![]() Slowly, the women of Midwich realize their bodies are hosting extraterrestrial beings capable of powerful collective thought - and that they are all set to give birth on the same day. Its inhabitants rise from the positions they fell in when sleep overtook them, and soon the village is as awake again as it ever was, its residents stiff but otherwise fine. ![]() RELATED: 12 Out-of-This-World Alien Invasion Booksīut by the morning of the 28th, the strange spell over Midwich seems to end as abruptly and inexplicably as it began. Eventually, confused officials reveal that they quarantined the town after all Midwich residents were discovered to be unconscious. ![]() In the brief time they’ve been away, something very strange has happened to the sleepy hamlet, something no one wants to discuss. In John Wyndham’s chilling and understated novel The Midwich Cuckoos-the inspiration behind the cult horror film Village of the Damned-writer Richard Gayford and his wife return from a weekend vacation to learn their town of Midwich has been entirely sealed off by the army. ![]()
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