Children Of The Corn Review: A Rotted Husk Of A Horror Remake
Children of the Corn Review: A Rotted Husk of a Horror Remake was first published in Results.
Submission: In 2023, Kurt Wimmer starred in the long-running Children of the Corn franchise, the eleventh (!!) film in a series that began as straight-forward adaptations of Stephen King's earlier stories and went straight on. -Forgetting videos is less new than you think. You see, Wimmer's version was created before the pandemic and released in 2020 as a seasonal Halloween treat to a test audience in Sarasota, Florida. It will then be instantly saved until you can enjoy a short movie in Shredder and a quick download.
Watching Children of the Corn (2020/2023) now, it's no wonder they're reluctant to bring it to audiences: even in a horror franchise that's not particularly inspirational, Wimmer's approach is boring, repetitive , meaningless suggests are the same, similar to the history of the name.
In a run-down town in rural Nebraska, a group of unruly children are taking over the town at the behest of a mysterious being in the cornfield. Immediately. Said to be a sort of prequel to the original film, it depicts a massacre at an orphanage in which many children die, except for little Eden (Kate Moyer from The Handmaid's Tale ), who is emotionally traumatized by the experience and hearing voices. Something in the field
Since plants die before adults can enjoy them, there is no new soil for their children to inherit. It's something that will make you rally your friends and go on a murderous rampage against all the adults in town, and only a 17-year-old activist named Beau (Alena Kamporis) can stop you.
Scream Fields: Aside from that opening sequence , the Texas chainsaw in the middle of the back is really annoying. As such, there is little about Wimmer's interpretation of the material that inspires beyond boredom and the occasional laugh. The script is a mess, containing some disjointed social commentary that you can't really relate to: it's not about some royal version of space horror, it's about GMOs destroying crops and warring factions keeping the corn or want to burn. Dead cities can get subsidies. That's good government.
The first half of the film revolves entirely around this backcountry conflict, with scene after scene the actors endure some of the clumsiest explanatory dialogue in a movie of the decade (poor Callan Mulvey and Bruce Spence are basically trash and country preachers because Bos father) in town halls and corn fields.
Corn Boy (RLJ Entertainment)
for notably, in exaggerated, exaggerated monologues, he utters phrases that an honest man would never suggest to God ("Poison grows in the seed of a bad tree!"); Some of his other plans before the attack are so ridiculous that you would be forgiven if you didn't know he was going to be the hero.
The supporting actors are also lost in the lineup; Since there are few subplots to show about the comings and goings of Bo's promising mother, the more interesting massacre sequences seem to take place off-screen, and other characters are teased as the main protagonists (Bo's brother, a reporter from another town, calls Bo Report Key He. what happened) was briefly detained. All that's left are a few long scenes of kids walking down dirt streets or standing in line, killing time between a few satisfying kills.
Then there's the presentation of everything, including the cinematography by Andrew Rowlands, a yellow-and-yellow affair, which was captured by the editors on the film's Aphazard team. Scenes appear too long or unnecessary; Jump scares are eliminated and then take effect with a delay.
Worst of all are the visuals, which descend into Birdemic- esque indifference as we see what might be walking behind rows of corn cobs on these country lanes. It's really annoying to see such work that ten years ago even the most ordinary budget DTV racks could not cope.
Corn Boy (RLJ Entertainment)
Oh Shit : If there's any saving grace for this version of Children of the Corn , it's Moyer's absolutely terrifying stage presence. His vengeful, miserly Eden, with his peasant clothes and wit beyond his years, is like a M3gan man; It's a very odd choice for a horror film, Wimmer and co. It's incredible to explain how he managed to garner the support of all the kids around him.
In a thoroughly seedy cast, Moyer puts on at least one refreshing performance, enjoying his handbag antics while a transvestite goes to a library to read a good man. His whole business as a character is still pointless, but at least he's having a good time and can provide an oasis of calm in the middle of a desert that isn't overtly spooky. He didn't fit into the story , but he went ahead and jumped into the M3GAN sequel as the killer robot finally amassed enough flesh and blood. He has already passed the exam.
Verdict: Sure, it's difficult for any horror franchise to maintain momentum after 11 entries. And Children of the Corn , a series with maybe one half-decent episode, is no exception. But there's something unsettling about this singular laziness—its subtle movement toward reality, its superficial nature—that makes its failure terrifying. Wimmer's track record is both clean and sparse - he hasn't directed a feature film since 2006's tedious Ultraviolet . If his work here is any indication, I'll happily wait another 17 years before seeing anything else.
Where is he playing? Children of the Corn hits theaters March 3 and hits theaters March 21.
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Children of Corn: A Rotten Shell of a Horror Remake review
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