Children of the Corn (2009) (TV)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Donald P. Borchers

Writers:

Donald P. Borchers (screenplay) and
Stephen King (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Screenplay Adapted By Author | Based On Film | Horror Movie Remake | Remake | King

Cast

Daniel Newman	...	Malachai
David Anders	...	Burton Stanton
Kandyse McClure	...	Vicki
Preston Bailey	...	Issac
Ryan Bertroche	...	Amos
Jake White	...	Oldest boy
Austin Dreher	...	Freckled Boy
Alexa Nikolas	...	Ruth
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brennan Bailey	...	Boy
Lexie Behr	...	Little Girl
Paul Butler	...	Nahum
Austin Coobs	...	Mark
Creighton Fox	...	Peter
Isabelle Fuhrman	...	(voice)
Robert Gerdisch	...	Preacher Boy
Shawn Kelly	...	David
Jordan Schmidt	...	Bloody Knife Boy
Billy Unger	...	(voice)
Zita Vass	...	Ponytail girl

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Children of the Corn (USA) (complete title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (uncut version)

Filming Locations:

Iowa, USA

Company:

Children of the Corn Productions

Trivia:

Kandyse McClure returns for her second time in a Stephen King TV remake. She also played Sue Snell in the remake of Carrie (2002) (TV).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene with Vicky in the car while Burt is in the church Vicky uses the power windows, even though Burt has taken the keys.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in To Live and Die in Gatlin (2009) (V)

Despite it being somewhat faithful to the original story, the first Children of the Corn remake is a bona fide Dud

First off, I'd like to start by saying this. I never did really like the Children of the Corn movies. I always felt the original was mediocre but watchable (roughly a 4 out of 10) but it wasn't scary or well acted. The sequels to the original were worse, some of the worst direct-to-video sequels since The Howling's sequels, the sole exceptions being Children of the Corn 2 and Children of the Corn 666: Issac's Return.

With that being said, the remake isn't much of an improvement, but it is a hell of a lot better than the original's sequels. The effects, how little there were, were alright I suppose. KNB Effects provided them. However, like the original, it's mediocre and not at all scary. At least the original film had some creepiness to it regarding some of the children and they had some form of personality. In this one, the children are rather dull and emotionless-and not scary or creepy. The two leads also suffer the same fate. They're not really that likable, though you find yourself hoping the female lead will get killed off. She's that bad.

As a Syfy original, I suppose it could have been worst. It was at least marginally watchable, but still poor. It is however better than Halloween 2.

The sad part is that Stephen King co-wrote the teleplay for this movie. However, you cannot really tell that he did or not. It's that bad.

As a closing note, Dimension is currently preparing their own remake of Children of the Corn.