Village of the Damned
Date: 1960
Director: Wolf Rilla
Production Company: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Stars: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens
Location(s): Hertfordshire
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
In a small village some children all born at the same time prove to be super intelligent and deadly beings from another planet.
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
Aldenham House, now Haberdashers' Aske's School on Butterfly Lane, Elstree, in Hertfordshire. The location appears in 'The Trials of Oscar Wilde', 'Crimes at the Dark House', 'It's in the Air', 'Master Spy', 'Kill or Cure' and 'Invasion Quartet'.
- Capture 2
- 18 Aug 2012
Aldenham Road, Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire.
And proof from Mark O'Neil.
- Capture 3
- 18 Aug 2012
Same street.
..and more proof from Mark.
- Capture 4
- 23 Aug 2012
The Village Stores, that was, in Letchmore Heath. The building can be seen in 'Up the Creek', 'Scream . . . and Die!', 'To Dorothy, a Son' and, as Paul Hawkins points out, four years earlier in 'The Man Who Never Was'.
Now.
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
You could, once upon a time, before mobiles came along! "Many people living in Letchmore Heath were horrified that the film was given the title 'Village of the Damned' instead of John Wyndams title for the book 'The Midwich Cuckoos". They thought the village would always be remembered by that name!" Information from John Southey and Ms Bernard through Philip Hubbard.
- Capture 6
- Pre 2008
- 20 Jan 2025
Same village, the "stores" at the far end.
Now.
Antony Blair returned to update the view.
- Capture 7
- 26 Feb 2009
Church of St. John the Baptist in Aldenham, Herts, ident by Steve Hardy, well spotted, but who pinched the clock?
Now. St. John the Baptist in nearby Aldenham, Herts. Steve Hardy.
- Capture 8
- 25 Feb 2012
But it has a good wall onto which the titles can be projected.
I found this ladder and then I ... or I used a zoom lens. Still no sign of the clock. SJ
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
Philip Hubbard did a bit of research about the mystery clock and found out from John Southley, through Ms Bernard, that the clock was stuck onto the church. The villagers hated it as it looked like a kitchen clock and it was removed after the shots were filmed.
- Capture 10
- 16 Jul 2019
Maybe the American School, Beevors House, nearby. However sharp eyed Dave Buckley suggests - I think it's a different angle of Capture 1 - Aldenham House, Haberdashers' Aske's School. Certainly has a similar portico. Confirmed by Geoff Dodd. (RL)
Geoff provides further confirmation. (RL)
- Capture 11
- 16 Jul 2019
Parking is now much more organised in this shot from Geoff. (RL)
- Capture 12
- 16 Jul 2019
Yes, Geoff, it actually says "No Parking" now. (RL)
- Capture 13
- Pre 2008
A reverse shot, Cops coming up Back Lane in Letchmore Heath.
Now.
- Capture 14
- Pre 2008
More cops coming down Aldenham Road.
Now.
- Capture 15
- 'Now' required
All taken on or around the village green.
- Capture 16
- Pre 2008
All taken on or around the village green.
Now.
- Capture 17
- Pre 2008
All taken on or around the village green.
Now.
- Capture 18
- 25 Feb 2012
All taken on or around the village green.
Just panning a little to the right of the above. SJ
- Capture 19
- 25 Feb 2012
All taken on or around the village green.
And further to right. SJ
- Capture 20
- 'Now' required
All taken on or around the village green.
- Capture 21
- Pre 2008
- 20 Jan 2025
All taken on or around the village green.
Now.
15 years from the previous comparison and 65 years since filming took place, taken by Antony Blair.
- Capture 22
- 25 Feb 2012
All taken on or around the village green.
Just south of the store and east side of the green. SJ
- Capture 23
- Pre 2008
All taken on or around the village green.
Now.
- Capture 24
- 25 Feb 2012
As above
A better angle than above. SJ
- Capture 25
- 'Now' required
Aldenham Road.
- Capture 26
- 01 Jul 2012
Back Lane.
Back Lane, Letchmore Heath. The plaque on the front of the house reads "The Ferns, 1893", Mike Austin
- Capture 27
- 25 Feb 2012
Back Lane.
Now. SJ
- Capture 28
- 25 Feb 2012
The green, and outside the Three Horseshoes pub. The house in pics 31 and 32 has been demolished and replaced. But the telegraph pole is still there! There's real streets for yer!
Now. SJ
- Capture 29
- 18 Aug 2012
Done, by Mark O'Neil
- Capture 30
- Pre 2008
- 20 Jan 2025
The Three Horseshoes public house, also seen in 'Web of Suspicion'.
Now.
Antony Blair found change.
- Capture 31
- Pre 2008
Now.
- Capture 32
- 25 Feb 2012
Now, same as vd017. SJ
- Capture 33
- Pre 2008
Now.
- Capture 34
- Pre 2008
Now.
- Capture 35
- Pre 2008
The continuation of Back Lane, Rose, Jasmin and Honeysuckle Cottages.
Now.
- Capture 36
- Pre 2008
The continuation of Back Lane, Rose, Jasmin and Honeysuckle Cottages.
Now.
- Capture 37
- Pre 2008
The continuation of Back Lane, Rose, Jasmin and Honeysuckle Cottages.
Now.
- Capture 38
- 'Now' required
The continuation of Back Lane, Rose, Jasmin and Honeysuckle Cottages.
- Capture 39
- Pre 2008
The continuation of Back Lane, Rose, Jasmin and Honeysuckle Cottages.
Now.
- Capture 40
- 25 Feb 2012
Three Horseshoes pub.
Now, with missing oak. SJ
- Capture 41
- 25 Feb 2012
Three Horseshoes pub.
Now. SJ
- Capture 42
- 28 Jun 2021
Outside the Three Horseshoes, Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire.
Antony Blair returned to the scene.
- Capture 43
- 'Now' required
Someone's house?????..but whose, and where? This is a mockup, says Simon Catweazle. And who would argue.
- Capture 44
- 25 Feb 2012
This however, is the old Delrow school at Summerhouse Lane, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
Simon found the reference for the photo, http://www.schoolheritage.co.uk/eng/hrt/aldenham-delrow-school/aldenham-delrow-school-w400.jpg, which is their copyright.