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Writers (WGA):
Stephen King (short story "Children of the Corn")
Stephen Berger (written by) ...
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Release Date:
8 October 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
In a sleepy midwestern town... A horrifying evil is about to rise again!
Plot:
All the kids in a town over night become feverish and have convulsions. The next day they start to become evil... more | add synopsis
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50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2
(From Fangoria. 27 October 2009, 10:57 PM, PDT)
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Naomi Watts Brings Life to a Pathetic STV more (32 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Naomi Watts | ... | Grace Rhodes | |
| Jamie Renée Smith | ... | Margaret Rhodes | |
| Karen Black | ... | June Rhodes | |
| Mark Salling | ... | James Rhodes | |
| Brent Jennings | ... | Donald Atkins | |
| Toni Marsh | ... | Sandra Atkins | |
| Lewis Flanagan III | ... | Marcus Atkins | |
| Brandon Kleyla | ... | Josiah | |
| William Windom | ... | Doc Larson | |
| Salle Ellis | ... | Jane Nock | |
| Marietta Marich | ... | Rosa Nock | |
| Jonathan Patterson | ... | Charlie McLellan | |
| Joshua Patterson | ... | Scott McLellan | |
| Kay Bower | ... | Janet McLellan | |
| Samaria Graham | ... | Mary Anne |
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Also Known As:
Children of the Corn IV (USA) (working title)
Deadly Harvest
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Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and for some language.
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85 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2002) | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1998) | Germany:18 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16
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A deleted scene features Jane and Rosa Nock telling Grace (Naomi Watts) and Donald (Brent Jennings) how the children called Josiah by a different name: "He Who Walks Behind The Rows". more
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June Rhodes:
Yes? Can I help you?
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References The Exorcist (1973) more
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This film is religated to a special genre, what I like to call STV (an abbreviation of Straight-to-Video release). An attempt at a cheap thrill, these films are usually more laughable than scary. But the Children of the Corn franchise is probably the most interesting of this genre.
I remember renting this particular installment of Children of the Corn at the fresh young age of 14 for a slumber party with some friends. We had all seen COTC 1, 2, 3, so what the heck, why not check out 4? There was nothing particularly different about the plot: again, the children of a midwestern town all mysteriously turn evil, killing their parents in interesting, grotesque ways. There were the same laughable moments in which writers contrive clever new ways for a child to kill an adult and the same lame horror film dialogue. It was all the same. Except one thing.
The performance of the lead heroine was stunning! Not your typical STV calibar performance, but instead, WOW--complex, understated, and intense, I was very impressed with the no-name lead actress.
Fast forward to seven years later, in which I am reading an interview with my favorite new actress, Naomi Watts and she mentions, "I was in Children of the Corn IV" and ohmygosh, the planets have aligned, it all makes sense! This stellar actress was giving stellar performances long before she was cast into stellar movies.
So the short of it, if you are at all a fan of Naomi Watts, this is not a bad one to get a glimpse of her pre-Mulholland Dr. work. Yeah, it's campy and lame and gratuitously violent, but with Naomi, it's not so bad.
Rating: 4 out of 10 (on the whole), Naomi's Performance: 7 out of 10