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VHS : Children of the CornIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains directed by: Fritz Kiersch  List Price: $9.99 Price: $3.98 You Save: $6.01 (60%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302720419 Format: Color, EP, NTSC ISBN: 6302720419 Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Release Date: September 10, 1997 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Theatrical Release Date: March 09, 1984 Sales Rank: 16939 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in this flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 residents have butchered their parents per the decree of junior-grade holy roller Isaac (John Franklin), who preaches the word of a being called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." King's original story (from his 1978 collection Night Shift) was a lean and brutal mélange of Southern-gothic atmosphere and E.C. Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralizes by adding a youthful narrator (a grating Robbie Kiger) and putting an upbeat spin on the story's morbid conclusion. Fritz Kiersch's direction is TV-movie flat, with the sole inspired moment (hideous religious iconography glimpsed during a bloody "service") delivered as a throwaway. Aside from Horton and Courtney Gains (as Isaac's hatchet man Malachai), the performances are dreadful, and the depiction of the Lovecraftian monster-god as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666. --Paul Gaita Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Classic horrorThis film is an absolute classic. I've seen this film numerous times and I never get tired of it. Both Courtney Gains (Malichi) and John Franklin (Issac) are great actors who should have won awards for their performances. On top of the acting, my copy of this film is autographed by the music composer, who is also my science teacher's husband. So that fact alone make this film extra special to watch. Rating:  - It's only consider a Classic because it's one of Stephen Kings earlier works.....I had a feeling I wasn't going to like this but I manage to get through it. Nearly everything that Stephen King has ever written seems to have been turned into a film or TV series; in fact, I'm surprised that no one has tried to make a mini-series from the guy's grocery list. Let's face it, if they did, it couldn't be any less interesting than 'Children of the Corn.' Based on one of King's many short stories, this 1984 horror flick sees Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton playing a couple ... Read More Rating:  - Still Creepy After 24 YearsI'm 16 years old and I love Children of the Corn, it's creepy without being gory. The dvd quality is great and the special features are fun. It was really interesting seeing John Franklin and Courtney Gains in the documentary for the 20th anniversary... they both look just as they were and it's cool hearing about their experiences on set, which is continued in the commentary. Great dvd, it's a great deal for those who love this movie. Rating: - Children Have Never Been Scarier...When I first started Children of the Corn today, I had a feeling that it was going to be one of those scary horror movies that are very funny. I was certainly correct! Children Of The Corn is actually one of the scariest horror movies I've ever seen, however it is also one of the funniest horror movies I've ever seen! The children are so unbelievably terrifying in this movie. Nothing is scarier than a child with an axe. The acting is mediocre, yes, but it is very good at the exact same ... Read More Rating: - [3.5] "It's a little weird out here...""...but it's safe." is how the rest of the line goes. But when the film begins with the slaughtering of adults in a small Nebraska town by all the children, it's far from that. Children of the Corn is a unique horror film in that it blends children and cornfields, but other than that, this is a pretty lame and average scarefest. Gatlin is the small Nebraska town where the action takes place. Gatlin is now a ghost town, because the adults are "in the cornfields". In other words, sacrificed ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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