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SOURCE-Anchor Bay DVD
Who knew back in 1984 when this movie came out that it would turn into one of the longest running horror franchises of the modern era. Earlier this month I covered the recent reboot. And after watching it I realized I hadn't watched this original in a long time.
A couple break down in a small town. Where they notice there is only kids. Led by one child ,the kid sof Gatlin now worship He who walks behind the rows. Have killed all the adults and it looks like our couple will be next.
Before she was known cause of Terminator Linda Hamilton was in this. And you wouldn't know she would go on to become a big star,cause in CotC she is not good.
Really the only two in the film that do a good job are Malachi and Issac. Issac is the leader of the Corn Kids. Played by an adult actor who suffered from something that stunted his growth. He also came back for the 6th film. Then Malachi is so good. Tall and creepy looking. He is Issac's hitman and gets some of the best lines in the film.
The gore and FX work is ok. The film's low budget shows in this part.
The Stephen King short story this is based on is pretty good. It is in the Night Shift collection. But it is just that a short story. Fleshing it out,or would that be padding it out,to a feature length film is part of the issue this movie has. The new stuff added into the film isn't that good.
It was close to 10 years before the first CotC sequel came out. And since then every few years we get another.
Children of the Corn(original) gets a C+
