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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
Fun Slasher Flick!!!, 14 December 2001

Author: JimSthers

Unlike many people who apparently don't like the Children of the Corn sequels, I happen to believe this is the best one of the series, I simply love this film, I think it is a great Slasher flick, not scary, just lots of fun, the cast was atractive,it was well acted, it has several familiar faces and there was MORE blood and special effects THAN in a lot of recent mainstream movies.

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Not as Bad as Anticipated., 4 August 2006

Author: schwarhol628 from Oregon

"Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror" is the fifth in the series, and actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be. Now I'm not saying it's great, but it wasn't a complete waste either. This film is about a group of teenage friends who happen to be driving through a small midwestern town that is home to more of the evil child cult. When they crash their car, however, and have a creepy encounter with the children who emerge from a cornfield, they decide to try and get help somewhere. They end up finding an abandoned farmhouse that is currently for sale, and decide it is perfectly okay to shack up there and raid the cupboards where the only find some Maracchino cherries. Of course, the house is right at the edge of a cornfield, where the evil kids are lurking. From there on, the friends begin to drop like flies, all meeting grisly fates from the children.

This was alright, I was expecting something much worse (I usually expect the worst from films like this). The story wasn't really original, but none of these sequels are so that doesn't really matter. The friends decide they're going to try and help the children, which is rather ridiculous. The acting was a surprise, it was actually decent. The only cast member I recognized was Eva Mendes from "Urban legends: Final Cut", the rest are pretty much unknowns. We had some good cameo appearance by David Carradine, an evil supporter of the cult, and Kane Hodder (who played Jason in some of the "Friday the 13th" films) in a minor role of a local bartender. I really didn't the movie was that bad though.

Overall, this isn't as good as "Part IV: The Gathering" was (in my opinion at least) but it was an alright follow up. Don't take it so seriously, you might enjoy it. Of course it's campy, but in a good way. 5/10.

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Not as bad as I expected., 15 April 2003

Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

"Children of the Corn 5:Fields of Terror" is actually better than the following entry "Children of the Corn 666".The acting is pretty good and the cameos by Fred Williamson,David Carradine and Kane Hodder are nice to see.The pacing is decent and there's a bit of gore.So if you like slasher/splatter movies give this one a look-I still think that Fritz Kiersch's "Children of the Corn" is the best of the series!My rating:6 out of 10.

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Genre..., 24 May 2000
Author: Alex-372 from The Hague, The Netherlands

This series has become a genre in itself, and therefore, people will like it or hate it. Personally, seeing the original COTC when I was growing up, it was not a great movie, but it had originality back in the era of Jason, Michael and Freddy.

It also tapped into childhood car trips into the country, with all the country sounds and smells, and of course, the claustrophobia of endless open spaces (which this movie breaks with to it's detriment, with it's mountain background), with rows and rows of corn, just too high to see over. This what the concept _does_ have going for it.

Now, it's just another vehicle for unknown actors to cut their teeth on, instead of daytime soap. Eva Mendez stands out, though, and her portrayal of Kir is both sensitive and fragile, while she is gorgeous to look at. She is being set up, though, and her killing herself over a boyfriend makes no sense whatsoever.

Because of the stale concept, there is very little suspense just there, and the director doesn't add any, either. You _know_ there is a cornfield possessed by a demon and a horde of "telepathic" children doing most of the killing for him. This being based on the 80's slasher concept, you also know that most of the protagonists are going to die. And they do. There's no suspense in that. Also, little Adam Wylie needs a lot more acting lessons.

What this series needs is more titanic battles, more ambivalent leads, more esoteric lore and simply more imagination on the part of the writers (plural). And a bigger budget too (which the original didn't have either). With the X-Files series running for 5 years now, I think there has been an over-exposure of horror, and what could shock in a movie a decade ago, now is something you're likely to see for free on week night television.

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The best so far, 9 October 1999
Author: movieman-74 from USA

This one is the best so far, by far, it actually holds your interest unlike the other films with the exception of part III that holds your interest all the way up to the lamest ending of all times. Part V stays with it's farmlike and ccountrylike setting and is yet another story of a child who teaches about "He who walks behind the rows" (not rose for some of you calling it that) and he brings a bunch of kids ranging from 12-18 to serve "He who walks behind the rows" by killing the adults and anyone who will not join or threatens them, etc. There are 4 characters that we concentrate on all the way 'til the end of the movie which has the best ending in the series with more excitment muck like "Children Of The Corn II: The Final Sacrifice" 's ending. I won't spoil it for you but for once all this phsyco kids that follow him are gona get what they deserve. Part 6 in the series comes out 10/19/99 and will have the return of Issac (part 1) and hopefully will end the series because it is getting old, but if it's anything like this one fell free to make some more sequels. *** stars

