GL84 Moving into a Chicago suburb after being adopted by a childless family, two teens from Gatlin, Nebraska set about trying to recreate the societal structure they employed back home, forcing their foster parents to race to stop them before they complete their task.This here was a rather enjoyable if somewhat problematic effort in the series. Like most of the others in the franchise, what really tends to hold this one back is the fact that there's just nothing about the society that's all too appealing in order to bring people in. Once again, it's based mostly on the fact that he begins spouting off such superficial and totally baseless knowledge about the different rules of his society that somehow manages to win over everybody no matter how ludicrous it's based on. That really works against it here as once again he manages to win over the crowd of people despite his audience being comprised of an urban environment that wouldn't in the slightest be interested in what he has to say if it happened in the real world. Given that, as well as the inherent idiocy of what he preaches that would never be given any kind of notice, this cult manages to be one of the more confounding and confusingly popular around. That also brings up yet another of the common flaws in that it's rather hard to take any of these films seriously due to the fact that it's just so obvious any irrational, violent adult in the situation who starts throwing fists the first second things go wrong would inevitably stop the rampage before it starts, for these supposedly threatening kids aren't threatening in the slightest and manage to make this one feel so lame with such a weak main villain that it really saps a lot of the overall fear out of this one just with these two features. One of the better adaptations here is the fact that, even with these flaws it has some likable elements to be had, with the film's rather outlandish and exciting action scenes really picking this one up considerably. The nightmarish dreams he's afflicted with are quite dark and chilling, while the scenes of the parents overcome with insects spewing from their mouths being rather fun as well and the scenes of the victims being overcome outside in the cornfields leads to some rather fun deaths as well. Even the finale, with it's large monster erupting from underneath the ground and attacking the assembled group in a large swarm of flying vines and body parts sprayed with blood makes for a nice finale and keeps this one fun enough to really overcome the flaws. Though there's still the fact that the only thing that's really changed in this film is the deaths and when the society begins that works nicely here, otherwise it's the same old thing and that makes this one feel rather humdrum compared to the other sequels.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Realrockerhalloween Another winner in a series that knows how to innovate and keep it fresh. Children of the Corn III are two kids who bring the country to the Urban city.Daniel Cerny picks up the mantel as the new minister for he who walks behind the Rowe and recruits a new harvest of kids to kill their parents and worship his demoness.What impressed me was to see the risks they were willing to take with installment by incorporating a metropolis, a fuel out between good & evil and finally revealing what he who walks behind the rowes looks like. Even though the sock puppet looks dated compared to chi today.The storyline is a little cheesy with all the kids wearing black to represent how bad they became, but it makes up for it in characters you care about, the music, atmosphere and scares.It isn't a gore fest like some of the others and has a low body count, but it keeps you entertain all the way through no matter what ratings say.Now The only complaint I have is who is Eli? Where did He come from? His brother said they found him in the field and a book he uses as his power source?Other then those details it felt like a great entry.

Michael_Elliott Children of the Corn III ** (out of 4) Josh (Ron Melendez) and his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cerny) move to Chicago from Nebraska after their father mysteriously disappears. As it turns out, Eli is in a cult with the corn and other forces and soon he's taking the kids of Chicago in plans to turn them against the world. This third film in the series was the first to go straight to video but it looks like it might have originally been meant for theaters. The production values are pretty good and nothing about it looks like something that would go straight to video. The movie is certainly better than the first one but I'm not sure how many people, outside of die-hard horror nuts like myself would actually want to watch it. I think the best thing they did was move the action to Chicago and put the cornfield in an abandoned building. Having the Amish kid stalk the streets and tough guys of Chicago made for a lot of fun as two cultures mixed and often did battle. The screenplay has a rather nice story even if what the heck Eli's trying to do never really makes too much sense. Some of the special effects are pretty bad but some are good like a few scenes where some adults throw up some insects. Performances are decent for this type of movie, which is all we can ask for. Apparently this was Charlize Theron's first movie but I wasn't able to spot her.

leandros Apart from the Texas-sized loopholes in the script, this film is one of the corniest horror films I have ever watched. Stephen King is credited as one of the writers, and this is surprising to see as it is unclear if he has actually contributed to the script or this film was inspired from King's initial novel. The acting is quite mediocre, but the special effects are of record tackiness, with human puppets of the amazing quality of voodoo dolls. The gore factor is satisfying, even unexpectedly high. The reference to environmental issues as a contemporary premise to any evil we see on screen is flimsy and ephemeral. Overall, spare a few bucks to rent this on a Saturday night in with your friends and pizza.