‘Village of the Damned’

With this sleek and scary 1995 remake of the 1960 classic thriller of the same name, John Carpenter takes us to a beautiful Northern California coastal community. Just as we’re beginning to envy the laid-back quality of life in this beautiful and picturesque village, we’re stupefied to witness in an instant its every living creature losing consciousness and dropping in their tracks (ABC Thursday at 8 p.m.).