I watched 6 Children of the Corn movies back at the start of the blog and never finished. Fuck it yo. I only have a few left, lets do em.
Children of the Corn Genesis is a fun re-imagining of this story, set in a new place with no real connection to the original series except for someone saying Gatlin. I haven't watched the movie that took place right before this, and much like Halloween as a series, this is a movie series in which 3 movies are named just straight up Children of the Corn - 1984, 2009 and 2020 all have one.
I haven't seen the one right before so I don't know if there is a lead in to this, but I do know that for a small scale, relatively straight forward horror movie, this thing actually does work. I'm as shocked as I could be.
Billy Drago is a creepy weirdo living in the desert of California, two broken down 20-somethings find his house and ask to use the phone in the normal setup of these types of things. They have to stay at his house and start hearing weird noises. Going outside, the woman thinks she uncovers a kid trapped in a shed. Cue the weird visions of corn related imagery, and the shit really kicks into gear then.
There's a really awesome moment where I audibly said "that was cool" Any movie that can show you something that still somehow you haven't seen gets a good notch up in my book. A cop arrives and because of magic or something he can't see or hear our two plucky heroes. In a single instant he gets pulled up into the sky, presumably by He Who Walks Behind the Rows. It was actually fucking cool.
This is a solid entry 8 movies deep into the franchise, and really an upswing from where I walked away from the franchise in frustration, throwing my hands up in disgust. I give it 3.5.
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