Children of the Corn

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World Pictures & Angeles Entertainment Group, Inc./Inverness Productions, Inc. & Hal Roach Studios/Rated R</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director...........Fritz Kiersch (</B><I><B>Gor, Into the Sun, Winners Take All</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.....George Goldsmith</B></div> <div> <B>Music..............Jonathan Elias</B></div> <div> <B>Producer.........Donald P. Borchers & Terrence Kirby</B></div> <div> <B>Director of Photography..Raoul Lomas</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producers......Earl Glick & Charles J. Weber</B></div> <div> <B>Make-up by Rosemary Weiblhaus</B></div> <div> <B>Special Visual Effects by Max W. Anderson</B></div> <div> <B>Special Effects by SPFX, Inc. & Eric Rumsey</B></div> <div> <B>Based on Steven King's Short Story "Children of the Corn"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Vicky...........Linda Hamilton (</B><I><B>Beauty and the Beast</B></I><B>-TV, </B><I><B>Terminator</B></I><B> & </B><I><B>T2</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Burt.............Peter Horton (</B><I><B>Thirty Something</B></I><B>-TV, </B><I><B>Side Out</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Diehl...........R. G. Armstrong (</B><I><B>Dick Tracy, Evilspeak</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Isaac...........John Franklin</B></div> <div> <B>Malachai.....Courtney Gains (</B><I><B>Can't Buy Me Love, Memphis Belle</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Job..............Robbie Kiger</B></div> <div> <B>Sarah..........Anne Marie McEvoy</B></div> <div> <B>Rachel........Julie Maddalena</B></div> <div> <B>Joseph........Jonas Marlow</B></div> <div> <B>Amos..........John Philbin (</B><I><B>Martians Go Home, North Shore, Shy People</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Boy.............Dan Snook</B></div> <div> <B>Dad.............David Cowen</B></div> <div> <B>Mom...........Suzy Southam</B></div> <div> <B>Mr. Hansen..D.G. Johnson</B></div> <div> <B>Children......The Young People from Sioux City, Iowa</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: "And a child shall lead the</B><B>m." </B><B>It becomes clear that there is something in the cornfield effecting the minds and wills of these children. The question is what can be done about it. Can Bert succeed where the blue man, a slain police officer, failed?</B><B>The K</B><B>hmer Rouge effect is frightening. As poorly as adults run the world, </B><I><B>Children of the Corn</B></I><B> is at least another strong argument for keeping adults physically larger than children. There is something terrifying about bible belt religious tribalism/townyism, and here the cityfolk/countryfolk (Redneck/Outsider movie) theme is invoked effectively. But why add in a monster? That wasn't necessary at all. Still the monster isn't powerful enough to destroy what this film does manage to accomplish, and as the monster lives through a tight I-perspective camera, so do the protagonists, and here is the trick. In a town they no nothing about, the cameraman won't let them see a damn thing, and this claustrophobic effect, ironically in the widest of open spaces, goes for the town as well as the cornfield, where vision is obviously confined to between the rows. This "rowed in" feeling translates directly to the viewer who likewise can't tell when one or seventeen of the children or the monster/god might pop out from any direction. This movie creates a great atmosphere of tension replete. We always like Linda Hamilton and that goes for here too, and Peter Horton is likewise good and even likable (no we didn't find Gary good or likable).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Something very extraordinary is happening in the cornfield(s) of Gatlin Nebraska. After a meeting </B><B>of the Gatlin children </B><B>in the corn field, presided over by Isaac, a gnomelike prophet, the adults of the town are systematically butchered, beginning in the diner, as boy narrator Job looks on in horror. The town is subsequently run by Isaac and his henchman, Malachai. Three years of tyranny have passed and little Joseph, having passively ignored indoctrination, is not pleased. He informs Job and his sister Sarah, and attempts to flee the children of the corn through the cornfield, where he is stabbed and stood in the road where vacationing Bert, a (thirty something) </B><B>medical intern</B><B>, a</B><B>nd Vicky (Linda Hamilton) hit Joseph with their car. They put the body in the trunk, and head toward the nearby Gatlin. On the way, they consult a mechanic, and he informs them there ain't nuthin' in Gatlin. "Folks there got religion" and "don't cotton to outsiders," he explains. He tells them to head on to the next town, Hemmingford. Once they depart, he is slaughtered by Malachai and the children. Meanwhile, back in Gatlin, Isaac foretells of a vision of the coming of outlanders. A man ("more powerful than the blue man," a crucified police officer) and a woman. So spaketh he who goes behind the rows to Isaac. Bert and Vicky enter Gatlin, and find it deserted aside from some waifs who try to steal their car. During the ensuing pursuit, they almost leave for Hemmingford, when Bert notices a house door slam. They search the house and find a dead phone and antediluvian TV-guide, and, finally, the little girl, Sarah. Bert goes to check out to find someone else. When he returns to find Vicky gone, he sees that the little girl, Sarah, has drawn a crucifixion scene in the corn field. Bert goes out to look for her. Meanwhile, as the children chant "Kill!" prepare to crucify Vicky,  Isaac reports that god is displeased with Malachai's increasing independence. The outraged Bert witnesses a ritual in which an older birthday boy meekly allows himself to be readied for sacrifice. Bert berates the children and discovers a chronicle of those who have gone to "him" before a girl stabs him. He runs to be chased all over town. The plot thickens (and loses some coherence) when the alpha-thug Malachai rebels against diminutive Isaac, and his goons place Isaac on the cross. Malachai calls Bert to city center in vain where he cuts Vicky while Job and Sarah tend to Bert's wound. The little boy Job, Sarah's brother, shows Bert  the clearing in the corn where Vicky and Isaac are to be sacrificed that evening. Bert watches as the birthday boy  is consumed by a glowing subterranean force which then launches the crucified Isaac. Bert preaches, the beats Malachai. An evil zombie Isaac returns declaring "he wants you too" before strangling him. The children flee. Job gives Bert a bible passage and reveals the blue man's plan to burn the field, which, after a brief battle with corn, wind, clouds, and a late-arriving and indecisive he-who-walks-behind-the-rows, Bert then does. Finally, Bert knocks out the last ideologue hiding in his car. Exeunt Vicky, Bert, Job, and Sarah on foot to live as a happy family.</B></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/serve?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39400659&categoryid=dvd_scifihor2" BORDER="0" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" NOSAVE > <A HREF="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39400659&categoryid=dvd_scifihor2" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="http://a1204.g.akamai.net/f/1204/1181/24h/www.affiliate.net/affnet/images/vid_dvd468X60C.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="60" ALT="Check Out Our Horror Collection"></A>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>