Mark Hamill: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked
3. Reverend George - Village Of The Damned
John Carpenters remake of Village Of The Damned is definitely one of the directors weakest offerings; it lacks the scares or tension needed to make it work, and the cast all seem to be acting in a different movie from each other. Out of all the miscast actors though, no one is more out of place than Hamill as a crazed priest. The character is gradually driven crazy by the presence of the evil children in the town, though hes creepy and aloof before they even appear. His big scene is when he gives a speech about the nature of good and evil to the village, and hes not nearly as commanding as he needs to be to sell the dialogue. When he takes it upon himself to try and kill the children he just comes across as a monster, even though hes technically trying to save the village. It should be a disturbing scene about a mans moral breakdown; instead, the audience will be cheering the children on when they force him to shoot himself instead.
