Children of the Corn...iest horror movie I have ever seen.

“Outlander!” An iconic ‘80s horror film, Children of the Corn is a chilling tale from Stephen King. Based on one of his short stories, a couple traveling cross-country stop at a small town called Gatlin where they discover a cult of children that have overthrown the adults and sacrificed them to their new god. Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton lead the cast, but there are no good performances here. However, the director does a good job at creating a creepy, atmospheric tone that’s full of suspense. And for the most part the terror is kept psychological, which is quite effective. While Children of the Corn is full of bad acting and cheesy effects, it ends up being the right mixture for an entertaining campy B-movie.

Children are just the worst. The ending really blows an ok movie up until that point.

[spoiler]"write her a postcard from Seattle.. let's get the hell out of here![/spoiler] But seriously, this movie, adaptation or not, is for the most part a decent suspensful build up, and then it just all falls apart in the end quite unceremoniously.

Hard to believe Children Of The Corn become a series of movies from this. Pretty mediocre on every level.

I feel like, as with the majority of Kings work, there is the kernel of a great idea here. An open critique of oppressive organised religion and the small American towns it subsumes with it's message through fear and control. Only once the seeds of promise are sewn does King ramble and wonder off into the corn himself, proving the kids right and undermining the critical message and overall theme. To top it all off, the movie isn't great with some wobbly pacing and the most 80s dialogue imaginable. Am I glad I watched it? Sure, another horror "classic" crossed off the list, but it definitely doesn't warrant the luster and absurd amount of sequels it's spawned.

A patronizing "Mr. know it all" doctor and his good-for-nothing wife are being stalked by a group of religious children. It started out pretty decent, I was loving the creepy mystery at the beginning but as soon as they do the exposition dump on our villains it terminates any scare to become B-movie material, which is fine but you need comedy in that case and I didn't find any. The sudden supernatural approach in the third act felt out of place and I wish it would of stuck to it's previous tone.

The corn field setting looks amazing and the score is so good it almost creates the illusion that the movie is good. Corny acting, corny villains, off-screen kills, ugly-looking special effects, terrible ending and Isaac (John Franklin) has one of the weirdest voices i've ever heard come out of a human being - so off-putting, would of been great if they actually used it to scare the viewer.

How in the corny hell did this get **TEN** sequels??

Starts off promising and creepy but ultimately becomes silly and rather bland.

>"What is it with this corn?"

I remember being terrified as a kid, and then the idea of this movie being a "great horror movie" stuck with me... until now. On my rewatch, I realized that I don't really care for this movie too much. Is this really a classic?

This is the dumbest movie I’ve ever seen. Terrible acting, the dumbest story, the slowest action. Pure idiocy.

Very strong start but loses its steam really quick. It has great premise that doesn't reach its full potential. The characters mostly just meander and yell at each other with not so many exciting parts. Not to mention their laughable performances and that sudden supernatural change in the end. That said, I thought it's genuinely spooky and fun enough to watch. There's some pretty cool imagery and neat special effects that make this little film more enjoyable. Overall, it's entertaining and frustating at the same time.

In preparation for an article I am writing on the remake for this site - https://www.thethings.com/author/lee-brown/ - I decided to rewatch the 1984 original adaptation of King's short story. It's not a very good film - even Linda Hamilton is bad in this one - but it does have that 80s horror feel to it, complete with spooky choral music, that makes it a nostalgic blast for anybody who first saw the film back in the day.

Kid VO is a huge mistake. Huge! Any time that voice popped in it felt like I was watching a special video made by first graders to thank the teachers or something. The worst!!

Lotta ugly kids in this one. Lost potential and boring.

It's hard to overstate how hot shit Stephen King was in the 80's. In hindsight, this may have overinflated the movie properties that had his name on them.

I'm watching this for the first time (I wasnt born till 1990, so never saw it as a kid) and all I can think is how the main psycho preacher kid looks and sounds so much like Joffrey from Game of Thrones! Anyone else think that?!

First time watching the infamous Children of the Corn and I did not expect for it to be this bad, wow! And Peter Horton’s Burt was a a$$ hole the whole movie. I really was hoping they hacked his ass up lol