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Watch: Children of the Corn 1984 123movies, Full Movie Online – A boy preacher named Isaac goes to Gatlin, Nebraska and gets all the children to murder every adult in town. A young couple on a road trip stop in Gatlin to report a murder and seek help, but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive..
Plot: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
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Ratings:

	5.6/10 Votes: 53,385
	39% | RottenTomatoes
	45/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 815 Popularity: 19.944 | TMDB

Reviews:

***Children of the damned… in the cornfields of the American prairie***

A young couple traveling through the endless cornfields of Nebraska (Peter Horton & Linda Hamilton) visits a town so far off the beaten track it’s not even on the map. Yet it seems abandoned, except for some kids scurrying around. Horror ensues.

“Children of the Corn” (1984) takes the remote Plains town setting of “The Last Picture Show” (1971) and gives it a horror spin based on Stephen King’s short story. The later “Husk” (2011) used the same template. King, however, wasn’t pleased with the results, as conveyed in his statement: “My feeling is like a guy who sends his daughter off to college. You hope she’ll do well. You hope she won’t fall in with the wrong people. You hope she won’t be raped at a fraternity party, which is pretty well what happened to Children of the Corn.”

The uninhabited town with scavenging kids makes the film come across as a post-apocalyptic flick. The protagonists are likable and the movie works up some creepy rural mood. People have described the film as sacrilegious, but it’s clear that the kids’ hybrid religion is not a true expression of Christianity since it’s clearly sullied by “he who walks behind the rows.” One of the picture’s criticisms is the ambiguity of this thing, but I suppose enough is revealed to put the pieces together. Still, the lack of exposition is disappointing. And the gaudy effects in the last act are lousy.

Another arguable negative is the portrayal of the cult with the use of child & teen actors. I think they did pretty good all things considered. The growing schism between leader Isaac (John Franklin) and chief disciple Malachai (Courtney Gains) is interesting. It’s just difficult to portray diabolic cults, like witches and satanists, without getting eye-rolling and laughable.

In any case, imagine the casting auditions for Malachai wherein the producers are looking for a tall teenage boy with a mean face and shocking mane. Courtney Gains enters the room and answers some questions when the producers state: “This is going well; you’ve just about got it clinched. But, as a formality, could you shout ‘Outlander’ at the top of your lungs?”

The movie runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot mainly in Iowa.

GRADE: C+

And a child shall lead them…

Who would have thunk it, that one of Stephen King’s short stories would spawn a gargantuan movie franchise? Children of the Corn is one of those movies that horror fans of a certain age, who started to blossom in the 1980s, remember fondly but agree that now it’s a bit, well, corny.

Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton get trapped in a village of the damned where the children have killed the adults and established a religious order that gives worship to the devil of the corn. Isaac Chroner (John Franklin) and Malachai Boardman (Courtney Gains) head the creepy kid cult, corn does sway, blood does flow, poor special effects do down the devil, yet it’s atmospheric as heck fire and still a bunch of fun if you forgive it its dated foibles. 6/10

And a child shall lead them…
This is the tale of a young couple (Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton) stranded in the deserted little town of Gatlin, Nebraska and stalked by a pack of adult killing children worshipping a demon living in the surrounding cornfields.

This very atmospheric piece is a rather humble b-movie that boasts an unusual and interesting premise (thanks to a pretty good short story by Stephen King) and delivers some decent performances from its cast (which is rare with children in general).

Although soft in its depiction of violence, the movie offers some creepy moments (especially in the still effective opening sequence). John Franklin, excellent as the child-preacher Isaac, makes for one odd and creepy looking kid and Courtney Gains inhabits his psychopathic Malachai character with obvious delight.

The cornfields are beautifully shot and the overall is boosted by a pretty efficient score by Jonathan Ellias. And to top this all up, R.G. Armstrong makes here an appearance (albeit a too short one) as a recluse gas station owner.

Don’t be fooled though. The movie is far to be a masterpiece. At leading endlessly its main characters around cornfields and then through the deserted town (direct effect of superficially expanding a short story to feature film length), the movie ends up suffering from its slow pace (“Things just aren’t happening fast enough” even says Horton at some point) with the characters taking what seems like an improbable amount of time to realise what is afoot.

The danger of young and impressionable minds blindly following extremist religious leaders is certainly an interesting theme but is here barely tapped into.

Finally the climatic sequence, with the manifestation of the collieflower looking “He Who Walks Behind The Rows”, is a bit of a let down to say the least.

Those (not so minor) details however are not enough to warrant the bad press the movie gathered upon release (and Stephen King’s severe criticisms). “Children of the Corn” is a well performed little soft core horror b-movie that surprisingly enough spawned a franchise and still provides eerie ambiance and creepiness that even, at times, make the few cheap scares work.

Beware of Dude Who Walks Behind The Rows…
Horror movies based on Stephen King’s writings are often very overrated and especially the ones inspired by his short stories are difficult to endure. It’s pretty logical, I suppose… King made it a SHORT story, so a long-feature film handling about the same matter is likely to be tedious! “Children of the Corn” is an excellent example to state this ‘theory’: the idea is good and the atmosphere is creepy but the script is far too weak to make the film memorable. Vicky and Burt are a young couple on their way to a new life when they’re driving through the lonely state of Nebraska. They strand in the grisly town of Gatlin; a place where the children murdered all the adults and formed a satanical cult that gathers in the immense corn fields. The premise contains many good aspects, like the isolated filming location, the compelling musical score, the appellation of the supernatural ‘evil’ character (He Who Walks Behind The Rows) and the casting of the town’s two main freak-boys Isaac (John Franklin) and Malachai (redhead Courtney Gains in his debut). But, regretfully enough, there are too many clichés and predictable twists that ruin everything! The cheap visual effects during the finale destroy all the suspense which was build up rather ingeniously.

“Children of the Corn” certainly wasn’t the first horror picture handling about murderous youngsters and by no means it is the best! In 1976, there was this creepy Spanish gem called “Quién Puede Matar a un Niño”, which easily qualifies as one of the most disturbing horror efforts ever made. The reason why this film is so successful compared to “Children of the Corn” is partly because of the evoked feelings of total hopelessness AND because it constantly remains unclear why the children suddenly became violent.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 800000
Revenue 14568989
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror, Thriller
Director Fritz Kiersch
Writer Stephen King, George Goldsmith
Actors Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby (Ryder Sound Services), Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 35 BL
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,523 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2021 remaster), Dolby Vision, Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm