Episode 131: Guy Magar’s Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001)

Rotten Tomato Score: 0%

A horror sequel can be messy, cheap, and even ridiculous and still be a good time. Children of the Corn: Revelation somehow misses that entire lane, and we felt every minute of its 82-minute runtime. We’re Sam, Mike, and Chad, and we’re breaking down the seventh entry in the Children of the Corn franchise, a Stephen King spinoff that sits at a brutal 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

We start with a quick plot setup: Jamie heads to Omaha to check on her grandmother, finds a condemned apartment building, and gets pulled into a swarm of possessed children and half-explained religious horror. From there, we go category by category: first impressions, our Tropes Hall of Shame, and the “don’t go back in the house” decisions that could have saved Jamie and definitely could have saved us. We also get into the craft failures that make this one such a slog, including the slow pacing, bargain-basement sets, shaky acting, and sound design that cranks generic music stings to eleven.

Then we hit the fun parts: the weird one-liners, the most gratuitous scenes, what actually made us laugh out loud, and the biggest “what the hell was that?” moments, including plot holes we can’t stop poking. We wrap by comparing it to better evil-kids horror, share a few bonus facts (including budget and franchise trivia), and lock in our watchability score.

Sinister Sips

Bridgeland Berbon Limonade

Bridgeland Distillery

• 1.5 oz Bridgeland Taber Corn Berbon

• 3 oz Lemon Juice

• 1.5 oz Simple Syrup

1. Shake all ingredients with ice for 1 minute

2. Pour over ice in a chilled glass

3. Garnish with a lemon wheel

Plot Summary:

When a girl named Jamie repeatedly tries to contact her grandmother to no avail, she investigates by going to her apartment in Omaha, Nebraska....only to find that it's been condemned and overtaken by possessed children. As she digs deeper, she discovers a dark secret about her grandmother, and awakens a dark, demonic force that wants Jamie dead and will stop at nothing. (Taken from IMDb)

Watchability Scale

We did not like the film and placed it at 1 on the Watchability Scale.

Links

Rotten Tomatoes Page

IMDb page

Notes & Trivia (Headhunters Holo Suite)

Film Review (Alex on Film)