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A lousy entry in a lousy serial., 12 January 2007

Author: fedor8 (fedor8@yahoo.com) from Serbia

Dull and dull-witted entry. Nothing happens for entire stretches. The main evil kid is played by an Alfred E. Neuman look-alike contest winner, hence more suited to the role of the nerdy kid everyone picks on in school than of a menacing cult leader. Alexis Arquette is in this one, too: one of the most obvious warning signs just how bad Hollywood's degeneration through in-breeding can get. Alexis has shoulders that measure about 6 cm from one to the other, and they are downward-slumped as if wanting to escape his entire being by burying themselves in the corn-field with the rest of the cult's victims. It would be a hard answer to the question as to who is more nerdy, dumb-looking, in-bred and just plain ugly - Alexis or his even more annoying brother David Arquette. The female cast isn't any better

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Originality in the dumpster, 17 July 2009

Author: seveleniumus from Lithuania

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At this point writers just decided - fu** originality. They just took some generic slasher film plot - bunch of dumb depressed teenagers gets stuck in the middle on nowhere, find some dead bodys, gets scared sh**-less, wants to go home, but some dumb chick wants some score to settle with her long lost brother who happens to live in this lost-in-time town, so they decide to stay because none of them have a life out there and they are depressed because of being worthless, so they get all slaughtered in the process, except the dumb chick, who was responsible for all of them staying in the first place - what a rip-off! Oh, and there are some children, who worship some "that who walks behind the clouds" (hahaha, not funny, I know, that's movies joke, not mine), but that's not important in this movie, seriously you could add any slasher horror flick plot here and it would have made as much sense as this one, I enjoyed every movie in these series up to this point, but not this one, sorry, this one isn't COTC, not by a long-shot.

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He Who Walks Behind the Rows, Hell Hath No Fury Like He Knows!, 13 October 2004

Author: (robocoptng986127@aol.com) from U.S.A

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[CONTAINS SPOILERS!!]

The corn fields of Gatlin, Nebraska have been inhabited by a powerful being known as He Who Walks Behind the Rows for many years. Although He is unseen, He finds numerous ways of carrying out His dirty deeds. Tonight, He gave power to a young man, Ezekiel, who was now to bring Him the souls and sacrifices He needed to gain His power. Not too far away lived a farmer and his wife. The farmer knew there was something up with the kids in the area so when he went to go see what was what, Ezekiel held him up in the sky with his power of levitation. Suddenly lightening struck the poor farmer dead. Then a group of children carrying pitchforks, scythes and axes all closed in on the farmer's wife...CHOP! Some days later, six friends were heading into rural Gatlin for a get together. Laszlo and Charlotte lead the way. Laszlo would tape some rubber women to sign posts to make sure their friends would find the way. Greg, Alison, Tyrus and Kir weren't too far behind. At one point when Laszlo stopped to tape a rubber woman to a gas pump, Charlotte wandered into the corn fields to pick some corn. Suddenly she ran into a very angry youth named Jared, and he was holding a scythe! He hacked her up and killed her. When Laszlo came looking for her, a bunch of children ganged up on him and got him as well. Well, back in the other car, they were beginning to feel lost when all of a sudden, one of Laszlo's deflated dolls flew at the car. Greg couldn't see where he was going and drove right into a ditch.

Ezekiel meets them at that moment and points them in the direction of town. So after a drink at the bar, they learn the only tow truck in town was broken, so they try to catch the bus out of town-- and miss it. Greg, Alison, Tyrus and Kir trudge back to the car to find it engulfed in flames. Luckily they find an abandoned house to stay the night in. It had once belonged to the farmer and his wife who were killed earlier on. The house came with all the accommodations: well made beds, rats, and a can of Smeat; Alison did not have a good feeling about being here because back at the bar, she heard someone mention He Who Walks Behind the Rows which reminded her of her brother who had run away from home 4 years ago to join Him. Later, when Greg and Alison check out the fields, they find a strange piece of farm equipment, with Laszlo and Charlotte's mangled bodies in it! The next day, the sheriff collected the bodies and while he suspected the whole thing was an accident that was the result of drinking, so he told the four to be on the next bus out of town, then left. But Alison would not leave until she sees her brother again. So they seek out Ezekiel who takes them to see the proprietor of the plantation: Luke Enright.

