One of the worst movies I've ever seen

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I actually enjoyed this remake. Here is a review that is about the good stuff, not the bad.The remake is definitely stays faithful to the short story by King. The original is awesome but hardly follows the SS. This stays true and you will notice the similarities if you have read it.I think the acting is wonderful. The boy who plays Isaac is creepy and adorable at the same time. I believe Malachai is better this time around than the first. He seems a little more darker and more intimidating. Burt and Vicki player by David and Kandyse do a great job as a couple who are having problems. Their acting is believe able and nothing tacky.Being a big fan of COTC, I think this should not be looked over. It is way better than some of the sequels.

I love the genre and am a Stephen King fan however my cat has coughed up more impressive things than this movie.Listening to the children was akin to listening to a recitation of the times tables, providing the dialogue could actually be understood.Some of the special effects were OK and I enjoyed the corn. Actually I think the corn featured as a high point in many of the scenes. The worst part was that I was convinced if I watch it long enough it will be worthwhile. It was not. I was wrong. Don't waste your time.

I'm not entirely sure whether this thing is supposed to be a remake of the 1984 film or simply just another adaptation of the same short story by Stephen King. Quite frankly, I don't really care, since I never liked the aforementioned original and – do I daresay it – even think Stephen King is a rather overrated horror icon. In spite of all the macabre potential and numerous opportunities (the isolated setting, evil children, etc) it seems impossible to make a half-decent movie out of the COTC-concept. This made-for-TV version is even downright embarrassing, as it brings forth the utmost intolerable lead characters, the most excruciatingly painful dialogs to listen to and the most unimaginably retarded sub plots and story twists. Allegedly this version is more faithful to King's short story, and if that is indeed the case it only means further proof that the original short story was garbage to begin with. Allow me to expand a little on each of the main defaults. The intolerable lead characters: in the right corner, we have the non-stop arguing married "couple" Vicky and Burt. They're not just quarreling, in fact, they truly hate each other! She obviously has an aversion towards men in general and ought to consider becoming a lesbian, and he's too obviously in love with his former Vietnam buddies. Their constant fights and disrespect literally forces the viewer to wish them dead. In the left corner, the weak depiction of the town's main freaks Isaac and Malachai. Two of the few strengths of the 1984 version were the effectively menacing portrayals by John Franklin (as Isaac) and Courtney Gains (as Malachai). In the 2009 version, they're just pitiable brats. The painful dialogs: I definitely concur with one of my fellow reviewers who aptly states: "kids shouldn't be given lines they themselves don't even understand". Too true, Isaac and another little blond kid clearly don't know what they're talking about and it all comes out wrong and artificial. The retarded sub plots and story twists: too many to choose from, actually, but my "favorite" remains Burt's nightly Vietnam-flashbacks in the cornfields! Can you imagine, whilst on the run for a horde of diabolical children and just having lost his wife, this guy suffers from visions of Charlie his buddies bleeding to death in the jungle! How freaking stupid can a movie be? I'm not even going to elaborate on how implausible and impossible the rest of the script is, but you get the idea. In my ultimate attempt to discourage anyone from watching this junk, I'll also add that there aren't any brutal killings, grisly images or shocking content. Figures, it's a dumb TV-movie full of darned kiddies!

Children of the Corn is set in 1975 & starts as Vietnam vet Burt Stanton (David Anders) & his wife Vicky (Kandyse McClure) drive across Nebraska, Burt decides to leave the highway & take the scenic route which leads to an argument between himself & Vicky. While not paying attention to the road Burt runs a young boy down, when Burt looks at the boy's body he notice's that his throat had been cut & it was only a matter of time before he had died anyway. The couple decide to drive to a town called Gatlin, the nearest town for miles in any direction. Once there Burt & Vicky find it completely abandoned & like it has been deserted since the early 60's, then while looking around Vicky is kidnapped by a group of children who have killed all the adults & sacrifice anyone older than nineteen to their God who they worship who they call He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Burt discovers this & attempts to find & save Vicky as well as himself from the children who insist on a blood sacrifice to He Who Walks Behind the Rows...Written, produced & directed by Donald P. Borchers this made for television remake of a short story by Stephen King has been panned by pretty much everyone but I have to say I quite liked it, sure it's no masterpiece but I found it watchable enough. Originally a short story written by Stephen King in 1977 that featured in his anthology Night Shift (which is a fine read by the way) Children of the Corn was first adapted to the silver screen in 1984 in a version that many seem to dislike although I am again of the opposite opinion & really like it before numerous sequels came out starting with Children of the Corn II: The Final Scarifice (1992) & Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011) being the latest installment while this was made somewhere between them. The original short story by King was only fifteen pages long & this sticks to it closely, in fact it's far more faithful than the 1984 version. I liked the first hour a lot, the build-up & when everything is still a mystery but once the children feature more regularly & the script tries to flesh them out & give them reasons for what they do it falls apart a little. None of it is particularly convincing & it's hard to believe that children could kill every adult in town & no-one ever finds out. What about supplies? The electric company? Friends & relatives of the adult's? At just under 90 minutes it moves along at a good pace & has some nice moments although the constant bickering between Burt & Vicky gets annoying, the constant arguments & insults make both character's quite unlikable & while you can tolerate them for fifteen pages of a story it's more difficult to sit through over an hour of them sniping at each other & moaning. The script stays focused on the story & doesn't get sidetracked with subplots & the story builds quite nicely before we get an ending that is more downbeat & faithful to the short story even though it's not an audience pleaser.The film takes place entirely in the small town & the outer corn fields of the 70's, the period explains the lack of technology & mobile phone's I suppose. There's some gore in it, a Pig is cut open, there's a slit throat throat, some blood splatter, a few dead bodies & someone gets a compound fracture of his arm. The children themselves are all dressed in black and white clothes like Amish, the one little kid Isacc has this huge hat on which looks a bit daft & some of the kid's are just too cute looking & not menacing enough. There's a little bit of sex & nudity as well but nothing too explicit.With a supposed budget of about $2,000,000 this looks a lot better than the usual SyFy Channel film & I suspect they didn't make it & only brought the rights to show it after it was finished, filmed in Iowa. The acting is alright, the two leads do what's asked of them even if their character's are unlikable.Children of the Corn is a good story & I have to say that I like both the original 1984 adaptation & this 2009 version although I prefer the former, this isn't that bad at all actually & thought it was perfectly watchable & even quite effective at times although maybe it doesn't satisfy completely.