Here is my bullet-proof strategy for the village:
At the start, just go straight and a little right into a small one level house. It has a single entrance and no windows. Block the door with the cabinet, and blow one or two holes in the door with your pistol. You can now see the baddies creeping up towards the door. Everytime they try hit the door open, just keep shooting them in the head. Once you run out of pistol ammo, go to the corner between the cabinet and the door and knife them. They can only approach you single file, so you can knife the rest of them like that. After the bell rings take your time to collect ammo and items like the shotgun. If it's done well, you won't lose any health at all.
At the start, just go straight and a little right into a small one level house. It has a single entrance and no windows. Block the door with the cabinet, and blow one or two holes in the door with your pistol. You can now see the baddies creeping up towards the door. Everytime they try hit the door open, just keep shooting them in the head. Once you run out of pistol ammo, go to the corner between the cabinet and the door and knife them. They can only approach you single file, so you can knife the rest of them like that. After the bell rings take your time to collect ammo and items like the shotgun. If it's done well, you won't lose any health at all.