Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

dworldeater Children Of The Corn is a somewhat dated, but still enjoyable Steven King adaptation delivered on a low budget. This is driven by a good score and intense performances by John Franklin and Courtney Gains respectively as cult leader Issac and heavy henchman Malachi. Children Of The Corn has a pretty solid story and has some great atmosphere. Performances are decent, but for the most part not the best. Some of the special f/x are downright horrible. This however does'nt work against the film and plays as campy entertainment. This also features an early performance from Linda Hamilton who will next star in another classic, James Cameron's Terminator. John Franklin is a great villain and gives a very creepy but classy performance. Courtney Gains is also effective as a badass brute force and has some great hair that embodies the power of true metal. I can not comment on the book or the sequels, but the film holds up pretty good and was a hit at the box office when it was released theatrically. Children Of The Corn is not my favorite Steven King film adaptation, but it is a good one and one that I like.

erosthanatosfilms This has got to be one of the worst Stephen King adaptations and worst horror films ever to become popular. There are so many plot holes and idiotic characters that even my migraine medicine won't take away the pain inflicted upon my brain.Let's start with when the kid is trying to sneak away and the little girl screams "OKAY NO ONE IS WATCHING, GO NOW!!!" Seriously?.... Seriously?Then the dumb kid gets cut up and decides to run into the middle of the road... Only to get hit.How did the lead couple manage to not see the kid when it was a very straight road and the kid was already standing there???Also, does Vicky have narcolepsy? She fell asleep REALLY fast after she was left alone while Burt went go investigate. Also, why is the main couple lost when they clearly had a map in an earlier scene? Why not... USE YOUR MAP!This on on scratching the surface of a poorly put together film that basically bastardized Stephen King's work in favor of a schlock fest... Only watch if you want to see how to tell a horror story poorly.

thelastblogontheleft This was another re-watch for me and I said the same thing this time that I did after the first viewing: I just don't think kids are that scary. I know lots of movies try to pull of the whole "creepy kid" thing and it just doesn't do it for me.Ultimately, I think this movie starts off really strong and it gave me high hopes. The whole chaotic scene at the diner, with the kids watching as the adults are poisoned and murdered… awesome. I mean, they put a dude's hand through a meat slicer and that creepy music with the kids chanting is playing and you can see beady-eyed Isaac (played awesomely by John Franklin) peering through the window, very pleased at what's going on, and you think hell yeah, I am in for a fun ride.Then we cut to Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton), who are on their way to Burt's new physician job. They're driving along, cornrow after cornrow whizzing by, and BOOM, out lurches one of the children, half dead from these tiny cult members. It's an intense scene, with a closeup of the kid rolling under the tires, and you can almost feel their sense of panic and confusion. Again, hell yeah, we're on the right track here. We even get an awesome jump scare when Vicky drifts off in the car while waiting for Burt to return from looking for help.But then… I don't know, things get a little silly. They try to find a phone to no avail — the town is abandoned, with corn leaves strewn all over — what? Are the kids just constantly covered in corn leaves and accidentally leaving them places? Is it some kind of calling card?There's some transfer of power with Malachai (Courtney Gains), the brain of the operation — who is by far the scariest looking kid — insisting that Isaac be sacrificed. The whole thing is way too easy, the kids need NO convincing whatsoever, and then boom, Isaac is up on a cross. But He Who Walks Behind the Rows (admittedly a super creepy moniker, but not actually creepy in reality since it just kind of burrows its way under the dirt) is not very discerning, apparently, and takes Isaac despite his pleas. The special effects are shockingly, laughably bad. I want to say maybe it's charming — it was the mid-80's after all. Burt tries to talk some sense into the kids and tell them they're worshipping a false god (which is also VERY easy to do), and then Isaac comes back as a sort of zombie-Isaac and kills Malachai. Wheee!They gather the kids into a barn and realize they need to destroy the cornfield to stop the evil, and they figure the best way is to burn it all up. They do so, and there's a LEGIT SAD FACE IN THE SMOKE AS IT BURNS. I COULDN'T EVEN HANDLE IT WHAT? WHAT??Then everything is hunky dory and Burt and Vicky are leaving (with Sarah and Job in tow) and it's kind of implied that the kids are going to stay with them?? And then one of the evil kids is hiding in the car and attacks them but Burt just kind of annoyedly stops her and they're on their way. SO FREAKING WEIRD.I don't know, I wanted to like it — it's based on a Stephen King story after all — but I think the rest of the movie couldn't even try to compare to those first couple scenes. It has its few very brief moments but nothing else to really grab you. Womp.

Harhaluulo54 My mission to watch 30 horror movies from the 80's continues with Children of the Corn (1984). Shamefully bland and empty shell of a movie - hopefully none of the next 28 are as bad.This movie is all about corn. It is so much about corn, but just to make sure you realize it is about corn, they spoon-feed that corny corn to you to a point where it becomes just silliness. Neither the story or characters' actions are believable. The movie doesn't hold water - but rather drowns into its own drool.The writing and actions are very forced and unnatural. Followed by a logic that can only be used by characters who are used as plot elements in the movie. Why does person A do a thing B? So that story would lead to a point X where we can conclude an action Y. The simplicity and one-dimensional approach kills this movie and its nonexistent atmosphere, making the movie so bad it gives entertainment value solely as a comedy.All in all so lacking you won't even be mad at how bad it is. Recommend to watch with friends who have dark sense of humor and can -in generally- make fun of everything. 2.50/10.