The Midwich Cuckoos | Official Trailer

An exciting modern-day reimagining of John Wyndham’s science fiction classic starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley. Midwich is a quiet commuter town where nothing much happens. That is, until the twilight hours of a late summer’s day, when everyone within a set area of the town falls unconscious. The curious incident seems temporary and those affected regain consciousness, but every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As the children of the phenomenon grow, it becomes clear they are not of this world.
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[@Dibbdroid]

Come on Sky, give credit to the book author John Wyndham not the writer of The Night Manager

[@antmann9123]

Well said. Love John Wyndham books

[@silcoxmatthew]

Lived up in Steep by the hangers .

[@ScarletVampyr666]

Come on guys stop showing recognition to the person that had to adapt the story for TV. In all honesty they know the book author is important but it's a famous book so its not like they can make it anymore famous.

[@patcampton9799]

Did John le Carte write the book.

[@TrollDecker]

@@patcampton9799 John le Carte was too busy transporting stuff in a wheelbarrow. John le Carre, on the other hand, penned The Night Manager, but probably had no hand in the screenplay.

[@keegan773]

One of the most unsettling parts of the original story was the way the different women had babies that all looked very similar. This version we have had to represent every racial minority group. Yet another rehash of a good story ruined by ‘diversity’. Won’t be watching this any more.

[@templar-asimov9252]

Think I’d rather watch the 1960 movie Village of the Damned, “A brick wall... a brick wall... I must think of a brick wall...”.

[@druunderwood5602]

Village of the Damned 1995 Carpenter classic.

[@roadgent7921]

1960 film all day long.

[@zacattack8]

This one is closer to the novel in 57 just set in the modern era

[@ruthfoley2580]

Why do all the children look different? Part of the original "horror" was that they all looked the same & even the mothers couldn't tell them apart.

[@danpalmer5451]

I’m beginning to think their origin may turn out to be different to the source material. There are guys in hazmat suits etc, so it could be something like a man-made experiment gone awry. If so they have taken a leaf from the 1988 Blob remake.

[@richs6745]

Because we live in an age where being as woke as possible is now more important than staying true to history and original writing

[@johnburke4931]

@@richs6745 yup

[@tetsuolionheart9611]

because diversity and representation even if it makes 0 sense

[@roadgent7921]

@@johnburke4931 Ditto

[@darrylsloan]

Interesting that they're going with the original title this time, instead of "Village of the Damned."

[@abisnow1843]

my understanding was that in the 60's the movie makers wanted it to be clear to the casual cinema goer that it was a horror movie. Personally I prefer The Midwich Cuckoos bc of the nature of cuckoos being very integral to the children's entire being

[@dingwei7]

This looks absolutely terrible 🤣

[@na1677]

Interesting take ... Not sure if its appropriate that the children are so all so 'diverse'. In the original story the children were supposed to look all the same, with blond hair, green eyes and pale skin... Noticably different to their parents.. it was part of what is supposed to alienate them as 'different'.

[@griffinmill2295]

maybe the difference is part of the story, a newer breed who have evolved a bit to fit in better?

[@lara_young]

I wish the kids were all creepy little blonde things like in "Village of the Damned" 😂

[@anneshields2010]

Yeah I was stunned at that and some of the kids do look like their parents

[@facetsofspacey4159]

it made it more "creepy" to me because i understand more the attachments the mothers form to their children, and how other people would judge me or not believe me if this happened to me. Having said that i'm generally more a fan of psychothrillers than pure horror so maybe thats why this was more interesting for me.

[@mradriankool]

The 1960’s adaptation scared the piss out of me as a child. This got the hairs on the arms up. Hope they go for psychology terror over horror gore. But I’m in

[@MikeKleinsteuber]

Overly earnest and the virtue signalling by Sky with the number of ethnic minorities is truly ridiculous, particularly for an English village. That's why the kids can't possibly look alike which was one of the main tenets of the book.

[@danpalmer5451]

It would have been fascinating if the modern, multi-racial cast still had uniformly identical kids. That would have been in keeping with the original conceit - yet with a modern day, social commentary twist. I guess it would have been too much of a creative risk.

[@williammurphy3766]

In the book the cuckoo children are identical in several locations around the world where women have been impregnated by similar alien visitations. So they are often very different to the indigenous children of the communities and are promptly killed.

