Search - Children of the Corn [20th Anniversary Special Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 09/28/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Horror, Supernatural Horror See Also: Children of the Corn, Children of the Corn [UMD for PSP], Children of the Corn [Blu-ray]

Narrator Job (Robby Kiger) relates the tale of Gatlin, NE, where one day the children, led by a boy preacher named Isaac (John Franklin), rose up and slaughtered all the grown-ups. A few years later, Job and his sister, Sarah (Ammemarie McEvoy), help their friend, Joseph (Jonas Marlowe), try to escape through the cornfields of Gatlin. Meanwhile, Burt Stanton (Peter Horton), a commitment-phobic young doctor, and Vicky Baxter (Linda Hamilton), his frustrated girlfriend, travel through the cornfield-lined roads of Nebraska on their way to Burt's new internship in Omaha. Their car hits Joseph, who appears out of nowhere, but upon examining him, Burt realizes the child's throat was slit before he ever wandered out from the corn. Attempting to locate help, Burt and Vicky turn to gas-station owner Diehl (R.G. Armstrong), who urges the couple to go anywhere but nearby Gatlin to report the murder. Several contradictory street signs later, they arrive in Gatlin anyway, and, befriending Sarah and Joseph, attempt to uncover the mystery behind Isaac's cult and its mysterious deity, known only as He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Stephen King cash-ins flooded the market between the successes of Brian DePalma's Carrie (1976) and Rob Reiner's Misery (1990), many of them, like Children of the Corn, based only loosely on the author's fiction. The original short story appeared in the collection -Night Shift. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Peter Horton - Dr. Burt Stanton
Linda Hamilton - Vicky Baxter
R.G. Armstrong - Diehl
John Franklin - Isaac
Courtney Gains - Malachi

Anchor Bay Entertainment celebrates the 20th anniversary of this cult-fave horror film with this special edition DVD release. This new release of Children of the Corn has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which is also enhanced for play on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio appears in two formats, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo; the dialogue is in English, with no multiple language options. Bonus materials include a commentary track featuring director Fritz Kiersch, producer Terence Kirby, and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains; a new documentary on the making of the film; galleries of original artwork from the film's storyboards and title sequence, as well as a collection of production photos; and the movie's original trailer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide