

Good Shepherd: Reverend George is softspoken, kind, and cares about the safety of the town.However, the dream sequence all the pregnant women share immediately after this, combined with Jill's friend's initial desire to abort (as it can't possibly be her husband's), makes it pretty clear that they didn't get to make the decision. Verner says that it is everyone's individual choice whether to keep or terminate the babies, both are valid options, and the government will pay all medical expenses either way, every woman carries to term. Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Zig-zagged.Eventually, he takes matters into his own hands and tries to kill them.

Verner's study, and knows that they are in fact behind the recent string of deaths. Genre Savvy: Reverend George is pretty quick to realize that the children are dangerous despite not being involved in Dr.Friendly Sniper: Reverend George is one of the kindest characters in the film, and nearly snipes Mara.He is consequently the only one who survives. Earn Your Happy Ending: David is the only one of the children to develop empathy.Or Is It?: In the final shot, it is implied there was a sequel in the works involving David. Dying Town: The already small town of Midwich, with its 2000 inhabitants, becomes this when the kids start hurting and killing its citizens, driving most survivors to either leave town or get themselves killed if they make the children angry until Mara's father kills nearly all the children while David and Jill leave the town It is unknown how many people remained in the town (if there's anyone left at all).Dwindling Party: A majority of the adults introduced are killed by the children, and by the end the audience is left with 1 adult and 1 child (David and his mom Jill).It is implied that she shot herself in the head out of grief over her lost daughter. Driven to Suicide: A young woman whose late daughter was David's intended partner who was a stillborn and is the older sister of one of the children.When Julie's father arrives to take her home after the children move into the barn because her mother misses her too much, the children at first warn him that Julie wasn't going anywhere but when the father refused to listen to them, they make him get on his truck and crash against a gas truck.When a drunken janitor is mocking the kids and pointing his broom at them he accidentally hits one of the boys with it, causing the children to make him jump off with his broom aimed at him, stabbing him to death.The ringleader of the children then makes the optician use said drops on her own eyes over and over until she's left permanently blind.

