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Children Of The Corn III: Urban Harvest
Two brothers are adopted after the younger one kills their father. The two parents are delightful to have kids to take care of, but something about the younger brother Eli isn't right. While Joshua does his best to conform to the new surroundings, Eli is more interested in summoning the wrathful god He Who Walks Behind The Rows...
It's another sequel to the somewhat one-note premise of a corn cult. In fact, a lot of things about this one is similiar to Children Of The Corn II. But whereas that one focused more on the adults, this one is told from the perspective of the kids. There are scenes of genuine suspense and times where Eli frightens you with how relentlessly evil and controlling he is towards anyone he meets. Daniel Cerny is most certainly the brightest spot in the film, and gives a wickedly entertaining over-the-top performance. Ron Melendez as the goody-goody brother pales in companion, but manages to make his character likable enough to work. Michael Ensign is also good as the priest Father Frank Nolan, who has an uncanny likeness to John Cleese.
One very memorable creepy scene takes place at a dinner table with Eli, Joshua's girlfriend Maria and her parents. I won't say anything more than that, but it's a pretty shocking moment.
Generally this entry is more well put together than you'd expect, but I think for the most part I just laughed along with it. There are many hilarious lines related to corn, like Eli asking about the corn meeting, "You reap what you sow" and him asking where the corn is. This would very easily fit into a sketch parodying the series, but I think written into the movie itself it becomes a lot funnier. The dialogue from the high school kids amused me sometimes as well, like the obligatory scene where a group rises up from their chairs and starts acting hostile. One of them pulling out a knife going "What's up?". That part made me laugh so much I decided to pull it on my friend afterwards as a joke.
There are multiple scenes which I think are supposed to be scary, but I burst out laughing instead. Which is something I would normally hold against it, but in this case it just adds to the fun. The crazy special effects in weird dream sequences, scenes of killing and the final act makes me chuckle as well, though some of them are actually pretty welldone. And I love whenever a horror movie uses stop-motion.
At times it gets a little unbelievable, like how insanely oblivious William is when it comes to his Eli's odd behavior,
plus some other things that were kinda absurd. But if you know what you are getting, you'll enjoy Children Of The Corn III.
And now there's only six left to get to.
Two brothers are adopted after the younger one kills their father. The two parents are delightful to have kids to take care of, but something about the younger brother Eli isn't right. While Joshua does his best to conform to the new surroundings, Eli is more interested in summoning the wrathful god He Who Walks Behind The Rows...
It's another sequel to the somewhat one-note premise of a corn cult. In fact, a lot of things about this one is similiar to Children Of The Corn II. But whereas that one focused more on the adults, this one is told from the perspective of the kids. There are scenes of genuine suspense and times where Eli frightens you with how relentlessly evil and controlling he is towards anyone he meets. Daniel Cerny is most certainly the brightest spot in the film, and gives a wickedly entertaining over-the-top performance. Ron Melendez as the goody-goody brother pales in companion, but manages to make his character likable enough to work. Michael Ensign is also good as the priest Father Frank Nolan, who has an uncanny likeness to John Cleese.
One very memorable creepy scene takes place at a dinner table with Eli, Joshua's girlfriend Maria and her parents. I won't say anything more than that, but it's a pretty shocking moment.
Generally this entry is more well put together than you'd expect, but I think for the most part I just laughed along with it. There are many hilarious lines related to corn, like Eli asking about the corn meeting, "You reap what you sow" and him asking where the corn is. This would very easily fit into a sketch parodying the series, but I think written into the movie itself it becomes a lot funnier. The dialogue from the high school kids amused me sometimes as well, like the obligatory scene where a group rises up from their chairs and starts acting hostile. One of them pulling out a knife going "What's up?". That part made me laugh so much I decided to pull it on my friend afterwards as a joke.
WARNING: spoilers below
The stepfather William meeting Eli and every kid he has brainwashed into the Galtin cult is another terrific highlight. The look of disappointment rather than fear on his face when Eli kills him (like all he did was break a neighbor's window) is my favorite part out of the whole movie.
There are multiple scenes which I think are supposed to be scary, but I burst out laughing instead. Which is something I would normally hold against it, but in this case it just adds to the fun. The crazy special effects in weird dream sequences, scenes of killing and the final act makes me chuckle as well, though some of them are actually pretty welldone. And I love whenever a horror movie uses stop-motion.
At times it gets a little unbelievable, like how insanely oblivious William is when it comes to his Eli's odd behavior,
WARNING: spoilers below
and how quickly he gets over the death of his wife Amanda and doesn't bother trying to find out how she died
And now there's only six left to get to.