tea out in the garden.....Now, I am not throwing aspersions on Mr. Sanders. His life could turn out like that. But he is WAY too old for the role, just all wrong. It's like ...ok, it is like he suffered an accident in NYC after All About Eve, and was sent home to England, and he recovered and married a nice woman who would take care of him....and there he is, dealing with the Village of the Damned children? No. Just No. I can hardly notice the glowing eyes and white wigs of the Damned. too focussed on poor old George Sanders.
Review of Village of the Damned
