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Children of the Corn

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While traveling through rural Nebraska, a couple (David Anders, Kandyse McClure) encounters a religious cult of murderous children who worship a god that lives in their cornfield.

Critics Reviews

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Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine 01/15/2020
2.5/5
This lazy reimagining of a terse Stephen King short story drags itself through the horror paces, with a predictable slow build toward a couple of splashy gore sequences Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 03/02/2023
2/4
None of it feels either inexorable or cruelly arbitrary. Children of the Corn '09 plays the notes but doesn't hear the music, and the improvised bits are deadly to the cohesion of the piece. Go to Full Review
Stefan Birgir Stefans sbs.is 03/01/2021
1/5
Borcher took the only redeeming qualities the original had and made them worse, but decided to keep the worst aspect of it, how utterly boring it was. Go to Full Review
Amie Gibb TV Equals 01/15/2020
I understand that you can't always expect Oscar worthy performances in horror flicks, so when I say the acting is pretty bad, keep in mind that I had realistically low expectations. Go to Full Review
Scott "The Foywonder" Foy Dread Central 01/15/2020
1/5
Good cinematography. It hits the right grim tone. Otherwise, about as enjoyable as getting a popcorn seed stuck in your teeth. Go to Full Review
Mark H. Harris Black Horror Movies 01/02/2020
1.8/5
[A] stinker. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Cheyenne W @RT32787191 2d The 1984 version is better. This movies not scary at all The husband and wife argue the whole time I feel sorry for him with having to put up with her shit he runs over a kid with a slit throat you can hear his bones cracking the kids aren't even creepy and some of them die. The husband goes into the corn field until dark. after dinner a guy and girl have sex in church infront of 9 year old kids who are really turned on It's just fucked up and exciting at the same time. Therefore the only thing good in the movie when the wife gets killed blown up in their car and hung like a scarecrow in the field along with her husband. See more Justin T @RT08580778 Feb 10 Why were all those young children allowed out on their own at the start and why did they all look so clean and perfectly dressed? Why am I picking holes in a Children of the Corn movie? Whatever the casting of the children wasn’t very good. I didn’t like the casting of the main couple either, they are both so unlikeable. I feel like this is at least the third time I’ve seen this exact film. It’s a direct remake. It’s so much less engaging than the 1984 original, vastly inferior. This one adds nothing new except trying unlikeable characters. This film is totally superfluous. Worse casting, obnoxious characters, dreadful direction, albeit with better production quality from a technical angle. Arguably the worst bit was the game of hide and seek amongst the corn that went on forever, it had no suspense or plot development. I was not expecting the ‘climax’ that was messed up. The ending was stupid. See more Caleb L @RT83793999 Oct 5 A VERY low hanging fruit type remake, Children of the Corn is more faithful to the story, but at the expense of any kind of characters to care about. See more Elvis D @Elvis-Del-Valle 03/19/2023 Esta segunda adaptación del relato de Stephen King es sin duda mejor que la primera adaptación. Es más fiel al relato original y es bastante cruda. Claro que recicla la banda sonora de la película original, ya que es un clásico de culto, pero en vez de verla como una recreación, cualquiera que haya leído el texto original se dará cuenta de que aquí fueron muy fieles y eso es debido a que King fue el guionista de esta película. Aunque el final no fue de mi agrado al principio, después me di cuenta de lo bien que plasmaron en esta cinta el relato de King y eso convierte esta película en la mejor de toda la saga. Mi clasificación para esta película es un 10/10. See more 05/09/2021 an afternoon "sick at home" kinda movie. See more steve d @RT35616104 06/18/2020 cheap looking, scare free remake or a forgettable original. This is one of King's weakest stories that just won't go away. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis While traveling through rural Nebraska, a couple (David Anders, Kandyse McClure) encounters a religious cult of murderous children who worship a god that lives in their cornfield.
Director
Donald P. Borchers
Producer
Donald P. Borchers
Screenwriter
George Goldsmith
Production Co
Children of the Corn Productions, Planet Productions
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 16, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m
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