Children Of The Corn (DVD)

The children of the corn films originated from a short story by steven king. The prairie lands of nebraska were very dry and drought striken, even the corn crops had failed to grow there. The people who live there pray for a break in the hot dry weather, they long for rain. A young preacher moves to the tiny sleepy town of gatlin claiming to have a message for the children, according to him only human blood will restore there crops and bring rain. So one sunday all the children obey the preacher and kill there parents 3 years later a young couple get lost and end up on a road near to gatlin, after hitting a child who stumbles into the road ...  Read the complete review

Children of the Corn is a horror film adapted from the short story by Stephen King. It was made in 1984 and stars Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton and John Franklin as Isaac, the child preacher. A young couple find a briefcase with blood on it so drive into what seems like a normal mid-western town called Gatlin to try and report the incident to the police, but find only children and no adults to be found. They try to find out what happened in this town, but as Burton heads to the town hall, his girlfriend, Vicky, is captured and brought to Isaac, the head of all the children. He says he is spoken to by 'he who walks behind the rows', meaning the rows of corn, ...  Read the complete review

Picture the scene: you are driving with your wife on a trip to...well, you forget where but it doesn’t matter. For the sheer hell of it you decide to take to the scenic backroads, driving through the endless expanse of corn fields which adorn the sides of the road and enjoying the balmy summer day...when out stumbles a kid into the road and you run him flat. Could ruin a perfect afternoon drive couldn’t it? Jumping out of the car your day gets a little worse when you discover that his throat was slashed from ear to ear before your car hit him and that by wandering into the nearest town you have thrown yourself into a whole heap of trouble. ...  Read the complete review

This is a great film ! I fondly recall this from my childhood, seeing the box in the video shop and begging my mother to let me rent it. I loved the creepy pictures on the back of the sleeve, with the human scarecrows, stuffed with straw. Chilling. I finally saw it, and loved it. Recently, I threw on the video again, sure that I would be less impressed. I wasn't. 'Children of the corn' is based on a short story by Stephen King, taken from his 'NIght SHift' collection. It follows a young couple, stranded in a creepy old Southern US town, run by a tyrannical sect of murderous children who have got the old time religion, in a bad, bad way. The ...  Read the complete review

How the hell did they get Linda Hamilton to star in this film? Based on a Stephen King story this film is basically about a young couple who go into a western town where all the adults are apparently dead and the children participate in a cult that worships a malevolent force in the corn fields. In fact we find out that the children murdered all the adults on orders from a young boy called Isaac who can talk to 'He that walks behind the rows'. The film isnt scary and gets very boring very fast and amazing there up to part five of the series, Ive seen the first three just to see if they get any better but they dont so I cant imagine what part ...  Read the complete review