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Linda Hamilton (Actor), Fritz Kiersch (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Linda Hamilton
  • Directors: Fritz Kiersch
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Boulevard Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Oct. 2010
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
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Travelling through Nebraska, Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) stop in a small town to report the death of a child on the highway. There, they discover something strange about the community: all the grownups are gone, and the children seem to belong to a strange cult. What's worse, it's a cult that sacrifices adults to the dreadful he who walks behind the rows ...

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The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in Children of the Corn, a 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 EC Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralises 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. The depiction of the monster-God as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin It in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666.--Paul Gaita, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 starsA whole new film once you've grown up
By Albatross on 18 Feb. 2013
Format: DVD
I first watched Children of the Corn when it came out on video in the eighties, when I was roughly the same age of the child stars that were in it. I loved it. Now I've gone and watched it again as an adult - and with children of my own - it's a completely different experience!

It's about a small American town in Nebraska where the children kill all the adults and start sacrificing each other to a mysterious god (did I mention it was based on a Stephen King book?). I used to love seeing the children attacking the adults (and no, I wasn't a hooligan, by the way). Now, I just wanted to send every last one of them up to bed and take away their portable DVD players (works every time with my daughter).

It's certainly not the best adaptation of a Stephen King book, but it's certainly not the worst either. I guess there's a good half the film spent following the young couple of accidentally stumble across the deserted town, as they wander round trying to work out what we - the viewers - already know.

However, what does make it pretty freaky is the lead (evil) children themselves. In recent Hollywood films, children have often been portrayed as the bad guys for added nastiness. Although, for example, just my making a kid's eyes glow red or have them dressed in ghostly clothes, doesn't necessarily make them scary. These kids are the real deal (and continue to freak the hell out of me without any false claws of glowing eyes whatsoever). All they needed was to be ugly enough! One has an extremely bad haircut (even for the eighties) and speaks like South Park's Eric Cartman. The other is like a young, ginger Mick Jagger. Even I would have my doubts about denying these two television privileges!

Children of the Corn has sort of stood up to the test of time.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsI ain't got no gas....
By Corey Newcombe on 17 Nov. 2013
Format: DVD
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin, and gets all the children (especially the ugly ones) to murder every adult in town.

A young couple have a murder to report and they go to Gatlin to seek help but the town seems deserted.

They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive, or having a decent adult conversation......

Another film I haven't seen in nearly twenty years. I remember loving it when it was first released, and it really creeped me out. Seeing it now, I just get annoyed as to why Horton didn't just punch every child in the face, and rule the town himself.

Isaac stares in glee most of the time, and if he isn't doing that, he's staring into the sky or shouting at the other children. Eg. He's very annoying throughout.

Hamilton is the best thing here, but ruins it by singing at the beginning, and although the film doesn't hold up (effects are poor, acting is bad by kids) the first fifteen minutes is still very creepy, although I don't know why they didn't poison the stronger adults.

Plus we get a special appearance from the Tremors worm near the end.

Another average King adaptation.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWell done Stephen King!
By ECS on 14 Jan. 2013
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With a fabulous cast, a great storyline and some blood and gore, this makes Children of the Corn a must see. John Franklin gives an exceptional performance as the boy preacher, Issac, the ruler of the children of Gatlin who sacrificed their own parents to "He Who Walks Behind The Rows". Scary!! A true classic!
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5.0 out of 5 starsChildren Of The Corn. X
By Mrs. J. E. JONES on 24 May 2006
Format: UMD Mini for PSP
This film is pure genius, one Of Stephen King's best novels. This film is made up of a clever, powerful & well written story line & brilliant directing from award winning Fritz Kiersch. If you like disturbing horrors this film is perfect. Left me with shivers down my spine. A word of advice.. don't watch this alone.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMalachai scares me...
By BPR on 18 Dec. 2011
Format: DVD
Children of the Corn is a movie that scared me senseless as a kid, in particular the character of Isaac played by John Franklin. As an out and out horror, there really isn't much in the way of blood and gore, but the way the kids are filmed, and how tense some of the moments feel when the adults (Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton) enter the town of Gatlin, puts this minor point at the back of your mind. My favourite scene is when Horton's Burt enters the church just as Amos is giving his blood as it is the first day of his nineteenth year, so must now die. If you're a fan of horror, and of the Stephen King story, this is recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 starsHIM - The Blue Man
By Anne Eraov-Reviews on 14 Jun. 2015
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Interlopers? Outlanders? The Blue Man? Is this some kind of joke? This must be what they call 'Black Comedy" - so macabre that it border's on being close to the ridiculous - and to find out there were actually 9 Children Of The Corn series - wow!

This is a film combination of what we 'perceive' to be real, right and true - our conscious and sub-conscious thoughts, and what we 'conceive' as law and order - the fantasy of our imaginations - 'HIM' who gave us life.
One deals with the current whilst the other deals with the pre-existence of a Higher Being or a Higher Self.

John Franklin (Isaac) delivers his lines superbly - in that back to front old English style - the same style that the King James Version Bible 'is written' - which most people today hold closely to their hearts still value as authentic.

A ridiculous storyline? I think not.
My guess is that it reminds us of our historical past when we were farmers and not a business orientated culture, when we believed whatever a self-proclaimed leader told us, whatever church and state or any religion in general convinces us to do, whatever our carers, parents and teachers at school taught us, whatever society would have us believe - hence - the syncretistic umbrella of christianity was born.

As for Courtney Gains (Malachi), why cast/place a 'ginger' - (red head/strawberry blond) - in such a quandary? I Am lead to believe that as Children, they have enough to contend with - but maybe that's the irony of the role?

Nebraska? Isn't that the place where the ditzy blond actress Penny - (Kaley Cuoco) - from The Big Bang Theory comes from? Maybe as Kaley Cuoco she played one of the background children as the younger Children Of The Corn, who grew up without parental guidance, and so her career as Penny - a failing wannabe actress from Nebraska in The Big Bang Theory, makes sense.

Tremors? I Love It!

ThanK You!
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