[@danpalmer5451]

@@williammurphy3766 Very good point, yeah. There’s a lot you could do with that in today’s climate.

[@johnlewis9158]

Britain it would seem unlike the rest of the world is no longer allowed its own culture. Indeed shoehorning a bunch of black kids into a English village setting is on par with a bunch of Caucasians extra's playing Zulus in a remake of Zulu

[@Trev359]

@@johnlewis9158 Exactly!

[@liverpooleleven]

@@johnlewis9158 Seen any white Zulu's in real life lately then?

[@jfr1995]

Not giving the kids blonde hair and yellow Eyes? One of the creepiest parts of the book is how similar the kids all looked to one another. Interesting decision by the creators of the show. It looks okay, I’m getting 6/10 vibes.

[@ruthfoley2580]

Yeah. A counter productive change.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Good for you, I'm getting a 2/10 and that might be overly hopeful.

[@shinra2755]

‘Woke’ nonsense.

[@robertmoore1061]

Agreed! They should have had at least the golden like eyes but understand the need to be ethnically diverse.

[@williambleeker7214]

Diversity, innit..?

[@charlottecarlton-moss1045]

Woke from the opening shot. Just stop it.

[@emzistar]

God - whoever adapted this clearly never bothered to read the actual book 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@djx64]

Exactly..

[@TrollDecker]

Sure, Jan. 🙄

[@emzistar]

@@TrollDecker are you trying to reinvent Karen? 😂😂good luck, Decker

[@OhNaNaNeonNeil]

@@emzistar it's a Brady bunch quote. Pre Karen!

[@SaraHutchinson_Editor]

Actually, he did.

[@alexduggan9629]

Would have been more realistic to make all the children illegal immigrants.

[@beholdapalehorse]

The kids should all have blond hair and blue eyes respect the source material or I'm not watching it

[@TrollDecker]

Learn what creative license is,

[@beholdapalehorse]

@@TrollDecker respect the source material

[@ruthfoley2580]

Gold eyes.

[@beholdapalehorse]

@@TrollDecker learn what respect is

[@beholdapalehorse]

@@ruthfoley2580 I watched it in black and white the first time so

[@michaelelsy2209]

They've got the hair wrong they've got unusual golden eyes, light blonde hair, and pale, silvery skin didn't see any of that in this preview. At least it's in England and not America. Still would have been better if they set in the 50's.

[@Ater_Draco]

It's cheaper to make contemporary dramas than things from other centuries

[@michaelelsy2209]

@@Ater_Draco The problem with putting it into the modern era with the Internet there no way this could be hidden from the world. If they set it in the 50's or even the 60's no Internet so easier to cover up.

[@Ater_Draco]

@Michael Elsy you've seen a 90 second trailer, so how do you know that issue isn't part of the series?

[@louise1712]

But do the kids have to look the same? A lot of stuff back in the day was all white children with blonde hair. Time to represent kids properly

[@ruthfoley2580]

@@louise1712 yes. A huge plot point was that even the mothers couldn't tell them apart.

[@drchunkybiscuit9973]

Looks dreadful!! 😖

[@drchunkybiscuit9973]

Ratings state it too. Only 6.6 on IMDB. 🤣

[@markymark7803]

More woke casting spoiling a show/film

[@tat007]

God awful rubbish.

[@TrollDecker]

Good of you to admit that about yourself.

[@pokerphil1st]

More woke nonsense. The children should have blond hair, golden eyes and silvery skin. I wont be watching, I'll read the book.

[@Knorogna3126]

I get the importance of POC characters in fiction, and I have no intend of being racist, but I think it would be waaay more interesting if all the kids were the same like in the book. Imagine a black woman giving birth to a platinum blonde pale kid! That would be insanely creepy 'cause it's probably genetically impossible. It would make their alien nature way clearer

[@facetsofspacey4159]

On the other hand this version can also make it more "creepy" because you as a watcher can more forget the alien nature and understand more the attachments the mothers form to their children, it's also more helpful to further the plotline (SPOILERS) of nathan and the attachment we see there, we are easier relate to him even though hes an alien.

[@bettybulani4895]

I do know that black gave birth to white colour ryt? And what cannot birth blck

[@CloseingStraw97]

that or just give them all golden eyes

[@nickbenke3306]

The 1960 movie 'The village of the damned' was a good adaptation of the novel. Creepy as hell and true to the original story.

