WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS

While traveling, an unhappy married couple encounter a cult of murderous children who worship an entity called He Who Walks Behind the Rows.

Children of the Corn gets the remake treatment. The question is...is it good this time around? And I have to say...HELL YES! This time, the producer of the original film, came back and directed this version, to try to do what he wasn't able to do in the 80's...tell a proper version of Stephen King's classic short story. And that's what he did...went straight back to the core material.

This is a film that takes place in the 70's, and centers around Vicky and Burt...this time they aren't the star crossed lovers that you saw in the original film. Things are definitely tense between these two, and only get worse through the events of the film.

Vicky is the most unlikeable character I have ever seen in any of these Corn films. I mean, she spits so much venom from the time she first opens her mouth, that when Burt looses it and slap her around a little later in the film...you find yourself actually agreeing with it. And I've asked female viewers, and they've felt the same way. This is one of those characters that Stephen King created the the reader, or viewer in this case, would feel a little bit of justification when the bitch gets taken out.

No lets talk about Burt. He is a Vietnam vet and is having a hard time adjusting back to civilian life. Especially when his own wife, and others, are constantly calling him a baby killer. Which is justifiable when you see what happens later in this film. The one thing I really enjoy about this version of the film, is that not a single character is likable. So you are excited to see anyone of them die.

Back to the baby killer comment. Burt goes fucking ape-shit about forty minutes into this movie, and for 20 straight minutes, he stalks and kills anyone and anything that comes across his path. And that includes unarmed children. But hey, this are demon children who praise a mythical Corn demon...so fuck 'em, kill 'em all.

The benefit of having an actual budget this time around is the saving grace for this film...and maybe even the entire franchise in the future. They have realized that if you throw a little more money into these projects, and don't try to churn one out every year...you actually get a result that is pleasing to watch.

This film goes to a lot of dark places, that most viewers probably won't appreciate. Such as little kids watching eighteen year old fucking on an altar to continue the spawn of these children...because once you turn 18...was 19, but He who Walks Behind the Rows gets pissed and dropped the age...you have to sacrifice yourself to him, to appease the unseen force. And yes, he is unseen this time around...thank God for small favors.

Overall, this is the best of the Children of the Corn films...and I am actually taken aback that I'm saying that. A remake...that is better than the original...that is unfathomable. But I recommend checking this film out, because it is actually the story that King wanted people to see. Not that shitty ass film that came out in the early eighties. This is the Corn film that I want to watch again and again...because it is an honest film, that doesn't try to please anyone.

Till Next Time Kiddies...

-RJ