Colheita Maldita: Gênesis

This film begins in 1973 with a soldier returning from Vietnam and arriving at his old home town not far from Gatlin, Nebraska. But rather than being embraced by his family he is horrified to discover that they have recently been murdered. Not only that, but within minutes of finding their bodies he is soon attacked and severely injured by several children there as well. The scene then shifts to the present day with a young man by the name of "Tim" (Tim Rock) and his pregnant wife "Allie" (Kelen Coleman) driving somewhere along a deserted highway in California when their car breaks down. With very little money and no tow truck able to reach them that day they decide to walk to the nearest house several miles away. When they get there they are greeted by a very creepy man known simply as "Preacher" (Billy Drago) who reluctantly offers them the hospitality of his rundown home. They accept but they soon come to realize that there is much more to this man than they initially thought-and then the horror begins. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this turned out to be somewhat different than the other "Children of the Corn" pictures in that it had an adult as the primary nemesis rather than a group of children. And to that effect, I thought that Billy Drago performed quite well in that regard. Likewise, although I would have preferred a bit more horror, I must admit that I enjoyed the manner in which the suspense was kept at a rather low boil from start-to-finish. In any case, while this may not have been the best film in this series, it was good enough for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

Movie review:Remember in 1984 a scary movie came out called "Children of the Corn"? Keep it that way, this movie will not remind you at all of it and you will be upset that you can not gain back the time lost after viewing this. The movie starts out with a man returning from the military to a dead family that was killed by the kids. The kid stalks him through a hallway and he plunges out a window to his death since he didn't want to shoot. Reason? No idea, they never touch upon that again, so basically for nothing. The movie is about a couple (Tim Rock & Kelen Coleman) that break down traveling in the middle of nowhere. They walk to the nearest house and stumble upon that of "Preacher" (Billy Drago) who refuses until he hears she is pregnant and allows them to use the phone. When Tim (character name, real creative) finds that they cannot get the car fixed until the next day, they decide to stay with Preacher and his nymphomaniac wife (Barbara Nedeljakova, who was in both Hostel movies for some reason). They are warned not to go outside which of course the wife doesn't listen to and she stumbles onto a child locked in a shed and also some ritualistic alter in a barn. Anyway, she heads back and they decide to leave but can't because some force won't let them. Strange things start happening keeping them from getting out such as slamming doors, flying furniture, etc. Preacher explains the evil is outside and doesn't want them to leave, they just want the unborn baby. Well, they try to get away, which doesn't work out so great, and that's the movie. Aside from one very funny line between the couple, this movie doesn't have much good going for it. One dream showing a corn field, which there is absolutely no explanation or reason for (sound familiar?), the usual demon child, whacko cult family....all clichés are present. It was filmed just fine, editing etc. but really, who cares? The movie is just bad, stay away. 2.5/10 IMDb 3.8 Two good laughs, one intentional is about all the points this gets, and maybe a car accident as well. That is about it.

Children of the Corn... what a bizarre franchise. The first 3 followed a set storyline, and the rest (aside from 6) were just their own stories ala Halloween 3, sometimes with very minor mentions of previous entries. 'Genesis', the 8th film in the series, is quite good for the first half. Intriguing storyline involving a couple's car breaking down in the California desert, and they seek refuge from a weird preacher and his hottie Ukrainian wife. There's a child locked up in a shed behind the house, and it seems like a bizarre entity doesn't want the couple to leave the Preacher's house. For the first 40 minutes or so, the film tells a good, straightforward creepy story. Acting for the most part is good and credible. But then, things get extremely messy and confusing. Nothing is explained, the last half will have you scratching your head. Should I mention the horrible stock footage car crash? Yeah, that was hilariously bad, and makes a film that did a good effort of covering its' low production values for the whole film look EXTREMELY cheap. Good start, messy and confusing middle, horrible conclusion.

A young couple spend the night at a preacher's home, and soon begin to suspect that he has a child locked up in his barn. Can they save the child from this imprisonment?

Pretty much the nicest thing I can say about this film is that it features Billy Drago, who is a decent actor and under-appreciated. The makeup department did a good job making him look old and rustic, and he he has much less of an exotic look about him than usual.

That positive note aside, I am a bit confused what is going on with the Children of the Corn franchise. This one has very little to do with children and very little to do with corn. Some efforts are made to connect it to the series by attempting to offer a back story (presumably why this one is called "Genesis"). But it could be changed and not affect the overall story at all.

Obviously by stamping it with the Children of the Corn label, more people will rent the film and possibly even buy it. But it does the movie a disservice in the long run. I suspect that if the franchise aspects were changed slightly, this could have been a fairly respectable stand-alone story.

Sadly, it was not the last one made in the franchise...

Inspite of the dvd of this movie lying in my cupboard for almost a decade, i never felt the urge to play it.

Saw this 9th part recently.

This one started off very well. We get to see a soldier around the 70s return home to find his family massacred by kids and then the movie moves to the present time where a couple take refuge in a preacher's house situated in the middle of nowhere.

The film kept the suspense but the ending is rushed n doesnt make any sense. We are just left to scratch our heads.

Our preacher in this movie has a hot wife (the girl from Hostel). The way she seduces the main lead, viewers expected some nudity or sex scene but we are deprived of that due to low budget.

It has 2 very known faces, Duane Whitaker n Billy Drago.