Movie Review: Children of the Corn (1984)

A husband, a wife, on a road trip, they encounter a cult of fanatic kids, and then the horror starts. Alright now out of all the adaptations that have been made of Stephen King's work, this has to be one of my personal favorites. Children of the Corn is a 1984 horror film. I love eighties horror movies, everything about them works. It was the combination of the time period and culture, combined with the waves of directors that were coming through and putting their talent out into the world. I think I remember reading the Children of the Corn short story in the book Night Shift. Even then, I really liked the story. Now the movie has a pretty basic premise to it. Basically a wife and husband are these two newlyweds. They go on this road trip and they encounter this town that is run by these fanatically religious kids. These kids aren't really worshipping a mainstream religion, they are worshipping this leader with this super high pitched voice. Now I do understand the fact that this movie isn't usually that well received. However, if we look past all the flaws the story becomes actually really good. Now this movie does happen to play off of a what if scenario. It's sort of like let's put these regular peoples in these types of issues and see how they connect with each other, that is if they really do too much at all. Now that works the first time. The rest of the times are the eight Children of the Corn sequels that are usually not that well looked upon. I can't really say too much about what happens afterwards because I've never seen the COTC sequels. Overall, Children of the Corn is a very quality two star movie that satisfies the viewers. Especially those who are Stephen King fans, readers, and like his writing. Two stars.