Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) (V)

Director:

Guy Magar

Writers:

Stephen King (characters)
S.J. Smith (written by)

Release Date:

9 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The All-New, Terror-Filled Chapter!

Plot:

When a girl named Jamie repeatedly tries to contact her grandmother to no avail, she investigates by going to her apartment in Omaha Nebraska...

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Hallucination | Apparition | Severed Hand | Rural Setting

Cast

Claudette Mink	...	Jamie
Kyle Cassie	...	Armbrister
Michael Ironside	...	Priest
Troy Yorke	...	Jerry
Michael Rogers	...	Stan
Taylor Hobbs	...	Girl #1
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Boy #1 (as Jeff Ballard)
Sean Smith	...	Boy Preacher Abel
Crystal Lowe	...	Tiffany
Louise Grant	...	Hattie Soames
John B. Destry	...	Cranky Man (as John Destry)
Ron Small	...	Store Owner
Ralph J. Alderman	...	Forensics Officer (as Ralph Alderman)
Jason Low	...	Uniform
Brad Mooney	...	Boy #2

Also Known As:

Children of the Corn 2001 (USA) (working title)
Children of the Corn 7: Resurrection (USA) (working title)
Children of the Corn VII (USA) (working title)
Children of the Corn VII: Revelation (Australia) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, nudity, violence/terror, and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M (2008) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2005) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Neo Art & Logic

Movie Connections:

Follows Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) (V)

Soundtrack:

Maybe One Day

Best Sequel of the Series.

"Children of the Corn: Revelation" is the seventh sequel in this never ending horror series, and was one that I actually really enjoyed. This film is about a woman named Jamie, who arrives in a small rural town to visit her grandmother, Hattie. When she arrives at the dilapidated Hampton Arms apartment building, which is incidentally located in the middle of a cornfield, she discovers that her grandmother has mysteriously disappeared.

After having a strange encounter with some children at a small-town market nearby one evening, Jamie begins to get a little creeped out. She goes to the police to report her grandmother missing, and the strange children keep on appearing to her on many occasions around the building as she awaits any news of her grandmother's discovery. Then the other residents of the building begin to disappear one by one, and the many children who are lurking around seem to be behind it...

This one really isn't related to the rest of the movies, but I think that's why it succeeded for me. The same plot being rehashed over and over in this series was a little annoying, and I found "Part 6: Isaac's Return" to be awful. I liked the atmosphere this movie set up, the building was creepy indeed and the bizarre little children that pop up all over the place were each eerie in their own ways. The film had some fairly decent scare-scenes and the actors did a fair job here. The ending was a little abrupt though.

Some of the CGI corn effects (especially the ones used in the finale) were a little overdone and corny (yes, pun intended!), but it was nothing to pine over. I also found the bathtub scene to be kind of funny and ridiculous. But what can you expect from this movie? It's number seven in a horror series in which 90% of the films have straight-to-video releases. If you suspend your disbelief, this is an entertaining, often creepy little flick.

While it isn't cinematic brilliance, I found "Children of the Corn: Revelation" to be a decent sequel, and probably my favorite of this horror series. It had an alright story, some good scares and creepy imagery, and was something new in the recycled series. Worth a watch, even if you haven't seen the previous installments. 7/10.