Children Of The Corn 5 - Fields Of Terror

...insane willpower) was to watch Children of the Corn V – Fields of Terror. Straight after watching Children of the Corn IV. These things must be done – for science! And for cheap laughs. Take my hand…let’s take a roll in the corn… ***THE PLOT*** Opening on a field, we see a young jug-eared kid wander up to a fire, which is burning red, orange – and green. Rather than run away screaming “chemical fire!” he stares at it a bit, and is promptly possessed ...
...short story was that of children sacrificing adults so that the corn crops would be fruitful. Now “He Who Walks…” is nothing more than a background (ha ha) idea – and here they mention him ad infinitum as if to make up for not doing so in Part IV. In fact, I counted – they mention him/it 13 times. Symbolic? Eh, probably. Let’s chalk it up to bad scripting! The scripting falls on the wimpish shoulders of director Mr Wylie, who does a fairly good ...

peppersinclaire 29.05.2002 · Read full review
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