Village of the Damned story
Ten women in a quiet Californian coastal town simultaneously become pregnant with brood parasitic aliens. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name which in turn was based on the 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham.
25 total · 8 major · 17 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extraterrestrial being | major | It gradually became apparent that the children were brood parasite aliens. |
| husband and wife | major | Alan and Barbara Chaffee. Frank and Jill McGowan. Reverend George and Sarah. Each couple had to deal with the wife giving birth to a child with pale skin, white-blond hair, cobalt eyes, and fierce a intellect. |
| invasive life form from outer space | major | It became apparent that the brood parasite aliens had designs on supplanting human beings as Earth's apex species. |
| mind control ability | major | The children routinely controlled people to do things against their will, most notably commit suicide. |
| mind reading ability | major | The children manifested an innate ability to read the minds of all the humans, although Alan learned how to block their ability to do so to some extent. |
| parasitic being | major | It gradually became apparent that the children were brood parasite aliens. |
| what if a child had power over adults | major | The children of Midwich used mind control to force people to do things against their will. In general, the townspeople came to fear the children. |
| what if every woman suddenly got pregnant at the same time | major | Ten women of the quiet coastal town of Midwich found themselves to be pregnant following a mysterious event which saw everyone suddenly fall unconscious at a 10AM one day and regain consciousness at 4PM. |
| abortion | minor | Some of ten Midwich women who suddenly found themselves to be pregnant contemplated aborting the fetuses. |
| caring for a baby | minor | Various Midwich parents were shown caring for their strange babies. |