1984 was an amazing year for movies, being the nerd that I am I pay attention to my analytics and 1984 is the 3rd greatest movie year at time of writing.
Being a huge horror fan the fact I haven't watched the Children Of The Corn movies is remarkable especially when you take into consideration how much I love Kings work and how I've seen every other adaptation of his books.
Off the top of my head I've seen the remake (2009) and one of the later sequels and have to say (And I never say this) the remake is better.
Being that this is the original cult classic I expected so much more but instead found a disjointed lifeless effort that failed to impress.
I'm not saying it's bad, but its mediocre at best. If the cult classic original is of this quality I'm concerned what the long list of straight to vhs/dvd sequels are going to be like. Time will tell!
One of the weaker Stephen King adaptations.
The Good:
Still has the Stephen King vibe
Concept is strong enough
The Bad:
Far too short
Wastes a good story
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Linda Hamilton cannot sing
For a religious man Stephen King really craps on religion
The only thing more obnoxious than a religious person is a religious child
Kids are evil, been saying it for years
Being a huge horror fan the fact I haven't watched the Children Of The Corn movies is remarkable especially when you take into consideration how much I love Kings work and how I've seen every other adaptation of his books.
Off the top of my head I've seen the remake (2009) and one of the later sequels and have to say (And I never say this) the remake is better.
Being that this is the original cult classic I expected so much more but instead found a disjointed lifeless effort that failed to impress.
I'm not saying it's bad, but its mediocre at best. If the cult classic original is of this quality I'm concerned what the long list of straight to vhs/dvd sequels are going to be like. Time will tell!
One of the weaker Stephen King adaptations.
The Good:
Still has the Stephen King vibe
Concept is strong enough
The Bad:
Far too short
Wastes a good story
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Linda Hamilton cannot sing
For a religious man Stephen King really craps on religion
The only thing more obnoxious than a religious person is a religious child
Kids are evil, been saying it for years