Review – Children of the Corn

This one wasn’t quite as terrible as I remembered it being. Of course I’d already watched several of the sequels before re-watching this original, and when compared to some of its “children” this thing seems like Shakespeare. Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton play a mildly annoying couple who find themselves stranded in a town taken over by adult-murdering, religious fanatic children. The Stephen King short story upon which this tale is based wasn’t exactly the author’s finest moment, nor is this the best movie ever produced from his work. Still, Isaac the cult leader and Malachi the cult enforcer are both delightfully creepy. Together they’re almost enough to make up for the uneven script and cheap, 80s effects. Mildly amusing