Children of the Corn 3 - Urban Harvest

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Summary: pretty cool
Review: i liked this movie because of the gore and because it wasnt too boring.why is everybody saying stuff about the ending.there was hardly an ending at all,this movie's so cheap.this movie is actually kind of fun to watch.the kid,Eli,is very annoying.i would have given this five stars if it weren't for him.that's how i can see why everybody hates this film

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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!
Review: I love this movie... I would give it a million stars if I could. This movie doesn't really leave off where the second one did but, it has superb acting ( Eli is sooo hott) a good plot, it's a lil gross and it's scary. I would recomend this movie to anyone that loves horror movies and, likes to get scared!

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Summary: GOOD EXCEPT THE ENDING!
Review: I really enjoyed the creativity this movie tried to portray. The acting was good, the special effects weren't bad. Except the end...The End ruined the entire movie!

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Summary: Best of all 6
Review: I saw COTC 6 first, then I saw COTC 4 then I saw COTC 3 with Daniel Cerny and I found it the best cuz he was in it. He was perfect for the part and I was wondering too how old he was. I mean in 1992 Demonic Toys was released and he was in it and he was about 8 or 9. I think he's cute in my opinion and i have pictures of him all over my room. im trying to buy COTC 3 but i cant find it. If u know how old he iz please visit expage.com/danielcerny or please email me thank you. bye now.

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Summary: not too bad for a straight to video sequel
Review: i saw this before i saw the 1st children of the corn and i just thought the little kid in this movie was very annoying and shouldnt have been in this movie.then of course i saw the first one and now this one is not annoying at all.not one bit.the first one was the one that annoyed me.this movie should be known for it's corny special effects but good acting provided makes this sequel not too bad rated R for language,breif sexual content,gore,violence.

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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: If you're smart you wouldn't waste your time on this severly stupid movie, I have to give it one star because it won't let me give none.

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Summary: Daniel Cerny is amazing!
Review: Im not sure how old he was in this movie, Children of the Corn III, but Daniel Cerny made this one the best of all 6. He might have been young in the movie, but still, not only does he have the best acting skills, but he has THE look for that role and every role like that hes been in. It is a MAJOR shame Daniel Cerny is not in more and recent movies. Someone, please tell me how old he was in that movie!

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Summary: Really disappointing. The series will never recover
Review: Nearly RIGHT after I saw Children of the Corn II on Cinemax, I saw a commercial for Part III. Before I saw part II, this movie was out. I said "Who makes these movies! " They both looked really stupid. But I saw Part II on Cinemax and really liked it. So, I thought nothing about renting Part III. I saw it and thought it was going to be good based on the fact alone that the kid from Demonic Toys was in it. But I hated it. The whole thing was stupid and then the ending. I can't say enough bad things about that ending. I rented it again after I got sorround sound and I like it better now. But the kid is a poor actor and the ending ruins the WHOLE movie.

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Summary: Good if you like cheese
Review: No other author in recent memory has had as much consistent success selling books as Stephen King. For roughly three decades the Maine writer churned out book after book, each one selling more and more copies. He's a world unto himself, the lucky fellow! He's so successful that he could throw out his pens, put away his typewriters, bury his word processor six feet under, never write another word in his life, and STILL have enough money to wallpaper the Great Wall of China five times over. In many respects, it's Stephen King's world and the rest of us are just living in it. But, and this is a gigantic but, an enormous number of metaphysically bad films based on his novels threaten to put a serious dent in his legacy. We all know the good ones, the ones that not only scared audiences stiff but also helped propel King's career to even greater heights. "Carrie" is probably the best example, followed by "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Dead Zone." These are wonderful, magical films that one can watch again and again without wearying of them. Then there are the rest: the truly wretched refuse that reminds one of dental plaque or the junk that washes up on the shores of a filthy river. Welcome to the Children of the Corn franchise.

