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Children of the Corn

  • 2020
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
5.1K
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Children of the Corn (2020)
Describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.
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The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and th... Read allThe film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.

  • Director
    • Kurt Wimmer
  • Writers
    • Kurt Wimmer
    • Stephen King
  • Stars
    • Elena Kampouris
    • Kate Moyer
    • Callan Mulvey
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    5.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kurt Wimmer
    • Writers
      • Kurt Wimmer
      • Stephen King
    • Stars
      • Elena Kampouris
      • Kate Moyer
      • Callan Mulvey
    • 95User reviews
    • 78Critic reviews
    • 22Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Elena Kampouris
    Elena Kampouris
    • Boleyn Williams
    Kate Moyer
    Kate Moyer
    • Eden Edwards
    Callan Mulvey
    Callan Mulvey
    • Robert Williams
    Bruce Spence
    Bruce Spence
    • Pastor Penney
    Stephen Hunter
    Stephen Hunter
    • Calvin Colvington
    Jayden McGinlay
    Jayden McGinlay
    • Cecil
    Ashlee Juergens
    Ashlee Juergens
    • Carly Cowder
    Sisi Stringer
    Sisi Stringer
    • Tanika
    Joe Klocek
    Joe Klocek
    • Calder Colvington
    Orlando Schwerdt
    Orlando Schwerdt
    • Cal Colvington
    Andrew S. Gilbert
    • Sheriff Gebler
    Rory Potter
    • Boyd
    Brian Meegan
    Brian Meegan
    • Wilfred Pratt
    Connor Burke
    • Wally Pratt
    Julian Garner
    Julian Garner
    • Institutional Man
    Tom Wilson
    • Candlestick Cop
    Rafferty Grierson
    Rafferty Grierson
    • Billy Barnes
    Alyla Browne
    Alyla Browne
    • Angie
    • (as Kaija "Alyla" Browne)
    • Director
      • Kurt Wimmer
    • Writers
      • Kurt Wimmer
      • Stephen King
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews95

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    5myignisrules

    Nowhere near as bad as people are saying

    The kid actors are better here. The original movie is fondly remembered by fans due to the outstanding performance by John Franklin as Isaac, but a lot of people aren't aware of the fact Franklin was actually an adult when he played the role - he was 24 years old at the time of filming. This time around the role of mini cult leader goes to an actual child in the form of Kate Moyer as Eden and she absolutely nails it!

    Check this one out for yourselves. It's got some inventive kills, decent pacing and the leads do a substantial job of keeping you invested all the way through. The ending might be the weakest element of the entire movie but as remakes go, I've seen worse and this one is a lot better than people are giving it credit for.
    2s_simov

    One of the worst in the series. Amateur made

    Man, that was bad. Not that the previous ones are masterpieces, but some of them are decent enough or high-end mediocre. This one is in my bottom ranking for the series.

    Why? Well, it's a somewhat remake of the original one. Nothing bad with that. The plot and dialogues are similar to that. But the editing and the VFX are terrible, so terrible that it's in your face. It looks amateur fan-made movie. It's 2020, why would you edit it like that - terrible constrast with bad lighting, terrible color tones for the most scenes ... it looked terrible. It looked like someone in the editing room had a broken monitor and didn't set the colors right.

    Acting is plain bad. To be fair, acting in the whole series is bad.

    With one exception - the main little girl has very good acting for her role and age. Way better acting than the rest of the crew combined. But that's not nearly enough to make it better.

    And of course, the worst part, HE WHO WALKS... that vine-corn-plant-thingie they made out of CGI is yuck. In the original, due to limitations they used only dirt moving, not visible demon or whatever it is. But the unknown was part of his scary charm. Here they show you how it looks, and it looks bad.

    Last scene is... even worse.

    I don't know how do you write 10M budget , when i see no such money spent here. Bad cheap CGI, bad acting with unknown actors, you clearly did NOT spend 10M on it.

    And well it's mr. King's short story , which they turned into a soap opera, no surprise it's bad. You can't just turn 50 pages into 50 movies :D.
    1amandamunozdav

    Nothing ever really dies in the corn

    Ever since Stephen King started to publish his novels in the 70s they had been adapted to the big screen. While some of them are successful (Carrie, Misery, The Shining, IT) and even considered classic horror films a few of them doesn't have the same response (FireStarter, Graveyard Shift). In 1984 the first adaptation of King's short story Children of the Corn was released and while that version wasn't well received at the time, today it can be considered the best entry of this failed franchise. Every entry in the franchise is worst than the other making the original look as a good 80s horror movie.

    This new remake, that also feels like a prequel, spend three years waiting for been released and it should have been stayed like that. Sometimes bad horror films can still be liked by the audience by their entertaining story, silly dialogues, and decent gore. But not even that happens here as the only salvageable thing about this movie is Kate Moyers' performance as the kid's leader Eden Edwards. But, that's not enough to save this film from being an unjustified addition to the franchise. The worst part of this film can be the CGI and portrayal of "He Who Walks" that resembles Marvel character Groot but with corn. This new version only proves that this story and franchise has no salvation and should be forgotten.
    3johnnyhbtvs27

    Better Than Expected

    Children Of The Corn (20) is the third movie in the series to bare that title and surprisingly isn't as bad as i thought it would be going in.

    Most of the good work is down to the performance of Kate Moyer as Eden. Eden is the first cult leader since Isaac to give off a creepy vibe while also convincing as a menacing presence.

    All the beats of a typical COTC film are here and that is sadly where the movie fails. Every corn movie feels the need to show some pathetic CGI creature towards the end and here is no different. He Who Walks is ridiculous and would be better served not shown at all and simply left to the imagination.

    The real kicker for the movie is the last couple of minutes. It appears out of nowhere and is just a redundant jump scare (if you could even call it a jump scare) and even more bad special effects.

    COTC Rankings: A very bad series with few highlights.

    1. Children Of The Corn (84) 2. COTC II: Final Sacrifice 3. COTC IV: The Gathering 4. COTC III: Urban Harvest 5. Children Of The Corn (20) 6. COTC V: Fields Of Terror 7. COTC: Genesis 8. COTC 666: Isaac's Return 9. Children Of The Corn 10. COTC: Runaway 11. COTC: Revelation.
    1xshanex-54161

    Absolutely God Aweul

    If anyone ever tells you that this isn't bad, they are either lying through their teeth or they have the worst taste in the world and you need to disregard them entirely! This has to be one of the worst films that I have ever had the displeasure of trying to sit through.

    It's acting is bordering on being unwatchable, the story revamps are laughably bad and it just drags on endlessly... getting worse and worse by the second.

    It's so bad that it's not even comically bad. It's just not at all worth watching! Stay far away from this horrid piece of crap.

    I'd rather watch a bowling ball coming to crash into my Nuts at 200 mph than ever sit through this awful mess again.

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    • Trivia
      Filmed during the 2020 lockdowns. Was able to avoid production shutdown due to being financed from an indie production.
    • Goofs
      When she uses the cigarette car cigarette lighter to ignite the gas stream to blow up the silo; by the time the lighter popped out, the talking they did, walking to the back of the car, and more talking: the lighter was still glowing hot. it would've been cooled to the point it wouldn't have been able to light the gas.
    • Connections
      Features The Twilight Zone (1959)

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Amazon Link
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Діти кукурудзи
    • Filming locations
      • Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia(As fictional town, Rylstone, Nebraska, USA)
    • Production companies
      • ANVL Entertainment
      • Angel Oak Films
      • Cinemation Studios
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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $325,583
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $263,128
      • Mar 5, 2023
    • Gross worldwide
      • $575,179
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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