Village of The Damned – SSP073
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Celebrating the month of September being back to school month for many, Karen has the selected the 1960 film “Village of The Dammed” for our viewing pleasure. Join Greg and Karen as they discuss the film while enjoying a “Back to School-tini”. Karen found the recipe below on olivejude.com.
Back to School-tini
• 2 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz coconut rum
• 1/2 oz apple juice
• splash of grenadine
• apple slice for garnish
Instructions:
- Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice.
- Pour in the vodka, coconut rum, and apple juice. Add a splash of grenadine.
- Shake well and strain into a martini glass.
- Garnish with an apple slice.
A Brief Synopsis: One day the peaceful village of Midwich is cast into a mysterious sleep for several hours, but with no obvious consequences, until soon all the women of child-bearing age turn out to be pregnant. Their children are all born at the same time, and grow quickly into very spooky young people, with strange white-blonde hair and eerie eyes.
Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:
- Greg makes a reference to The Talking Heads.
- Karen teaches us all about white shepherd dogs.
- The film is base on a novel called “The Midwich Cuckoo”. Why?
- Exactly how did the achieve the effect to make the children’s eyes glow?
- Is Midwich a real town in England?
- Karen references the 60’s sitcom “Bewitched”.
- Greg makes a KISS reference.
Our rating of the film:
This movie was pretty good. It only look us 2 cocktails to get through it.
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