Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)

By Jody. Score 3/10

a.k.a. Part 8 of the series that originated from a Stephen King short story (not counting the SyFy remake of the original). This time, the spirit of "he who walks behind the rows" possesses the child son of a sadistic preacher and his mail-order Russian bride, which means bad news for a young (and pregnant) married couple that find themselves stranded with car trouble.

Now normally, the creepy religious kids kill all the parents/adults in town. Anyone who has seen the other entries knows this. This time the preacher and his wife are left alive to recruit women to keep producing more "children of the corn".

Ok, I'll buy that. That's an appropriate plot for a direct-to-video 8'th entry to a franchise that has long-since jumped the shark and hasn't had a theatrical release since the second film.

The problem is that it so boring. It has a running time of 80 minutes, of which I'd estimate about 1/3 is wasted on dream sequences and "artistic visions". Billy Drago, who plays the preacher, looks off to the lower corner of the screen (very disinterestedly) and mumbles for his ENTIRE preformance. Too bad, he plays a villian well in tv's "Charmed".

The kills are very lazy, uninspired, and barely shown on screen. Overall, a pointless and unentertaining sequel.

Starring: Billy Drago and Duane Whitaker
Directed By: Joel Soisson (Dimension Films' staple direct-to-video director)
Budget/Statistics: N/A
IMDB score: 4.3/10
Tomatometer: 0% critics and 9% audiences liked it