Village of the Damnd (1960)

The original screen adaptation of the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by author John Wyndham, he of Day of the Triffids fame. The first 10-15 minutes of this movie is some of the most atmospheric, creepy, and down right intriguing horror film making I've ever seen, and the set up even pays off, which doesn't always happen.

"All of the inhabitants (including the animals) of the British village of Midwich suddenly fall unconscious, and anyone entering the village also loses consciousness. The military arrives and establishes a cordon. The military send in a man wearing a gas mask, but he too falls unconscious and is pulled back by a safety rope. The man awakens and reported that he had experienced a cold sensation just before he passed out. The pilot of a passing civilian plane is contacted and requested to investigate. When he goes below 5,000 feet, he loses consciousness, and the plane crashes. A five mile exclusion zone around the village is established for all aircraft. At nearly that very moment, the villagers regain consciousness, seeming otherwise unaffected. The incident is referred to as a "time-out," and no cause is determined.

About two months later, all women and girls of childbearing age who were in the affected area are discovered to be pregnant, sparking many accusations of infidelity and premarital sex. The accusations fade as the extraordinary nature of the pregnancies is discovered, with seven-month fetuses appearing after only five months. All the women give birth on the same day, and their children's unusual appearance is remarked upon: They have "unusual," "arresting" eyes, odd scalp hair construction and color (pale blond, almost white), and unusually narrow fingernails. As they grow and develop at a rapid rate, it becomes clear that they also have a powerful telepathic bond with one another. They can tell each other anything that they see from great distances. As one learns something, so do the others."- Wikipedia.

Creepy huh, and the implications of this, the stuff we don't see on screen, is creeper still, turns out this isn't the only village this happened too. George Sanders, the only 'star' in the film plays Professor Gordon Zellaby, the village resident who comes closest to understanding what is going on. Sanders is  good as always and gets to be kind of the hero of the film, which outside of the Saint franchise wasn't something he got to be very often. I highly recommend this movie, it's a must for fans of horror, both phantasmagorical and psychological. ***