I completely forgot to post yesterday. So now you get two.A couple (Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton) driving through Kansas have a car accident and head for the nearest town only to discover the children of said town have fallen under the influence of a demagogue named Isaac (John Franklin) and have been sacrificing any handy adults to the corn for the last three years.
Conceptually, a cult of bloodthirsty children is solid gold. The execution, however, strays into the goofy. The special effects have aged poorly, the protagonist is kind of a douche, and the voiceover is incredibly annoying. I would be in favor of a remake since we seem to be having a Stephen King resurgence. All you'd need to do would be update the couple dynamics because yikes are they dated, cut some of the trying-too-hard comic relief, slap some decent effects in there and you're ready to go. You could even get Courtney Gains to cameo as a throwback.
I do still consider it a classic but every once in a while, it could stand to be updated. It's currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
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