NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED

There are different kinds of Stephen King’s movie adaptations, and the one about the blood thirsty religious cult of children in some God forsaken village in Nebraska is not one of the milder ones.

Pretty gory for its era, it tends to dissipate its script when it comes to credibility of the entire concept, but nonetheless, 1984 version of ’’Children of the Corn’’ will give you a few goosebumps. Acting will be solid, especially when it comes to children, but much of the true story behind the cult will be saved for the much weaker sequels.

’’Children of the Corn’’ is still to be considered as one of the more serious horrors of the 1980s.

CHILDREN OF THE CORN – 5/10

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GOOD, BUT OVERRATED AS WELL

Michael Haneke likes to make his movies long, slow and painful, so the story about the group of children that rain havoc in a desolated German village in the wake of the First World War doesn’t differ much from that.

However, besides the deviation and genuine disturbed characters that this story unravels, there isn’t much to offer to viewer when it comes to script writing.

Acting will be of trademark high quality, as in all of Haneke’s flicks, especially when it comes to children.

On the other hand, the very end will be abrupt, without the expected climax and a conclusive wrap up of tension being built from the beginning of the movie.

’’The White Ribbon’’ is a good European drama, but not an excellent one critics say.

THE WHITE RIBBON – 6/10

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