Children of the Corn (2009)

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

An Exercise In Nonsense

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The 1984 remake of Children of the Corn is a great movie. This is awful. This the second remake of Children of the corn. The first was a 1983 short film called Disciples of crow. It was ok. This has an awful story line. It also has awful acting. It also an awful ending. It is not scary. Do not bother with it.

The sci-fi remake of children of the corn was an attempt to revive a series that spawned ten sequels and was a cult phenomenon. Bascically the only difference from the original this time around is it tried to stay closer to the original novel by having Burt and Vicky try to save their marriage.The ending was dreadful as Burt finds his wife and the blue man, a police officer, hanging on a cross made of corn and he's swallowed up by he who walks behind the Rowe. Surprisingly it contains more violent and sexual scenes to pad put the running time since it was a short story.The script felt lacking in this aspect, taking the scary moments and making it goofy, no character development or style.Isaac was a presence in the original, mysterious and powerful. Here the kid looks like he needs a time out and a nap.None of the actors even tried to act, keeping the same facial expressions throughout and this doomed any chance to make this travesty into a so bad its good type of film.I don't blame Stephen King from disowning it and wanting the rights restored. It felled to produce nothing we haven't before or have the rich texture of the first.Avoid at all cost.

I was able to get to the end of this movie, but... only because I wanted to see how this version differed from the 1980s version, and to also see if this version was any truer to the original Stephen King story.The two main characters were definitely more true to the original short story. Their bickering was pretty nasty, but the woman was overdone in her acidic nastiness, to the point of straining the boundaries of disbelief. Anyway, their acting was sincere and created a believable tension where the events that followed had their opening.The movie was better in many ways than the 80s version, all except for one main glaring error. The casting of whoever played Isaac, the child leader/preacher. His line delivery was slush-mouthed and weak, words trailing off too quietly, with no believable passion. For the casting of a evangelical preacher, this particular child was an absolutely terrible choice. Every time he had any screen time or lines, I just kept saying "nope, no, nuh-uh, NOPE" in my head. I just couldn't suspend my disbelief and the obvious failure in the casting choice just kept bringing me out of the story.The casting of Malachi was too much a mimicry of the 80s version. Its difficult to cast children for TV movies, I assume, but at least get some kids who don't speak as though they've been novacained.If you're a Stephen King fan, this might be worth exploring. If you were a fan of the original movie adaptation, well maybe then, too. Otherwise, there are much better choices.

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.