When The Village drew to its close, a section of the audience burst into applause, although whether this was out of appreciation of fine cinema or joy that it'd finally ended, we're not sure. It's a little frightening to think the reason might have been the former. In which case, it's the only frightening thing that happened during the entire show.
As you've probably gathered from the trailers and innumerable interviews with cast and crew, the story is set in an idyllic little 19th century hamlet that lives in gut-chomping fear of the beasts, a.k.a. Those We Do Not Speak Of. Onl....