[@garethhanby]

I'm thinking of a brick wall.

[@Trev359]

"Modern-day reimagining", three words that always fill me with dread. Not making all the children identical destroys what makes the original story so creepy. Those children just don't look creepy. Compare this to the classic 1960 movie. Modern day wokeness has spoilt this version.

[@richs6745]

well at least they are not all black lesbians

[@johnburke4931]

@@ariesviolent no, they changed it to be inclusive. It’s apparent. It’s why they change everything these days. It’s why they cast a black woman to play Anne Boleyn in a recent production about Henry VIII. And before you accuse me of racism, or any other such nonsense, I am not in the slightest bit racist. The book, and the original had the children with yellow eyes, blonde hair, and silvery, pale skin. They bared no resemblance to their parents, because they were aliens. It worked and it made them more creepy. I’m not saying this new one won’t be good either, I’m certainly gonna watch it. I can’t see it improving on the 60’s version though.

[@johnburke4931]

@@ariesviolent again, it’s not racist, nor is it judgmental. What other possible reason would they change it. Like I said earlier, it’s not gonna stop me watching it, it’s not gonna stop me liking it. If it’s good, it’s good, simple as. The blonde hair, yellow eyes, and silvery skin, made them more creepy and added a real sense of horror. That’s something that’s not going to be in the remake.

[@nicktarboxphotography1045]

The 1995 version of 'The Village of the Damned' was excellent 👍

[@davidprice5563]

>John Carpenter's version, with the late great Christopher Reeve: that is an absolute classic, I cannot think of one thing to think "This isn't that good" - but it is.

[@marymungleandmidge4080]

The original 1960’s version was better, but the John Carpenter movie was pretty good, just not as creepy.

[@xwhitetruthseekerx]

No, no, no the 1960’s film so much better, will watch but going to have to be exceptional to top The. Ullage of the Damned 😳

[@Mags1906]

@@xwhitetruthseekerx totally agree. Love Village of the Damned, not sure I will watch this version.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

@@marymungleandmidge4080 Probably because they tried to make it TOO creepy and it fell through a bit.

[@jimsouthlondon7061]

Could have been worse for Midwich other than a hostile alien visitation maybe a proposed travellers site or an immigration detention centre. Horror of horrors HS2 construction site .

[@phineausolshewski4750]

I loved this book but a huge part of the story was the children’s similarities to each other, not sure why they thought it would be a good idea to change it.

[@johnburke4931]

Woke, that’s why.

[@theprophet9429]

Personally, I think it makes perfect sense that some of the kids have Afros and some don’t. Anyone who’s familiar with the course material would agree. (Just a quick note to Zoomers; this is sarcasm).

[@RogueRM]

Wyndham stated that they all had golden eyes, blonde hair and pale silvery skin. They carried no characteristics of their mothers. The reason is that they are aliens. Why change it?

[@zeddeka]

@@RogueRM there's no point in making remakes if they're going to be identical to previous versions. The films are never identical to the books - they all take artistic license

[@johnburke4931]

@@zeddeka I have no issue with black people moving in next door, or anywhere else for that matter. Shoehorning in black characters to appeal to some woke agenda, is unnecessary though. In the book, they looked exactly as they did in the film. Changing that, takes away some of the spooky element. This box ticking nonsense needs to stop. Before they make programs now, they must have a list of all the minorities, just to make sure they don’t miss one. Especially concerning black people and LGBTQ. I’m not racist and have no issue with black people or any other minority for that matter. Making Anne Boleyn black however is just another example of this lunacy. It’s the equivalent of me making a biopic on Sidney Poitier, and getting Brad Pitt to play him.

[@anneshields2010]

The drama is okay but I prefer the movie versions and when the kids had the glowing eyes and white hair and looked identical to eachother some of the kids do look like their parents in this version

[@jrbs]

I thought they all had blonde hair.

[@philipsheppard4815]

Is there some rule that Keeley Hawes has to be in at least 10% of all TV programmes?

[@sneezi7]

I guess Sheridan Smith was unavailable.

[@Upsallauniversity123]

Keeley hawes needs to change his agent. This series is just a piece of crap .

[@feistyphysicist]

Sarah Lancashire an Olivia Coleman were on holiday.

[@TheNorfolkman]

In the book, the children that were born all had blond hair.

