its dated look reminds us that horror movies were once made with only a camera and buckets of Karo syrup; not marketable teen models and computer-generated effects.
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09/09/09
Children of the Corn (1984)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:8
Rotten:14
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin
Director: Fritz Kiersch
Reviews for Children of the Corn
It's a--look, it has to be said--corny "B" horror flick with a certain je ne sais WTF about it. [Blu-ray]
08/12/09
How Children of the Corn continues to be so successful and popular 25 years after its release still remains a mystery ....
07/30/09
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10/18/08
Top Criticincredibly boring from start to finish
03/08/08
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10/05/06
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05/26/06
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02/09/06
Top CriticNo review available.
10/10/05
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07/07/05
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07/01/05
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.
11/13/04
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09/15/04
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06/10/04
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01/28/04
Grisly, occasionally effective horror flick.
06/16/03
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05/20/03
Top CriticThe only halfway decent installment of the entire bloated, pitiful franchise.
03/19/03
No review available.
01/04/03
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September 09, 2008:
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August 25, 2008:
Anders and McClure are Children of the Corn
Evil still lurks in the cornfields, and David Anders ("Heroes") and Kandyse McClure ("Battlestar Galactica") are set to find it: the duo has been cast in the Sci Fi Channel's... More...
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