Ask Movie Slate – Halloween 2017 – Children of the Corn

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What’s more fun than scary children? I tell you what, drawing tons of corn. I know this is going to sound really stupid, but I love it when a background allows me to be elaborate with its details. At no point does the movie show very busy skies or a proper nightmarish representation of the night, instead it’s all just a black back drop that might as well been filmed inside of a studio (which I’m pretty sure was the case). So instead of just making it black I went with a prettier sky, and made the corn an intense mix of yellow and green. Also those wide eyed scary kids surrounding Movie and Cheerilee were fun to come up with. This was drawing before Rumble was introduced as the colt equivalent of pre-reformation Starlight Glimmer, but I think Pipsqueak still works as the leader. This might be the inevitable conclusion of him becoming class president.

Well, Stephen King. There’s no easy way around it, because he’s an author that’s either terrifying or downright hilarious. In recent years “Children of the Corn” has garnered a bit of a bum rep, since it’s really easy to make fun of, but I will admit I find this movie terrifying. I’m not joking when I tell you this movie gave me nightmares as a little kid. Looking at it as an adult it’s not that big a deal, but when I was little I found everything about it just disturbing as hell. That society of children who put adults in crosses to be sacrificed, and their leader is this evil looking guy who’s just made out of pure rage and untapped anger. Those moments whenever they get lost in the cornfields and the plants are literally becoming alive and going after them. Hell I was even scared of that big goofy face that comes out of the fields towards the end of the movie. For me as a kid, this was some pretty intense stuff!

“Children of the Corn”  might not have aged very well, but it’s still one of the most interesting Stephen King adaptations, managing to get a tone that combines the tone of Lovecraft while crossing it over with Moon Harvest. While its scares have ran out of steam, it’s still an entertaining ride.

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