So while Kir meets a friendly youth in Ezekiel's gang, Zane, and Greg and Tyrus look around, Alison meets Luke who was a real isolated looney. She then meets her brother, Jacob, who wasn't too happy to see her at first. He was nervous because it was soon to be his 18th birthday, the age of sin; Later on, his birthday celebration commenced early. Ezekiel told Jacob to climb the large corn silo and jump into the flames, offering himself to He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Jacob refused because, well, he was scared, and plus he was soon to be a father. Luke had chosen Lilly to be his mate and she bore his child. So Jacob chickened out and was severely punished for it; Tyrus demanded they leave now. Alison couldn't, so Greg and Kir left her alone and followed Tyrus. But they soon find they couldn't leave so they return to the house to find Alison gone. See, the sheriff had come back...Back in the corn fields, Kir offers herself to Ezekiel who tells her to climb the corn silo and offer herself to Him. So she does. She leaps right into the roaring flames below...She's dead; The sheriff gets a warrant to search Luke's place and it was then they learn Luke was not normal. They learn that when his head splits open and evil demons fly out, which incinerated the sheriff in the process. Alison soon reunites with Greg and Tyrus. Alison also sees Jacob, dying. He tells her how to defeat Ezekiel, then dies. Greg and Tyrus soon find Charlotte's car, but it doesn't work. Soon, Zane, who was once a sweet boy, turned real bad, attacked Tyrus brutally, then went after Alison, but she managed to knock him right onto a bed of spikes. Jared and another girl tried to get Greg under the car, but he took a blow torch to the fuel line and... KABOOM! Alison was alone now. She climbed the corn silo with a bunch of fertilizer sacks. Ezekiel tried to complicate things, but she managed to overthrow him...Right into the flames. She tossed the fertilizer in then and in a large eruption, the eternal flames had gone out. The remaining children were now frightened and didn't know what to do, so Alison lead them out of the corn fields. Soon Lilly gave birth to her and Jacob's baby. Alison was a proud aunt.

Well Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror wasn't quite as good as the first four. I like Part II the best, and then I like III and IV. I do like Part I. Part V was OKAY. Not great, but okay. Good performances. I believe David Carradine is related to John Carradine from The Grapes of Wrath. It shows acting runs in the family. Adam Wylie who is normally known for playing cute little kids, plays the vile and ruthless Ezekiel. Alexis Arquette ads comic relief as Greg. Eva Mendes is Kir. BABE! Stacy Galina is Alison. Ahmet Zappa is Laszlo, Angela Jones is Charlotte. HOTTIE! This movie was followed by Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return which was terrible!! It goes into the Worst Horror Movies Ever Made hall of fame with Jason X, Jaws 3, Scream 2 & 3, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. And believe it or not, there was a Children of the Corn 7. It was released in 2001 and was called: Children of the Corn: Revelation. I haven't seen it but I will assume it isn't very good. I believe the series is finally finished, unless the script to Children of the Corn 8 is being written as we speak; Although Children of the Corn V acts as if Parts I-IV never happened, it's still an okay horror movie. Watch it this Halloween or something. I recommend it to horror fans only!

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routine but watchable WARNING!!!!!!!!! SPOILERS!!!!!!!!, 1 August 2004
Author: (callanvass@hotmail.com) from victoria b.c canada

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routine sequel that's full of your usual cliches lots of logic in lapses but this was a watchable time with TONS of annoying characters that you wanted to see die right away and this is also quite muddled and weakly written but this does have lots of gore and a decent ending the acting is not that good at all Stacy Galina is one of the few good ones in here she gives a credible performance and i cared for her character where is she now? Alexis Arquette is so annoying i just wanted him to die in the most painful way i loved him in Sometimes they come back again but here was horrid Eva Mendes is gorgeous but her character is very thin she sure is a looker though! David Carradine was great here and he stole the show whenever he was on screen Kane Hodder makes a cameo as a bartender that kid was creepy! overall a barely average sequel that was watchable it was just ordinary ** out of

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Big lost of time, 4 January 2003

Author: xvylp01 from Prague

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MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS !!! I am reading comments of other people, how cool it was, good plots, good scenes and I am saying to myself - these folks must be pure horror movies lovers. Otherwise, without being "addictive", they would have to realize that COTH5 was incredible waste of time. The movie was naive, everything was predictable, but the worst...the worst was the main plot: "fight the fire with the fire". So the chick throws gasoline in the silo and the evil is destroyed. I would rate 1/10 (that 1 goes to Eva Mendes, she is really sweet girl :)).

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