Children of the Corn (2009)

On a road trip through rural Nebraska, a divorcing couple find an abandoned town to be the home of a cult of children worshiping a bizarre figure that lives in their cornfields and must find a way of stopping the kids from turning them into their next sacrifice.This is a pretty troubling if somewhat watchable effort. One of the better things this gets right is the rather creepy amount of stalking and chasing around the town which helps this one along. The opening attack with the slit-throat recreation of the original as it leads into the encounter with the kids in front of the church is one of the better scenes as the scenes of them being along and feeling watched also gives this one some rather appealing suspenseful nods here and there. There's several other rather intriguing action scenes from the numerous times of the group of kids chasing after the two through town which is a lot of fun by getting some rather fun chasing here that's all the more fun by feature a large amount of suspense and action together. This is repeated in the finale with everyone along in the cornrows with all the supernaturally-powered vines which leads into the sacrifice at the end which really works well and amounts to all that's positive. The flaws, though, are more detrimental in their quality than quantity since there's not much but it does have very damaging ones mostly centered on the couple in the beginning. They're constant arguing over everything gets old quickly, as the physical and verbal abuse of them arguing over everything really strains credibility that these are supposedly the heroes. This is certainly not heroic behavior and to do it is really troubling by making the leads so irritating and annoying when we get introduced to them. Another big point here is the rather maddening and delusional religious banter throughout here, which are so hackneyed and moronic that it's not only impossible to take seriously but also rather curious as for why anyone would join up with their crusade which is a major testament to the grand amount of nonsense uttered here. The other it of contention is the point of including the flashback to Vietnam which is plain confusing and doesn't accomplish anything, though this isn't as bad as the other flaws. Overall, these are the ones that lower this version.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, Brief Nudity, a sex scene and continuous threatening situations toward children.

I love the genre and am a Stephen King fan however my cat has coughed up more impressive things than this movie.Listening to the children was akin to listening to a recitation of the times tables, providing the dialogue could actually be understood.Some of the special effects were OK and I enjoyed the corn. Actually I think the corn featured as a high point in many of the scenes. The worst part was that I was convinced if I watch it long enough it will be worthwhile. It was not. I was wrong. Don't waste your time.

This movie is very special. So special actually, I created an account just to review it and hopefully save at least one poor soul from wasting an hour and a half of their lives that they can never...EVER...get back. The movie consists of a married couple who fight and bicker so much that you actually hope they will die. The acting is horrid, so on top of hearing two people fight non-stop, its not even believable. I read that casting was only two weeks prior to production...and it shows. The children aren't scary, creepy, or anything really. They're just kind of silly. The storyline lacks any depth at all, and you find yourself praying for "the good part" but it never comes. I wasn't expecting much from a made for TV SyFy movie, but this movie didn't even live up to my very low expectations. Plain & simple, don't waste your time.

I was dozing when this came on and Kandyse McClure's screaming and nagging got me off the couch and moving around like I should have been. I swear I wanted to punch her in the face until my arms got too tired to lift. It's hard to see how her 'psycho' war vet boyfriend didn't snap and tear her head off her body. He's all cool and calm and she's gone full shrieking harpy for what must have been 10 or 12 minutes until he slapped her once which shut her up for maybe 45 seconds.This is the kind of movie that makes you wish an asteroid came down in the cornfield and wipes out most of the state and everyone in it. Who knows maybe in the 5th remake it will and aliens will pop out and join forces with the Amish Devil-Children or whatever they are. Nothing that anyone does makes the least sense. Ever. Whatever a rational self-preserving non retarded person would do, these characters do the opposite. So you're sort of rooting for the Devil-Farmers pretty soon. You're hoping there's a treasure trove of rusty farm tools with which they can use to slaughter the cast.