Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999)
Studio: Echo Bridge Entertainment/Miramax
DVD Release: May 10, 2011
R
Review by James Klein
The sixth installment of the Children of the Corn franchise tries this time to be more of a direct sequel to the first film with the return of the leader of the children, Isaac. John Franklin returns as Isaac who now looks like a short old man but nether the less tries his best at portraying the evil Isaac. Never mind that Isaac got killed at the end of the first film. Actually, not a whole lot of this film makes any sense so throw logic out the window. You may as well throw good film making out the window while you're at it.
Young Hannah is about to celebrate her 19th birthday and returns to the town of Gatlin where she was born to find out why she was abandoned by her mother and learn about the town's mystery and why all of the adults were slaughtered so many years ago. Little does Hannah know that she is the key to an old prophecy made by Isaac that would bring the town together again and all adults to their knees. Or something like that. Hannah jumps around from person to person, to strange situation to another strange situation so frequently, I had no idea what was happening. Why is she seeing these images of dead birds and bodies hanging from trees? If all of the adults were killed in this town, why is there a town doctor (played by Stacey Keach who looks down right bored)? Why does she have time to have sex with one of the town teenagers after she just narrowly escapes death? Why does her mother (Nancy Allen, looking embarrassed) return to the town to help her?
Like most of the sequels, Children of the Corn 666 is a complete mess of a movie. While all of the actors try their best with what is given to them, the screenplay is just incoherent and the direction by Kari Skogland may be ambitious but is also too over the top (upside down camera angles, shaky cam). Do we really need this many close ups? I wanted to cheer when I finally saw the first long shot in the movie. And with such a tiny budget, this Corn sequel looks to have been shot on video with piss poor results. It was hard to tell if Echo Bridge's transfer was lousy or if the film was shot this way. During much of the action sequences, the film looked blurry and the image seemed to be fluttering at times.
Fans of the original film should not be fooled by a returning character, Children of the Corn 666 (why is it 666? Satan has nothing to do with this film nor the other films) is just another bad sequel to a much needed put to rest franchise.
DVD Release: May 10, 2011
R
Review by James Klein
The sixth installment of the Children of the Corn franchise tries this time to be more of a direct sequel to the first film with the return of the leader of the children, Isaac. John Franklin returns as Isaac who now looks like a short old man but nether the less tries his best at portraying the evil Isaac. Never mind that Isaac got killed at the end of the first film. Actually, not a whole lot of this film makes any sense so throw logic out the window. You may as well throw good film making out the window while you're at it.
Young Hannah is about to celebrate her 19th birthday and returns to the town of Gatlin where she was born to find out why she was abandoned by her mother and learn about the town's mystery and why all of the adults were slaughtered so many years ago. Little does Hannah know that she is the key to an old prophecy made by Isaac that would bring the town together again and all adults to their knees. Or something like that. Hannah jumps around from person to person, to strange situation to another strange situation so frequently, I had no idea what was happening. Why is she seeing these images of dead birds and bodies hanging from trees? If all of the adults were killed in this town, why is there a town doctor (played by Stacey Keach who looks down right bored)? Why does she have time to have sex with one of the town teenagers after she just narrowly escapes death? Why does her mother (Nancy Allen, looking embarrassed) return to the town to help her?
Like most of the sequels, Children of the Corn 666 is a complete mess of a movie. While all of the actors try their best with what is given to them, the screenplay is just incoherent and the direction by Kari Skogland may be ambitious but is also too over the top (upside down camera angles, shaky cam). Do we really need this many close ups? I wanted to cheer when I finally saw the first long shot in the movie. And with such a tiny budget, this Corn sequel looks to have been shot on video with piss poor results. It was hard to tell if Echo Bridge's transfer was lousy or if the film was shot this way. During much of the action sequences, the film looked blurry and the image seemed to be fluttering at times.
Fans of the original film should not be fooled by a returning character, Children of the Corn 666 (why is it 666? Satan has nothing to do with this film nor the other films) is just another bad sequel to a much needed put to rest franchise.
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