"Children of the Corn 3: Urban Harvest" moves far beyond the parameters established in the first film. Instead of Isaac issuing the doom and gloom prophecies of "He Who Walks Behind the Rows," we now have Eli (Daniel Cerny) stepping up to the plate. He and his older "brother" Joshua (Ron Melendez) turn up in Chicago after Joshua's father, who had the temerity to question Eli's increasingly bizarre behavior, perished in a hideous manner back on the Nebraska farm. Adopted by William Porter (Jim Metzler)--a big shot at an agricultural firm specializing in the creation of resistant grains--and his wife Amanda (Nancy Lee Grahn), Eli and Joshua seem like fish out of water in the Windy City. Right from the start it's obvious that Eli is a little strange; it is also obvious that he has some sort of weird hold over Joshua. How odd is the pint-sized preacher? His new mother opens his suitcase only to find it packed full of ears of corn covered in huge bugs. Screeching like a banshee, Alice is astonished to discover that the insects were just a hallucination of some sort. Hmmm. Anyway, Eli soon realizes that a huge, abandoned warehouse right next door to the house provides fertile ground for a few rows of special corn. This crop grows to full height in a matter of hours, is impervious to disease and other forms of damage, and tastes great.

William Porter soon learns about the crop and dreams about how much money he can make selling these plants around the world, an idea encouraged by Eli. In the meantime, the two kids enroll in a Catholic school run by the kindly Father Frank Nolan (Michael Ensign). Eli continues to try and control Joshua, but his influence seems on the wane. With the help of Malcolm (Jon Clair) and his cute sister Maria (Nari Morrow), Joshua begins to emerge from his shell. He takes up basketball despite Eli's objections, and even strikes up a physical relationship with Maria. The young preacher turns his attention to the other kids in school, lecturing them about the importance of children in scripture and thus usurping Father Frank's authority. He even stands up one day during services to relate his interpretations of the holy word. Predictably, the kids soon fall under Eli's power. Joshua, with the help of Malcolm, heads back to Nebraska to unearth an important book buried there by Eli that just might help defeat the evil intentions of "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" and his earthly minion. We finally see the incarnation of this demon when Eli holds a ceremony in the warehouse. The film ends on one of those "the evil goes on even though we thought it was over" themes.

Actually, "Children of the Corn 3" isn't half bad. Director James D.R. Hickox is well known as a purveyor of schlocky yet entertaining low budget horror, so maybe that has something to do with it. I got a real kick out of the Eli character, who I thought looked like a miniature version of a certain "Grease 2" star (The movie should carry the title "Honey, I Shrunk Adrian Zmed"). He's not as eerie as Isaac in the first one, but he does carry a certain unease about him. The guy who played Father Frank was a real hoot, too. His hysterics make Rod Steiger's priest in "The Amityville Horror" look tame by comparison. But what really takes the cake in "Corn 3" are the imaginative kill scenes and cheesy special effects. A head bursting into flames, a combination garden tool/pipe atrocity, and people torn apart by "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" insures a good time for all. The model the filmmakers used to depict the corn demon, however, looks woefully inadequate. At one point the beastie snacks on a kid, but it's so obvious that the crew stuck a doll in the creature's mouth that I howled with laughter for hours afterwards. By the way, Charlize Theron appears in a bit part as one of Eli's followers during the final showdown.

Trailers for parts four, five, and six of "Children of the Corn," "Dracula 2000," "Halloween: H20," and "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" are the only extras on the disc. I would recommend "Children of the Corn 3" over most of the other entries in the series. Sure, it is cheap and cheesy, but it's also a lot of fun. There are worse ways to spend a couple of hours of your time.


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Summary: Normally...
Review: Normally, I like horror movies, but this one was horrible. It could've been a terrific movie, but the writers/producers/director decided to make it center around gore. They forgot that it should've had great content instead of having things that make a person sick watching the movie. The acting could've been better. Everyone looked like they'd barely learned their lines. The best performance was done by the guy who played the priest. This movie could've been so much better!