[@iamgroot2051]

For anyone thinking about watching this series, YOU MAY its very different and will keep you wanting more, trust me. I binged it and glad i did !!! :)

[@Sisters_11yassine]

Where can I watch it?

[@ChrisceJoyAmper]

speak no more. sold. didnt even finish watching the trailer because your comment is enough. MY HERO

[@paulrees3861]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, yep, you just have to make those changes. All the kids looked virtually identical in the novel but nope, got to get that diversity and inclusivity box ticked. I bet it'll lean in to the 'me too' movement and evil patriarchy as well. Just adapt the damn book!

[@TrollDecker]

Cry more.

[@paulrees3861]

@@TrollDecker only with laughter. Theres a reason modern adaptations are doing poorly.

[@TrollDecker]

@@paulrees3861 [citation needed]

[@RogueRM]

@@TrollDecker Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[@stevetattersall5933]

That's another classic butchered then

[@darrenedwards6538]

Looks very woke to me !

[@gregmcfarnon1140]

Did you honestly expect anything else? I seem to recall all the children in the original book had pale skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. Something tells me we won't be seeing that here...

[@darrenedwards6538]

Yep not a good time for up coming white actors

[@s1ddo]

@@darrenedwards6538 I don't mind some ethnicity, but 4 of those kids aren't white, hardly believable when it's set in Middle England, also the village has now morphed into a town.

[@darrenedwards6538]

@@s1ddo don’t remake a book from past times to rewrite film history,they’ve never made a better version than the original, if they want to portray that this is how real life is then actually make something original,poor idle woke copies are genuinely crap!

[@TrollDecker]

TRANSLATION: "Anyone who isn't white makes me uncontrollably soil my nappy."

[@samkronis]

Written by John Wyndham, the Night Manager was written by John Le Carre.

[@ScarletVampyr666]

Screenwrite lol. It's a task to adapt a book lol. It's not just book to screen lol

[@jeffdennis526]

Being ethnically diverse myself myself I agree with idea of this interpretation but as a fan of the film an EVEN bigger of the radio plays(more faithful to the book and more atmospheric I think) I can’t see it working. Happy to be proved wrong but the blue eyes, blonde hair and general clone like quality of the children seems to be the heart of story.

[@jeffdennis526]

@@feistyphysicist interpretation was probably slightly the wrong word…intention would be a better choice. I wonder if they made the facial features of all the children almost identical, would it have been creepier. If this version gets people to revisit the film, audiobooks, etc then it’s not a bad thing.

[@Valen-xu2wy]

So you took away the gold eyes, blond hair, silver white skin.....the xeno aspect. Making them look like humans, only creepy, which is how many children now look. Kinda missed the point of the story of xenogenisis.

[@edwinreid8355]

I listened to The Midwitch Cuckoo's last year as I'd always been fascinated by the story so I'd love to see this adaptation.

[@bandersnatch9469]

The original film (1960 version) is really good as well

[@josephhetherington7318]

1960 is much much better

[@bandersnatch9469]

I love how original it is (employing themes of brood parasitism (hence the “cuckoo” analogy) in a science fiction context)

[@Bro-cx2jc]

@@bandersnatch9469 I like how the kids areore believable in the 1960 version. They're stiffly formal but capable of showing respect for others. They can even show mercy in some cases as they proved. The 1995 kids were creepy little micro terminators who didn't properly carry the atmosphere of the original. Sure, a remake can do its own thing, but its own thing wasn't that great. I still enjoyed the movie enough overall. The rest of the cast helped.

[@vordman]

What made the novel and the 1960 film so unsettling was the Aryan super-race subtext. The kids look crap in this. They should have all been blonde like mini Major Von Hapens from Where Eagles Dare.

[@timblissATT]

This has been done a couple of times before. It’s time someone did The Chrysalids.

[@HeavyMetalMomma]

Thing is, I bet if they did it they wouldn't do the ending in the book. They always screw up The Day Of The Triffids so....

[@katie2275]

That would be amazing

[@abisnow1843]

lot of comments being "i'm not racist but..." "it's too woke" listen. I think that making the kids different is: A. Is more visually interesting. Adds to the idea of "self" versus "collective mind" that the children share. They ARE individuals (a fact that Zellaby points out to her granddaughter). B. adds to the dread that the parents would feel looking at a child that looks partially like the mother! Knowing that they are not fully human but look just enough alike! We are not in the 50's anymore, communities are diverse and i think that it would only add to harmful stereotypes if the ONLY mothers that didn't like their children because they were blonde and blue eyed were the POC women, i don't think that's fair. I think from the perspective of the mothers, it's harder to detatch themselves from their space children! Adds to the drama! So call me woke, but we live in a diverse world, and let's be real, Wyndham's book was definitely sexist in many ways. I won't deny the impact it had on horror, but I think making it ""woke"" as so many comments have been saying, will make it better because not everyone in the UK is white. We should celebrate it.

