Hellraiser / Children Of The Corn (DVD)

Advantages: Good cast, creepy setting, entertaining
Disadvantages: None

...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, and has brainwashed everyone into doing and believing whatever he says. Fortunately, there is a brother and sister who want out of this murderous cult, and so help Brandon get Vicky... Read review

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Advantages: Better than watching cricket
Disadvantages: A total let down on previous Children of the Corn films

...What a pile of pants…. it is Saturday night, midnight, and I had siked myself up to watching this film all day. I was in the mood for a good horror, but unfortunately the only horror to be found was the expression on my face at the terribleness of this film. The original Children of the Corn is one of my all time favourite films and still sends shivers down my back when I remember it. This film was dark and sinister and had enough surprises to make you jump into next week…also I have always rated the first film as having the best soundtrack to enhance the scariness. Now onto Children of the Corn 6 – Why, Oh Why, Oh Why, is my first question – if they had run out of ideas to carry this film off why on earth did they even attempt to make it. The plot centres on Hannah Martin, who travels from California to... Read review

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Advantages: The actual DVD looks pretty cool
Disadvantages: Did the makers actually read the story???

...I never cease to be amazed that one short story, that took me less than an hour to read, could spawn not one but six feature length films. And yet this is the case with Children of the Corn, a short story by Stephen King. This is the first of the six, and hit the big screens in 1984. ~~~The Storyline~~~ The children of Gatlin, Nebraska have a new god......... A cruel and hungry god, that will only be appeased by human blood. So it is that one day the children unite under the leadership of the child preacher Isaac and his bloodthirsty henchman Malachai, to turn on and massacre all the adults in the town. Three years later and a young couple have stumbled into the now apparently deserted town...................... ~~~Cast Performances~~~ On the whole I found the cast performances wooden, and the characterisations just did... Read review

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