easter1014 A for effort but the low but budget and mistakes makes flat overall. They did pretty good building suspense and there are some downright good parts. But overall it felt thrown together. Continuity is really bad. Kid enters into obviously late season corn field and then walks out of mid summer corn field twice. Cloudy days are suddenly bright sunny days. Weird flashback scene or dream sequence out of nowhere with no context.

suburbint It seems that the majority of negative reviews here complain about The Fields not possessing the scares that the film poster promised and generally being boring (and, of course, the completely tasteless person who failed to appreciate all of the Cloris Leachmany goodness provided by Cloris Leachman.) The Fields is not a horror film, although it does have its suspenseful moments, and does seem to move at a somewhat sedate pace until the last twenty minutes. These things do not, however, make it boring or a waste of time.This movie is about childhood. It is about being that over-imaginative child whose life sucks just at present, and the things that truly are wrong feed on the fears of what could be wrong until every encounter and situation are completely fraught with tension. No, it doesn't always make sense and a lot of things that seem like they will be important plot points down the road don't play out at all -- but this is another experience of childhood, when so many things don't make sense and one never knows what is going to turn out to be important later."Don't go into the corn" possesses no more malice for the adults in the film than "don't run with scissors" or "don't chase your ball into the road" and it is purely Steven's bad luck that when he disobeys (as children do) he finds more in the corn fields than anyone is expecting. The presumably chromasomally abnormal relatives in the filthy house are no more menacing than most people's least pleasant relatives, but to a child's eyes their mental and physical deficits take on a spookier significance. There is no satisfactory solution for the viewer, as the plot bizarrely resolves itself into a tidy little package in the last few minutes, but when again considered through a child's perspective, this also makes sense. Mummy and Daddy are together again and with that crucial relationship restored to normalcy (as well as the resolution of the nighttime intruder,) Steven's internal world and world-view are suddenly rosy and full of optimism. It doesn't make sense because small humans don't always make sense, particularly when it comes to the way we observe them process their feelings. The Fields startled me occasionally, but the emotional tone was generally one of unease rather than terror or even fear. The plot builds slowly, with the climax and denouement practically tripping over each other in the final twenty minutes. The characters, like the plot, tended to produce a slight feeling of uneasiness, and even the two that Steven seems to love and trust the most (his grandparents) have moments where they come across as sinister. It is not a movie that I would recommend for spending an amusing evening in front of the television, but if you are in the mood for something that will make you think, then this is well worth your time.

ghost_paint I don't know that I'd call it a horror movie per se, but it still creeped me out in ways I didn't expect. The acting was spot on, with totally believable characters (Cloris Leachman in particular was a stand out) and something about the rural farmhouse setting, the abandoned cornfield that is to be avoided at all costs, the town that is little more than a ghost town complete with Manson Family-esque squatters living in buses and abandoned buildings, all combined to give the movie an unnerving feel of isolation. Ordinary everyday scenes become twisted without you even being aware why you have the feeling that things were somehow "off." If you're looking for a classic horror movie, you might be somewhat bored during parts of this movie, but for a psychological movie that screws with your mind, it was superb, and the fact that it was based on a true story adds to the creepy vibe. Give it a chance; I recommend it 100%.

Deliberate_Stranger When I bought UK DVD of 'The Fields' I had some expectations, not much but some(plus 3d cover is great I have to give them that!). It's being promoted as a horror movie although some websites claim It's more of a psychological trailer. Well It's not much of a thriller in my book and certainly there is no horror at all. I should know better that Cloris Leachman would not participate in a horror movie about haunted cornfield but hey I gave it a try. 'The Fields' turned out to be one of the most boring movies ever made. And I have seen a lot of boring movies where nothing happens but this flick beats it all. Acting is obviously solid with Miss Leachman as Grandma and Tara Reid as mother(but she only appears in the beginning and ending of the movie). There is no thrills, suspense, gore or anything like that. The only thing they do in the whole movie is talk. Talk, talk, talk, sometimes they shout and that's it. I also have to say that the kid playing the lead is extremely annoying. I don't see any reason to give it more than 1. It's obviously bigger budget movie with good technical aspects(although editing is crappy many times) in it but It doesn't matter when the movie is so boring, characters one dimensional and nothing, absolutely NOTHING happens during the whole movie. Watch it on your own risk if you are looking for a long nap, because the only thing this movie actually delivers is sleep.