[@ananalparabiabi1200]

I don't get it with people mindset these days. Why trying to bring and modernize old things that does not have the 'criteria' of this time period when you can just make something new. Some of you points i agree with, but you can't deny it this has to stop. Old are goldens, yes, but it doesn't mean we have to bring it back. You're right, we're not in the 50s anymore and john wyndhams book are sexist, so why we have to watch this again? Why they're making this? One of the vital reasons why i don't watch remake, adaptations, etc because People just gonna keep complaining it's not the same like the original, and there's other people who accept it and think it's necessary for the changes. This will only result of never end debate. The industry entertainment is running out of ideas and start remaking olds one for nostalgia sake, and i can just easily predict it how is gonna progress, i'm just so tired with all the cycles. Midwich cuckoos are classic and it shouldn't be repeated again, just leave it on it's place like all the ogs and don't try to change it. Somethings are better left untouched.

[@mickgarnish8403]

if season 2 is anything like season 1 it`s total crap

[@lolahernandez6871]

those are some of the ugliest wigs I've ever seen!

[@stormhawk3319]

Made sure it’s a multiracial cast in an English village. Mustn’t upset the wokes.

[@mickexley2886]

I remember the movie ‘Village of the damned’ 1960 superbly atmospheric based on the same book this should be good

[@thephiman1]

John Carpenters remake was excellent

[@stephenmclaren5692]

For a movie with a very silly title, it was sooo good. Interested in seeing where this one goes!

[@TrollDecker]

@@davejones1857No, Children of the Corn was completely different and based on A Stephen King story. This is based on the much earlier John Wyndham novel.

[@TrollDecker]

@@simonlaw9234 u wot m8?

[@alpachinosivak2141]

@@davejones1857 are you ok like I'm scared like your Monsters homework

[@valpercinabanalan8576]

The Original Movie adaptation Village of the Damned is by far better than this

[@onelittleatlas5645]

Absolutely love the book it looks amazing although the wigs on the kids... whoever thought that looked artistically good to differentiate them is beyond me, can't take them seriously.

[@josephhetherington7318]

1960 film is much much better

[@vb8428]

@@josephhetherington7318 Nah, those kids are even worse actors

[@gullwingstorm857]

They were all blonde. That’s how it was written.

[@rowanmarc]

Yet to see an adaptation that did justice to the book. Hopes not high

[@emzistar]

Agreed

[@GlareBoxTV]

The closest thing to an adaptation is Torchwood Children of Earth.

[@emzistar]

@@GlareBoxTV I'm assuming you have also not read the book...

[@Heretican]

It was ruined by the race-mixing and the multiracialism, its a British show, it should have British people

[@vandibber8221]

And the children are supposed to be aliens so are you annoyed they didn't go into space and cast alien kids for this?

[@The_Str4nger]

so only white people are British?

[@l0stk3y]

This looks like a parody of every horror movie

[@johnburke4931]

Can’t beat Village of the Damned, absolute classic!

[@jovangorgi]

God, I miss Christopher Reeves. He was a great actor.

[@johnburke4931]

@@jovangorgi that was the remake

[@jovangorgi]

@@johnburke4931 I know. 1960 then 1995.

[@johnburke4931]

@@jovangorgi yeah, I love the original. I remember I tried watching the 90’s one, couldn’t get into it. That was a long time ago though. I’ll have to try again. I agree though Reeve was a great actor, the definitive Superman for sure!

[@evansclan4eva49]

Sent me to sleep. The John Carpenter film is much better.

[@marymungleandmidge4080]

The kids should have blonde hair, it’s what made the kids creepy in the original (and best) 1960’s movie and John Carpenters 1995 movie.

[@louise1712]

Blonde hair is what makes children creepy 🤔 hmm ok then

[@marymungleandmidge4080]

@@louise1712 it’s how they are described in the book, so I think they should of kept the hair colour, as the whole point is that it made them appear alien, in this this new version, they just look like regular kids.

