Trivia / Village of the Damned (1995)

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $22 million. Box office, $9.4 million.
• Contractual Obligation Project: In a 2011 interview, John Carpenter described the film as a "contractual assignment" which he was "really not passionate about".
• Deleted Scene: A deleted scene involved all nine newborn children sitting up and looking to the side at the same time, for which three fully animatronic babies were constructed. Makeup effects artist Greg Nicotero said he remained unsure as to why the scene was cut.
• Method Acting: According to Lindsey Haun in an online interview, Christopher Reeve, who was incredibly kind and friendly to all, would keep his distance from the child actors to help portray the friction between their characters on screen.

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