At the time of writing this review, "Children of the Corn III" is listed in IMDb's bottom 100 movies. Only at spot 97, true, but still chosen by many voters on this website as one of the hundred WORST movies out there in movie-land. Well okay, it's unquestionably a bad film, but it's very well endurable and actually pretty fun in case you're just looking for some extreme gore and laughable dialogs. Personally, I had no problems with any of the previous "COTC"-films, but it's an overall forgettable franchise with a silly premise and only the occasional atmospheric moment. This third installment in the series especially suffers from a total lack of originality. The rural Nebraska setting is exchanged for the big Chicago, but everything else is the same with an evil little kid nagging about Some Guy Who Walks Behind The Rows and brutally killing all the adults that come too close to his precious corn. Siblings Josh (long and dumb) and Eli (short and malicious) move in with their new family and while Josh is trying to fit in with the gangsta-school kids, Eli grows corn in the backyard and brainwashes everyone under the age of 19 to worship the crops. Don't expect a coherent storyline or breathtaking suspense, but there sure are the several sick killings of innocent people to 'enjoy'. There are very few sympathetic characters in this film and yet they die in the most horribly imaginative ways! The most amiable person in the cast has a nasty water pipe accident, whilst another poor soul has her face burnt away. Typical harvesting tools like shovels and scythes are working overtime, too! The climax is completely over-the-top in the gore department, as literally dozens of teenagers are devoured by a Tremors-like worm monster. Most of the make-up effects are pretty decent, except when the giant corn-worm is too obviously eating little puppets instead of real teens. Hickox' directing is rather weak, but it was his first achievement. Then again, he made "Blood Surf" and "Sabretooth" half a decade later, and those suck as well. Daniel Cerny is effectively creepy sometimes, though he preaches too much and his passion for corn is perhaps the most disturbing element about the whole movie. Freaking weirdo!
