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THE CHILDREN OF THE CORN
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*** Out of 5
Release Date- March 9th, 1984
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Running Time- 92-Minutes
Rating- R
Screenplay- George Goldsmith (Myth by Stephen King)
Director- Fritz Kiersch
Starring- Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gaines, Robby Kiger, Anne Marie McEvoy
Released in 1984 Children of the Corn is based off a short fable of the same name written by Stephen King; Children of the Corn was first published in 1977 in Penthouse and than later in portion of King’s short legend collection Night Shift.
Children of the Corn wasn’t one of King’s better stories in my conception, but it wasn’t poor or anything. It was an scrumptious allotment, but in the kill nothing special so I converse it’s only fitting the movie adaptation ends up being nothing special as well. Some people say King’s work isn’t apt well for film due to his writing style. I have to disagree with that; I assume most of King’s work is perfectly obliging for film, but for the most fragment it seems many haven’t translated well on film. King’s work while sometimes violent is almost always character driven and that is what makes his novels and short stories work so well. In general dread is always about believing the impossible and that works best when the characters are well developed.
The fact Stephen King has created such safe characters is the reason why his work has excelled; it’s not easy basing a movie off of a book. You have the groundwork already done, but a lot of character development often gets lost and some of King’s work turned into films have been duds like The Murky Half or average at best like Desperation, but The Humdrum Zone and Carrie were two prime examples of how well King’s work can translate onto film. With Children of the Corn I don’t judge the chronicle was great enough to be made into a 90-minute film. If anything I contemplate this would have worked better as a short film or even an episode of a TV series. Again that’s not to say the short epic was abominable or anything. It was toothsome, but not one of King’s stronger stories.
The screenplay by George Goldsmith was rather sub-par filled with some comic dialogue, but works well due to the silliness. The one site I do feel the screenplay improved upon the short chronicle were with the lead characters of Burt played by Peter Horton and Vicky played by Linda Hamilton. Like I said earlier Stephen King’s strong suit are his characters, but Burt and Vicky weren’t among his best. I personally found them rather annoying and mostly un-likeable and here in the film version I concept they were a lot more likeable. The short myth was 29-pages and the film runs at 90-minutes so obviously changes will be made; the changes made by George Goldsmith never improve on the new memoir, but I wouldn’t say they were nasty either.
The script by Goldsmith as stated before is filled with some comical dialogue and overall Children of the Corn is poorly written, but in the awful writing it does actually originate it fun. There is very diminutive character development and the location isn’t really expanded on all that distinguished, but it works well due to the unpleasant writing and makes it campy fun. Like I said before the only true improvement for me was the main characters; I found Burt and Vicky more likeable in the film than the short narrative and in the record they employ most of their time arguing where as here in the film their relationship is composed strong. My biggest complaint with the script though is the ending; the ending isn’t sad like the short sage and I personally felt was a cop out.
Fritz Kiersch makes his directorial debut and I’ll give him credit due to the fact Children of the Corn had a very obscene budget, which shows at times, but doesn’t peruse any cheaper than other improper budget flicks of the same era. But besides making a decent looking film on a rude budget he doesn’t collect remarkable true besides that, which some limitations are due to the script though. The pacing isn’t all that poor, but it’s never really bright either; Fritz Kiersch stated that when it came to the violence he wanted it more suggested than shown to do something like Alfred Hitchcock aged to do. Most of the violence is objective that suggested; we never spy anything, but some blood splatter, which would be ok in a better movie. No offense to Fritz Kiersch, but he isn’t Hitchcock and shouldn’t attempt to do what he did. Children of the Corn is a movie that really could have obsolete a lot more gore.
Some scenes are quite droll and over the top that it can be hard to support a straight face while watching it, but some of that can also be blamed on the very bad acting from most of the cast. There is very shrimp in the plot of suspense and tension, but to Fritz Kiersch credit he does at least attempt it. Some scenes with Burt and Vicky going around the town of Gatlin can be semi creepy, which is more to do with the status than directing, but these scenes at least work some what decently, but another jam was the whole film was shot in the daytime except the final act and some of these scenes would have worked slightly better with a nighttime shoot.
The acting was rather bad with the exception of Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton who give splendid performances despite the primitive script; Courtney Gaines ended up becoming a solid actor, but here he wasn’t very pleasurable and does add to the whole so awful its righteous vibe, which can partly be blamed on the droll things he has to say. I recount it isn’t easy to sound pleasant with the idiotic lines he has, but Gaines has improved over the years. John Franklin as Isaac didn’t radiant grand better; he is sort of creepy, but his performance was the icing on the cake for the so dreadful it’s genuine.
The rest of the cast range from abominable to below average; one of my problems with the short tale and film was I impartial couldn’t fully hold into the opinion, but with such extinct acting it doesn’t exactly wait on matters. Horton and Hamilton both work well together and manage to sell some really comical stuff.
My review for Children of the Corn may not sound kindly, but the movie really wasn’t very grand, but it is an scrumptious movie in how abominable it was. The whole so abominable its estimable vibe is on fat carry out and despite how dreadful the film was it does work due to that and is delightful, but you can easily gather movies on the same level far more delectable. Amazingly there were several sequels made I don’t believe the unusual was sterling enough to warrant any (or if anything as many) and while I haven’t seen all of them of the ones I’ve seen this is probably the best of the bunch, which is actually quite scary.
The Blu-ray release is top notch; Anchor Bay delivers a solid transfer, but obviously don’t ask a pristine print. Due to the age of the film anything less than a chubby re-master there is only so superior the describe can view. But the transfer is very salubrious and there is some grain to be found and some dirt, but Anchor Bay delivers an splendid transfer. There are also some unusual features that conceal the slow the scenes and they are all informative; Even though the movie is exquisite in the so abominable its superior level the disc is far better than maybe the movie deserved.
“Children of the Corn” is the 1984 adaptation of a Stephen King sage that turns children into monsters. Following in the tradition of “The Dreadful Seed” and “Village of the Damned,” “Children of the Corn” sets out to wreck our conception that childhood is a time of innocence. The opening scene grabs us proper away. In Gatlin, Nebraska, a puny farming community, the helpful citizens follow church on Sunday with breakfast at the local coffee shop. One morning, however, the town’s children rise up against the adults, poisoning their coffee and slashing their throats in a violent, horrifying sequence. Skip ahead three years. Burt and Vicky (Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton) have a abominable accident outside Gatlin and run to town, searching for relieve. But they win no adults. Eventually, they watch that the children of Gatlin have formed a religious cult around an wrong entity, “He Who Walks Leisurely the Rows.” Though far from a classic, this film has an broad following and has inspired six sequels, five released directly to DVD. Its appeal lies partly in the performances of the two young leads. John Franklin plays Isaac, the nine-year-old prophet who organized the cult, and Courtney Gains portrays the odd-looking and unsettling Malachai. Bonus extras include the featurette, “Welcome to Gatlin: The Seek and Sounds of Children Of the Corn;” an interview with Linda Hamilton; audio commentary by director Fritz Kiersch and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains; and the documentary “Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn.”
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