Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

David Price

Writers:

Stephen King (short story "Children of the Corn")
A L Katz (written by) ...

Release Date:

29 January 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

These children are home alone ,too. But their parents won't be coming back.

Plot:

Belated sequel to the '84 film. 8 years after the first, authorities discover the mutilated bodies of adults in the secluded town of Gatlin...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Corn | Sequel | Church | Cult

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Terence Knox	...	John Garrett
Paul Scherrer	...	Danny Garrett
Ryan Bollman	...	Micah
Christie Clark	...	Lacey Hellerstat
Rosalind Allen	...	Angela Casual
Ned Romero	...	Frank Redbear
Ed Grady	...	Dr. Richard Appleby
John Bennes	...	Rev. Hollings
Wallace Merck	...	Sheriff Blaine
Joe Inscoe	...	David Simpson
Kellie Bennett	...	Mary Simpson (as Kelly Bennett)
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Wayde McKenzie (as Rob Treveiler)
Leon Pridgen	...	Bobby Knite
Marty Terry	...	Mrs. Burke / Mrs. West
Ted Travelstead	...	Mordechai

Also Known As:

Children of the Corn II (USA) (working title)
Children of the Corn: Deadly Harvest (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and gore, and for language.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (FotoKem)

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (2000) | Australia:M | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #31607) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1993) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Liberty, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Corn Cobb Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When the old woman in the wheelchair is hit by the truck she flies through the window of the bingo parlor, even though it's perpendicular to the angle of the impact.

Quotes:

[first lines]
David Simpson: God... the smell!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995) (V)

* * Out Of Five

This time the remaining mean spirited kids are moved to a new location where they bring their usual kill-crazy antics and it's up to a tabloid journalist (Terence Knox) and his rebellious son (Paul Scherrer) to save the town from "He who walks behind the rows!" and save their love interests from sacrifice in this surprisingly watchable sequel, which is against genre odds better than it's lame predecessor. While the King story has nothing to do with the sequel, there are some entertainingly nasty scenes such as a voodoo nosebleed as well as a wheelchair smacked with a semi truck. Also as Scherrer's love interest, Christie Clark comes off very well. While Terence Knox looks like a cross between Treat Williams and Michael Pare. It's no masterpiece but for a campy horror sequel, Children Of The Corn II works as mindless entertainment.

2/5 Matt Bronson