[@RogueRM]

@@louise1712 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[@jacobbozeman2364]

I never realized the 90s version of village of the damned was based on another's book. But I also was young enough that I didn't care

[@ragequitter93070]

OH MY GOD! I cant believe they're actually adapting this book!!!! I loved reading John Wyndham's stuff as a kid, I'm so excited!!!

[@TegusChromis]

It was adapted twice (1960 [British] & 1995 [US]) as the film village of the damned. I've not seen the US version, but the British version was excellent.

[@darrenedwards6538]

@@TegusChromis why are people so stupid on here ,glad you put them right!

[@codswallop321]

Same here, I read all of John Wyndham's novels as a teenager, always brilliant.

[@antmann9123]

I read the chrysalids when I was in the infants. Me mum helped me a bit haha but it’s still one of my favourite books. Love his works

[@tigerfeet2813]

Our mum always used to reference the 1960s midwich cuckoos film, when talking about creepy children!!

[@teqfreak]

It really pains me that in the trailer they say "from the writer of The Nigh Manager". As someone who's has a special appreciation for John Wyndham - when I was 8-9 years old and told my mother I wanted to read sci-fi and she gave me his books (the midwhich cuckoos among them). I have never stopped reading sci-fi since and read his books several times, the guy deserves some credit. Few years later his books also became the first books I read in English to improve my English reading when I found out the availability of good sci-fi in my native tongue (Dutch) was (and still is) kinda limited.

[@cazgreen1]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant episodes, just wish they made more, loved watching it, reminds me a little of Village of the Damned, superb!!!!

[@bandersnatch9469]

Because they are the same source material (based on the same book, except the titles for the film are different whilst the show kept the book title)

[@jps6704]

In France, they called it like this "Le Village des damnés".

[@Viperuk80]

I have literally just finished The Midwich Cuckoos book this morning, i had it on my shelf for years. I have village of the damned on DVD and i have seen the 95 remake set in america. I just came straight to youtube to see if any remakes were in the pipeline as a spare of the moment thing and this trailer popped up straight away. What are the chances? ... Anyway they are not blone and no golden eyes which is a shame but on with the times of today i suppose.

[@jovangorgi]

God, I miss Christopher Reeves. He was a great actor.

[@6ixConfessions]

The first clue that those kids are not of this world is. . . Those ridiculously fibre dense wigs. Why would they do that?

[@markvolstad9380]

I look forward to being able to watch this in the U.S., but when will somebody adapt The Chrysalids? I've read all of Wyndham's novels, and The Chrysalids remains my favorite!

[@boothereal6899]

ikrrrrrr bro you read my mind!!!

[@beanzy66]

Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned. 2 films from the 60s were creepy as hell. Not sure about this one.

[@soulvey]

All I can hear is the 'We know alllll your secretssss' from the Simpsons

[@stanmiggins]

Looks too scary for me but the Wife will love this.

[@naimasma9921]

the midwich cuckoos مسلسل

[@craigelkin53]

Well that looks awful

[@desolateones]

The Children of the Damned and the Village of the Damned movies ( not the God awful American remake with Christopher Reeve) were creepy as and well worth a second watch...

[@hywodnsu]

Woked.

[@DunmerSG]

This was great, the show, the acting... I binge watched the whole season and I finished now. Incredible.

[@Sisters_11yassine]

Where can I watch it?

[@DunmerSG]

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[@adsal100]

I second that comment from Adrian. Keeley is fabulous in every part she takes on. I have to say though a review I read about Midwich Cukoos from guardian feminist writer Lucy Mangan was absolutely ludicrous. Suggesting that writer David Farr's Approach to the screenplay that is to remain faithful to John Wyndhams original plot, was a detriment to the project. Go figure?

[@johnsellers8304]

Yes indeed Dibbdroid, with you all the way on this. Give Wyndham all the credit - especially as the Night Manager was a truly embarrassing watch if you'd read and loved le Carre novel.

[@Jezza_One]

I have a bad feeling about this one.

[@wendyeyles3560]

Looks awful.

[@JV-sk4jp]

Yay, diversity! /s

[@nicalev]

I bet it’ll start off well and then get completely confusing mid season, like a lot of stuff on sky

[@haleemasadia6496]

The Umbrella academy light?

