Back to some Stephen King 80’s movies. Alas, has any original movie with a long set of sequels been as mediocre as this? Yes, probably Warlock, Prophecy, Leprechaun, Hellraiser, and Fast and the Furious. Yes, I may get a lot of shit for throwing Hellraiser in there, and damned if I don’t want to love the movies, but I have seen 4 or 5 of them, and they never truly hold my interests. My apologies to it’s fans.
Anyway, where were we? Ahhh, yes, me semi-slamming Children of the Corn. Talk about a movie that seemed to kick so much ass when I was a kid but has really worsened with age. Let’s talk about the positives since I want to be optimistic. The diner scene in the beginning is one of the best scenes of the 80’s. It’s all truly downhill from there obviously. There are some good characters and actors. I don’t know who is more iconic, Isaac or Malachai. I personally like Malachai myself because he was more bad ass, had the red hair, and wasn’t as big a bitch as Isaac, but to each their own. Linda Hamilton of terminator fame is the lead lady, and is so much better than the black lady they used in the remake. Soooo much better. The children can be scary. Thankfully we got a great South Park parody from this movie. There are some other good scenes.
Then there is the ending…..that awful nonsensical ending. Talk about a movie that would have benefited so much from a average to great ending. This syndrome is common place in a lot of Stephen King’s works sadly. Rest assured you will hear this same gripe when I get to IT. As a kid, I may have given this a 7.5-8 range. As an adult, I give it a 5, and I am not sure how wise that even is.
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