Village of the Damned (1960)

Name: Village of the Damned (1960)
Start: 2025-10-02T20:00:00+01:00
Location: The Ill Repute , BS2 0DF Bristol, United Kingdom

Schedule

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Ill Repute , BS2 0DF Bristol, United Kingdom | Bristol, EN

Halloween creeps in early at Old Market…
On Thursday 2nd October, Be Kind Rewind Bristol + Bristol Queer Cinema Club** kick off a month of cult horror screenings in the basement of The Ill Repute with the icy classic Village of the Damned (1960).
It starts with silence: a quiet English village where everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When the townsfolk awake, every woman of childbearing age is mysteriously pregnant. Nine months later, the children are born; identical, golden-haired, and far too clever for their own good. Their stares are unblinking, their powers unstoppable, and their intentions anything but innocent.
This is British horror at its most unsettling: no blood, no gore, just pure dread. A story of conformity, paranoia, and fear of the unknown and a chilling reminder that sometimes the monsters don’t lurk in the shadows… they sit in the classroom.
Expect glowing eyes, cold terror, and one of the most quietly terrifying films of the 20th century; the perfect way to open our Halloween season of cult cinema.
• The Ill Repute, Old Market – downstairs cinema room
• Doors 7pm / Film 8pm sharp
• Free entry, no booking required
• No admission once all seats have been taken
• Cocktails & drinks available upstairs — bring ’em down to the screening
** Bristol Queer Cinema Club is a casual meetup group that visits local cinemas across Bristol to watch new releases, cult classics, re-releases, indie and everything in between.
A message from BQCC host Izzy:
“Horror is a rich tapestry for queer expression. We see ourselves in the shocking, the perverse, the deviant, the monstrous. Our experiences blend with the terrors we see on screen. We lay wait in our closets and scare the village kids when we emerge: like movie monsters, causing panic and fear. We interrupt the body. But the intersection is undeniable. We are “other”, we threaten and we inspire.
So I’m psyched to collab with Be Kind Rewind Bristol to host a handful of queer horror film offerings across October. Thank you so much for having us!
Find the club on IG, FB and WhatsApp.”