Children of the Corn
CHILDREN OF THE CORNÂ (18)
D: Fritz Kiersch
New World/Angeles/Cinema Group (Donald P. Birchers &
Terence Kirby)
USA 🇺🇸 1984
92 mins
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Horror
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W: George Goldsmith [based on the story by Stephen
King]
DP: Raoul Lomas
Ed: Harry Keramidas
Mus: Jonathan Elias
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Peter Horton (Burt Stanton), Linda Hamilton (Vicky Baxter),
R.G. Armstrong (Diehl), John Franklin (Isaac Chroner)
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A
rather average horror from the pen of Stephen King about serial killer kids in a small farming community. It's quite creepy in places, particularly with its presentation of Isaac, leader of the
children, but the rest of the cast aren't entirely convincing and the story just isn't demonstrative of the author's finest works.
The insidiously creepy music composed by Jonathan Elias
probably saves the entire movie, aside from that it's rather formulaic and unremarkable.
Many sequels followed, too many in fact, and most were
released direct-to-video.
5/10
