I loved the creepy atmosphere of this film and the confluence of sub-genres, styles and topics that you can appreciate on it.
As it happens with many (almost all) of the horror/sci fi/thriller movies of the 50s and 60s, the film opens within a context o war or armed earlier response.
[spoiler]I´ve watched the remake by John Carpenter long ago but I loved how they show in this one the "impregnation" moment when the blackout happens. Remarkable the scene when the plane pilot tries to check at what altitude the mysterious blackout has effect.
All the process regarding the revelation of the woman that are pregnant and the struggles of the society accepting this situations: the young girl, the woman whose husband was abroad... lure the viewer closer to the feelings of the villagers of this place.
When the kids are born and they grow up... that eerie look and the amazing cast make the rest formidable.
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I really love the development of the final part of the movie as the ending too. Difficult to catalog into horror or sci fi, definitely a must in any list.

Question: Why all the camera transitions **wipe** from right to left with the exception of one, that goes from left to right?