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A young couple try to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results.A young couple try to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results.A young couple try to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results.
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- TriviaThe film was rushed into production by Dimension Films because the studio was about to lose the rights to the Children of the Corn series, the last film Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) having been released 10 years prior to this one (the Children of the Corn (2009) TV film was not made by Dimension Films and was instead another adaption of the original novel).
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A young couple spend the night at a preacher's home, and soon begin to suspect that he has a child locked up in his barn. Can they save the child from this imprisonment?
Pretty much the nicest thing I can say about this film is that it features Billy Drago, who is a decent actor and under-appreciated. The makeup department did a good job making him look old and rustic, and he he has much less of an exotic look about him than usual.
That positive note aside, I am a bit confused what is going on with the Children of the Corn franchise. This one has very little to do with children and very little to do with corn. Some efforts are made to connect it to the series by attempting to offer a back story (presumably why this one is called "Genesis"). But it could be changed and not affect the overall story at all.
Obviously by stamping it with the Children of the Corn label, more people will rent the film and possibly even buy it. But it does the movie a disservice in the long run. I suspect that if the franchise aspects were changed slightly, this could have been a fairly respectable stand-alone story.
Sadly, it was not the last one made in the franchise...
Pretty much the nicest thing I can say about this film is that it features Billy Drago, who is a decent actor and under-appreciated. The makeup department did a good job making him look old and rustic, and he he has much less of an exotic look about him than usual.
That positive note aside, I am a bit confused what is going on with the Children of the Corn franchise. This one has very little to do with children and very little to do with corn. Some efforts are made to connect it to the series by attempting to offer a back story (presumably why this one is called "Genesis"). But it could be changed and not affect the overall story at all.
Obviously by stamping it with the Children of the Corn label, more people will rent the film and possibly even buy it. But it does the movie a disservice in the long run. I suspect that if the franchise aspects were changed slightly, this could have been a fairly respectable stand-alone story.
Sadly, it was not the last one made in the franchise...
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- Children of the Corn VIII
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- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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