One night I went to Wal*Mart and I was rummaging through their $5 movie bins and I found a double feature DVD that had Children of the Corn 2 and 3, with the original Children of the corn being the love of my life I had to get it. What I like about Children of the Corn 2 The Final Sacrifice is that it still has that same sense of style that the first movie had. The second movie picks up right where the first movie ended, reporters rushing to the scene of the crime where all the children in the town go berserk and kill all the adults. All the children seem to be dazed and confused, in other words brainwashed since all they can say to the reporters is "I saw... the corn!" No one knows whats going on and everyone seems to be just as confused as the kids. We're introduced to Micah the new boy preacher who took over Isaac's spot from the first movie, why? Because Isaac is dead. I don't know who's a better preacher, Isaac or Micah. Isaac does have that creepy looking vibe to him with his squeaky voice while on the other hand Micah has that "let me dazzle you with my stunning good looks then sacrifice you to He who walks behind the rows" vibe to him, I guess it all depends on how you like your demon children.
Micah is taken in by a local woman named Angela while a reporter John and his son Danny stayed with her. The movie goes on with Micah convincing the other children that they need to pick up the pieces that was left by Isaac and to continue with the worshiping and sacrificing to He who walks behind the rows. The movie continues on with John and Danny fighting, the children slowly killing off the rest of the adults and their sacrifice. Micah turns into He who walks behind the rows (which was really weird) the rest of the children get killed off... I think???...... Danny falls in love with one of the local girls who Micah tries to sacrifice. AWKWARD! They kill off He who walks behind the rows and they live happily ever after... yeah right! since there is another Children of the corn after this one.
Onto Ramblings of Jenny Krueger!!.....
Why the frick do they call this movie The Final Sacrifice when there is FIVE more COTC movies after this one?! Having sequels to a movie isn't bad but for this movie you can only do so much till it gets to the point of overkill and I think that was movie number 3. This is the type of movie that you can't have more then 1, it's the type of story line that can't be milked. I'm sorry you can't milk the whole story line of demonic children killing off all the adults in the cornfield for five more movies. If you saw the rest of the COTC movies then you will get my point.
Have you ever noticed that every single COTC movie except for the first one, they have that weird looking pitchfork thingy on the movie cover? Haha! I for one just noticed that today while I was writing this review. ^^^ notice the picture of all the movie covers above.
Why does almost every horror movie or COTC movie have to have two people fighting? In the first movie it was Burt and Vickie, in this movie it was John and Danny, the third movie it was the two brothers and in the remake it was Burt and Vickie again. We have enough fighting in the real world we don't need it in our horror movies. Yes I do understand that in horror movies you can't have happy go lucky people in it because this isn't a happy bubbly movie, but we also don't need to hear two people bickering at each other all the time. If I wanted to hear two people fighting I would listen to my sister and her ex boyfriend have a conversation.
In the book and first movie they are in Gatlin Nebraska but in this movie they move to Hemmingford the town next to Gatlin. Micah tries to combine the two towns by a blood oath but I'm sorry to burst your bubble but it doesn't work that way. You can't combine two towns together no matter how much demonic possession you have, it just doesn't work. They should of just stayed in Gatlin since that's where everything happened and where the heart of He who walks behind the rows lies.
In the movies you never see He who walks behind the rows and I like it that way. They always have to make the preacher turn into him like with what happened with Isaac and Micah. What makes He who walks behind the rows so scary is that you never see what he looks like, you never see the real him. Why ruin that suspense and lack of knowledge by making the preachers turn into him. That just hocked me off bad.
I find it funny that this is the sequel and it takes place right after the last sacrifice with Isaac and Malachi and the children talk about Isaac in this movie when this movie was filmed in 1992, 8 years after the first movie. I also find it funny how the children talk about Isaac and how they were part of the last sacrifice with Isaac and Malachi when they weren't even in the first movie, none of them were. We have a whole new group of kids and they're acting like they were part of the beginning.. Idiots.
I enjoyed this movie a lot and I know it's going to become one of my favorites since it gives me that same warm fuzzy feeling that the first Children of the Corn gave me. It's cheesy, yes but it's definitely fun to watch and something to check out. If you're a fan of COTC and Stephen King then the COTC series is something you ought to check out, the worst that can happen is you hate the movie but come on we're all horror movie critics here, watching and reviewing stupid horror movies is part of our job description. :] I give this movie 4 out of 5 Skulls.