[@luciadf58]

This was amazing!! I loved this show so much, never read the book tho... Every episode was better and better, it was so creepy and the tension was there but it wasn't outright horror, I prefer it that way, and they took risks with the characters no one was safe! I loved it, highly recommend it!

[@AlphaNevada123]

So this is what The Bloodening was based on in the Simpsons. I imagine a lot of people will get shepherds pie in their pants watching this series 🥧

[@splatcave3145]

"You've been sneaking.puddings" 👀👀👀

[@AlphaNevada123]

@@splatcave3145 I wonder if they will include the doctor and the bootblack rogering the fishwife in the crumpet shop 😂

[@samloew4362]

at least the iconic hair color ???

[@josephinpdx]

I hope the kid's eyes glow.

[@griffinmill2295]

you will have to wait and see.....

[@lolo-gh1um]

Now is The Midwich Cocos .

[@km4336]

Damn kids!

[@Lineage2_Neela]

EPIC FAIL ONE MORE POLITICALY CORECT TV SHOW RUINED

[@jacksmales4973]

Hopefully this will be better than the 2009s attempt to adapt The Day of The Triffids

[@adriantownsend2317]

... Anything that stars Keeley Hawes is always worth a watch!

[@tomwalker5280]

She steals the show every time

[@karlydoc]

It's not very good,

[@brunocasey]

@@karlydoc I'm enjoying it. It's a little freaky at times but I'm hooked.

[@karlydoc]

@@brunocasey But it's not even freaky,sorry but it could have been so much better.

[@anneshields2010]

She’s a brilliant actress she was a,aging in the drama It’s. Sim last year as Richie’s mum

[@5eanke11y]

I'm pretty sure Keeley & Max will sort out those Devil kids.........if not, then I'm sure there will be a second series (hopefully).

[@jolowilliamson2252]

Fantastic story. Hope they don't ruin it

[@richs6745]

Another show ruined by just HAVING to be so woke that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to stick with the original concept of all kids having the same blonde hair and blue eyes. This gender and race washing really needs to stop. Don't ruin existing content - create new.

[@vandibber8221]

Loving that people are getting so angry about the kids all not being exactly the same as each other. There's a deeper resent there methinks

[@barrysanderson9192]

Read the book by John Wyndham… chilling!

[@LKFoenix]

Thought this was gonna be something about silent hill, i am hugely disappointed

[@michaelreeves4529]

at last village of the damned is back with a new cast and an entire series. In this world its the children who are in control

[@MikeLuisCozinheiro75]

I love shows from England, much better than American.

[@Johnny_Seven]

Hope they turn the music down lol. Fair play though, the book is great.

[@clemalford9768]

They don't arrive in space ships, they arrive in boats!!!

[@lennoxbraithwaite2546]

Village of the dammed i think it was called a movie back in the 60s i remember it being quite chilling, should be interesting to see how this has been updated

[@robertbrookes2000]

Only just found out about this. I'm a big fan of John Wyndham, in fact I'm currently reading the Day of the Triffids. Really not sure about this adaptation, I see they're not going with the golden eyes, blonde hair which is a rather iconic part of the children. Also setting in the modern day feels like it'll ruin some of the mystery around the story. Looking at the cast list it looks like they've changed Professor Gordon Zellaby to Dr Susannah Zellaby and made the character younger as well as female. Not necessarily a negative change but it looks like it'll impact the story as she appears to be one of the mothers (book version is Zellaby's daughter who's pregnant). Also I don't see any sign of Richard and Janet Gayford in the cast, so maybe instead of them being the perspective of the story it'll be this DCI Paul Kirby & Dr Zellaby as the main characters. I'm hoping the show as a whole is more subtle than this trailer makes it out to be, the music for starters sounds very generic horror film, with plenty of Inception noises thrown in. Plus did they have to go so obviously evil with all the kids? If there's one positive I can see it's that they are using the ORIGINAL title, which some people clearly don't know judging by the comments.

[@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196]

Well, don't be so WAAAYCIISST 😄🙄

[@lizafootfor5471]

Haven't seen or read children of the damned or its series, but I am interested in this as a movie goer. Spooky 😨

[@TrollDecker]

Yeah, uh... some sound balancing wouldn't go amiss, yeah?

[@philipkempbell7174]

They are blonde not brunettes!!!!!!!!

[@TrollDecker]

Somebody call the Waaaaaahmbulance, we have another crybaby.