[.ca] Children Of The Corn

From Amazon.com:
The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in this flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 residents have butchered their parents per the decree of junior-grade holy roller Isaac (John Franklin), who preaches the word of a being called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." King's original story (from his 1978 collection Night Shift) was a lean and brutal mélange of Southern-gothic atmosphere and E.C. Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralizes by adding a youthful narrator (a grating Robbie Kiger) and putting an upbeat spin on the story's morbid conclusion. Fritz Kiersch's direction is TV-movie flat, with the sole inspired moment (hideous religious iconography glimpsed during a bloody "service") delivered as a throwaway. Aside from Horton and Courtney Gains (as Isaac's hatchet man Malachai), the performances are dreadful, and the depiction of the Lovecraftian monster-god as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666. Anchor Bay's letterboxed presentation is the R-rated theatrical cut (Kiersch's cut was longer and gorier) and includes the original trailer and a booklet outlining the story's transition from page to screen. --Paul Gaita

creepy music,but no real scares (2.5/5):
not bad,i guess.it had some creepy moments,courtesy of some 'Omen' type music.you know,the chanting in Latin.it wasn't really scary,though.the concept is neat,but not wholly original.there was an original Star Trek episode that may have inspired the idea for the short story.and it also has elements of the 70's movie The Wicker Man.anyway,it's certainly got Stephen King written all over it.it's quite twisted,to say the least.it's not very graphic at all though.in fact,it's quite tame. i thought it could have been a TV movie,actually.i even checked this site to see if it was.the effects are cheesy,but i've seen a lot worse.the acting is OK,for the most part.but the guy who played Isaac was very convincing.he exuded evil.the acting by the children was adequate,i guess,although one of the girls was very good in her role.i did feel that the guy who played Malachi tended to overact a bit.he was kinda creepy though.there have been countless sequels,and watching this movie doesn't inspire me to run out and watch any of them,though i may watch them in time.for me,Children of the Corn is a 2.5/5

Pretty Corny:
This movie has to be the worst movie by Stephen King. First of all the movie isn't even scary and I find it boring and rather much of a drag. I wouldn't recommend this one

It just doesn't do much:
A chef can have a table full of fine ingedients to make a perfect soup but, if the chef forgets one ingredient (like salt) or undercooks the soup or adds something that doesn't belong (like sugar) or puts too much water in the stock, you end up with a soup that just doesn't cut the mustard. There is enough talent in the cast of "Children of the Corn" and a good enough story (thanks to the Stephen King story it's based on) for this to have been a horror classic. I know it spawned a sequel and I know it has a cult following, but this movie just didn't scare me, or even interest me that much. Too much water? Sugar added? Undercooked? No salt? Perhaps, all of the above.

Children of the Corn:
It took me forever to finally see this movie and I liked it! There was some poor dialogue in places, which hurt it a bit, but overall this one was good!

A great classic..!! -A really inspired masterpeice..!!:
I've really love; -this masterpeice.. -Not as brilliant as a masterpeice though. -I've herd that a real; -special edition with extra features are comming out..! -That's why I did not get the original edition..! -Becuase it's just waste of money that you spend it on some DVD with out the goodie's.. -I'm a goodie's; -fan's..!! I think that; -Stephen king.. -Will finally; -respect his art of work..! -Even he's not included in the extra's..! I've saw this movie when I was a child..! -It totally did freaked me out at the end..! -Even the beginning where he slaughter's all the parent's..! -I've seen this on video when my dad wooed rent lot's of these horror movie's when this one came out.! -I remember this flick; -perfectly Well..! -I can't weight too see the digg's of this new Special edition.. -I think the transfer will be top notch..? any how; -it is just an old movie..! -Old movie's; -can't seem too be better..! -These day's..! -I've also have "Creepshow 2.." -1987.. -Which had nothing..! -I've guest I've shooed of gotten the original with it..! -But I've cerntinaly enjoy this better then; -"Creepshow.." -1982.. Back with the; -flick..! -I've think that; -Children of the Corn II: -The Final Sacrifice.." -1992.. -Was a lot better..! -Yep..! -They totally messed the sequel's up..! Permintally..! -The other's had nothing too deal with the second one..! -If you are a hardcore fan..!! -Stick with this; -and; -the second one..? A couple of travlers from a country site..!! -Vickie and Burt..! -Go two a rural town.. -As they've discover a deadly secret of the town's history..! -Their own fate..!! -A crazy wacho preacher has brutally kille the parent's; -after a service at the church..! -Until; -Vickie and burt..! -As the two stumble into a corn field..! -They run over a kid..! They meet some kid's at some secluded farm house..! -And take them with them..? -But the town know's their here..? and Issac.. -The town loony preacher..? -Will not give up with out a fight; -as they fight and kill a gasstation man and his dog.. -The ending is a resemblance of; -John Carpenter's; -"The Thing.." -1982.. -Were we see some god alwfull human that Issac has brought down..? The ending is downright; -waterdown..!! -Their are great moment's; -in this flick..! -But sometime's the movie can bore you or just entertain you; -from the beginning..! Never the less..! -This was a fun movie two watch..!! I'll be glad too have fun with it..? -Again..!