Local priest Father George attempts to shoot them, only for Mara to use her powers and force George to shoot himself. Soon, it is learned that there are other colonies of blackout children in foreign countries, but due to their inhuman nature, they were quickly eliminated, in some cases at the cost of destroying the entire town. The scientific team in Midwich flees the town to escape the chaos. One of the scientists, Dr. Susan Verner, is forced to show the children the well-preserved alien corpse of David's intended mate she secretly kept for research. The children force her to commit suicide by impaling herself. An angry mob gathers to kill the children, but the town descends into chaos. Alan devises a plan to detonate a bomb inside a briefcase in the children's classroom. By thinking of a brick wall, he is able to create a mental barrier and keep the presence of the bomb a secret from the children. Jill begs him to spare David because he is not like the others. Alan attempts to do this by asking David to leave to get his notebook from his car. The children begin to suspect that Alan is hiding something. Mara's true face shows through as she breaks through Alan's defenses, revealing the bomb. The other children look at the clock, and the bomb explodes, killing everyone inside, including Alan. Jill holds David outside during the explosion. While driving, Jill tells David: "We'll go someplace where nobody knows who we are." Main cast Christopher Reeve as Dr. Alan Chaffee, the town doctor Linda Kozlowski as Jill McGowan, the school principal, and a widow who becomes the mother of David Kirstie Alley as Dr. Susan Verner, an epidemiologist working for the Federal government of the United States, who investigates the mass pregnancies Michael Paré as Frank McGowan, Jill's late husband Meredith Salenger as Melanie Roberts, a virgin whose baby is stillborn Mark Hamill as Reverend George, the town minister Pippa Pearthree as Sarah, Reverend George's wife Peter Jason as Ben Blum Karen Kahn as Barbara Chaffee, Dr. Chaffee's wife The Children Thomas Dekker as David McGowan, son of Jill McGowan Lindsey Haun as Mara Chaffee, daughter of Dr. Alan and Barbara Chaffee Cody Dorkin as Robert, brother of Melanie Roberts Trishalee Hardy as Julie, daughter of Ben and Callie Blum Jessye Quarry as Dorothy Adam Robbins as Isaac, son of Reverend