Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1994) D: James D.R. Hickox. Daniel Cerny, Ron Melendez, Jim Metzler, Nancy Grahn, Michael Ensign, Mari Morrow, Jon Clair, Duke Stroud, Rif Hutton. Despite a terrific performance from young Cerny as the evil child Eli, most of this wretched third entry in the CHILDREN OF THE CORN series is laughably awful. The plot concerns two orphans (one of them being Eli) moving into urban Chicago, where the younger one wreaks havoc on his foster parents, high school students, and a priest who doesn't seem to have it all together to begin with. Another direct-to-video loser with buckets of fake looking gore (and extremely lousy special effects), this film was released in 1994 but the bad quality makes it looks 10 years older. RATING: 2 out of 10. Rated R for graphic violence and gore, grisly images, strong language, and sexual situations.
