This new Children of the Corn is less of a remake than it is a reimagining.

| Nov 27, 2024

Boring and bland. What a shucker.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 25, 2023

A few nice shots here and there, one strong lead performance and a handful of instances of gore simply cannot elevate it, making it a chore to sit through.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 24, 2023

[I]t is, yet again, a lazy, indifferent attempt to merge folk horror and killer kids that offers no scares, no laughs, and no fun.

| Jun 2, 2023

As far as creepy-kid tales go, it’s actually not terrible. But it never quite overcomes the question of why it exists in the first place.

| May 1, 2023

Aside from Moyer’s presence, every intentionally scary flourish proves unintentionally funny.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 2, 2023

The film is full of accidentally hilarious dialogue, scenes, and performances, but it’s almost paradoxically dull, which means it can’t even be recommended as an ironic watch for horror junkies.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Mar 22, 2023

Children of the Corn never justifies its existence, though beneath the corn, the creature feature heart shines through.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 21, 2023

This “Children Of The Corn” is no horror classic, but it is not bereft of ideas, and Kampouris and Moyer – the latter especially chilling – make this an often compelling watch.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 21, 2023

If you can remove expectations, Children of the Corn may be an enjoyable watch. But, the source material deserved better.

| Mar 19, 2023

The little evil girl gives a pretty solid performance in this terrible movie.

| Mar 15, 2023

Worse than unnecessary. The original film wasn't good to start with, and this isn't as good.

| Mar 15, 2023

Without a doubt one of the two or three absolute worst Stephen King movie adaptations, this reboot is so awful on every level that you probably won't even believe what you're seeing.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 13, 2023

This is the type of film that will be used by horror fans, for years to come, to explain why remakes are a black cloud (or toxic corn dust, as shown in the film) over the entire genre.

| Original Score: F | Mar 9, 2023

Despite having a few eerie moments, Wimmer’s version of Children of the Corn is a rehash of a property that was fairly tired to begin with.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 8, 2023

The original Stephen King short story is an exercise in style, one that uses misdirection to unearth a disturbing premise. In this film, it is unclear that Kurt Wimmer realizes misdirection could be something in his toolkit.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 7, 2023

Children of the Corn didn’t even feel like it was going for anything unique or interesting in its approach to the material. That shelf it was on was probably the best home for it.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 7, 2023

Wimmer's film isn't particularly memorable, and the Children of the Corn series has yet to summon a single indelible moment in 40 years, but you have to appreciate a horror film that aspires to entertain, and often succeeds.

| Mar 6, 2023

Is this CHILDREN OF THE CORN the best Stephen King adaptation ever? No, but it does what it sets out to do, and gives us more than we might be expecting.

| Original Score: B | Mar 6, 2023

Wimmer’s script has some interesting ideas, but ultimately there are too many missteps and eye-rolling contrivances to ever truly sell the audience. Frankly, He Who Walks himself seems far more realistic.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Mar 4, 2023