Midwich
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Midwich is the eerie fictional English village where the unsettling events of the science fiction horror story "Village of the Damned" take place.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional village ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium |
film
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television ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
film Children of the Damned (1964)
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film Village of the Damned (1960) NERFINISHED ⓘ film Village of the Damned (1995) NERFINISHED ⓘ novel The Midwich Cuckoos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alien invasion
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children with supernatural powers ⓘ collective paranoia ⓘ fear of the Other ⓘ loss of control over one’s community ⓘ telepathy ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Wyndham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalCounty | unspecified English county ⓘ |
| fictionalGeographyType | rural English village ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | nonexistent in real geography ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction horror setting ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInhabitants |
ordinary villagers affected by mass blackout
ⓘ
telepathic children of unknown origin ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptationTitle |
Children of the Damned
NERFINISHED
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Village of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseReputation | site of unexplained phenomena ⓘ |
| languageOfSetting | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | England ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to contrast normal village life with uncanny phenomena ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary location of all major plot events in The Midwich Cuckoos ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
birth of telepathic children
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mysterious mass unconsciousness of inhabitants ⓘ simultaneous pregnancies of local women ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
isolated rural community
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ordinary English village appearance ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic |
close‑knit community
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predominantly white English villagers ⓘ |
| settingOf |
The Midwich Cuckoos
NERFINISHED
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Village of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalEvents | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
allegorical setting for anxieties about nuclear age
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allegorical setting for anxieties about the Cold War ⓘ allegorical setting for fears about alien influence ⓘ |
| workTypeOfSetting |
horror film
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
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