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Children of the Corn (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 7  Rotten:12 Average Rating: 4/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Synopsis: Young lovers on a cross-country trip stop in a small Nebraska community and make a shocking discovery. One day, three years prior to the couples' arrival, the town's children killed all of the grown-ups at the apparent behest of a demon simply dubbed "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." Based on a... Young lovers on a cross-country trip stop in a small Nebraska community and make a shocking discovery. One day, three years prior to the couples' arrival, the town's children killed all of the grown-ups at the apparent behest of a demon simply dubbed "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." Based on a short story from horror scribe Stephen King's "Night Shift" collection, this film spawned a slew of bloody sequels. [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin

Director: Fritz Kiersch
Story: Stephen King

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 11, 2006

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02/09/06
Time Out
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0.5/4

incredibly boring from start to finish

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03/08/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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2/5

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10/05/06
Cole Smithey
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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1/5

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10/10/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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2/5

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07/07/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

No review available.

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07/01/05
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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As ye sow, so shall ye reap - and for all its initial creepiness, in the end this Mid-western gothic yields a big cropful of corn.

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11/13/04
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette
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3/5

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09/15/04
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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2/5

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06/10/04
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
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3/5

If you need a laugh, come to Malachi!

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02/04/04
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times
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2/5

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01/28/04
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly
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3/5

Grisly, occasionally effective horror flick.

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06/16/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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3/5

The only halfway decent installment of the entire bloated, pitiful franchise.

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
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01/04/03
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide
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3/5

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12/13/02
Eric D. Snider
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10/15/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Ooooooo... scary kids! Don't go into the cornfields alone after this one.

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08/08/02
KJB
IGN Movies
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"plenty of corn, for sure, but no chills"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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