A Masterpiece!

In truth, any opportunity to see the film on the big screen is welcome.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

So this is a typical scene in the film. Judge for yourselves whether the actions of the people bear any relationship to normality...You are driving along the road. In front of you is a car transporter carrying about 8 cars. Your wife notices that the top one at the back appears to be not securely held in place.What do you do?Do you change lanes just in case a car falls off the transporter? Or do you slow down so that there is plenty of time to avoid any falling vehicles? Or do you carry on behind the transporter, keeping your speed up, and wondering why all those cars are falling off the transporter?Guess which one happens in the film. Correct.And that is why this film belongs in a garbage can.

I have to admit, I haven't followed the Children of the corn series up close, so I can't tell you, if this actually makes sense in the series. Than again Dimension doesn't seem to care, if they put a movie out there that isn't that connected to previous entries in a successful series (see Hellraiser for that). But this movie is nicely shot, has some interesting twists (though you can see them coming even before the scriptwriter put them down on paper).In the end this doesn't add much to the horror genre, has the typical erratic character behavior (it's the grown ups who act like children, doing stuff they've been told not to do). The ending is weird too. You wonder why a certain character would accept "help" like that. But until that point you will probably have shut down your brain, just to save it. Good thinking ...

Having a thread-bare link to the other COTC films (at best), this ninth (??!!?!) film has barely any children at all, instead it focuses on one child that's locked in an old shed in back of the country house that a couple have the misfortune of having their car break down near. Belonging to 'Preacher' (Billy Drago, the sole reason to watch this) and his mail-order bride who seem hospitable, if a tad eccentric, at first. They let the couple spend the night. But then they start snooping around and all bets are off.Saying that this entry is better than a lot of the series is damning it with the faintest of praises. It's still crap, just not as putrid. The film has laughably stupid deaths, trite dialog, and an ending that reeks. However the first half was serviceable enough. Plus it's always nice to see Drago in just about anything.My Grade: D

Children of the Corn... what a bizarre franchise. The first 3 followed a set storyline, and the rest (aside from 6) were just their own stories ala Halloween 3, sometimes with very minor mentions of previous entries. 'Genesis', the 8th film in the series, is quite good for the first half. Intriguing storyline involving a couple's car breaking down in the California desert, and they seek refuge from a weird preacher and his hottie Ukrainian wife. There's a child locked up in a shed behind the house, and it seems like a bizarre entity doesn't want the couple to leave the Preacher's house. For the first 40 minutes or so, the film tells a good, straightforward creepy story. Acting for the most part is good and credible. But then, things get extremely messy and confusing. Nothing is explained, the last half will have you scratching your head. Should I mention the horrible stock footage car crash? Yeah, that was hilariously bad, and makes a film that did a good effort of covering its' low production values for the whole film look EXTREMELY cheap. Good start, messy and confusing middle, horrible conclusion.