the original village from 1960 be a wonderful and eerie slice of british sci fi . this utter nonsense star superman do not deserve the credit of be see . go and rent the original and remove any preconception you may have about old movie and put yourself in the mindset of a cinema goer from 1960 and revel in the quiet charm and ultimately chill experience that this film delivers . or you could read the book by john wyndham the midwich cuckoo and in fact do anything other than watch this contender for worst remake ever . at least imdb voter seem to agree 7 . 5 for the brit and 5 . 3 for the yank this time go with public opinion .