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 <\/p>\r\n","post_title":"The Brotherhood of Satan Review","post_excerpt":"A family road trip","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-brotherhood-of-satan-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-05 12:24:06","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-05 12:24:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=206835","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205541,"post_author":"38","post_date":"2020-10-30 14:27:13","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-30 14:27:13","post_content":"

Starring:<\/strong> Daniel Cemy, Ron Melendez, Jim Metzler, Nancy Lee Grahn<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Directed by:<\/strong> James D.R. Hickox<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Licensed by:<\/strong> Arrow Video<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Release Date:<\/strong> October 2020<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Two orphaned brothers, Joshua (Ron Melendez) and his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cemy), who were connected to the murderous cult led by the children of the rural town of Gatlin Nebraska, are brought to the city of Chicago to live with their newly adoptive parents; William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn). As Joshua starts to get used to his new surroundings, he starts to feel more distant towards his younger brother, as Eli begins to show his distaste towards those living a more modern lifestyle in the city of Chicago. Due to Eli\u2019s distaste of his new surroundings, he summons the demonic entity known as; \u2018He who walks Behind the Rows\u2019, which therefore causes all hell to break lose, as mysterious gory deaths starts to occur, when Eli begins to recruit the local children living in Chicago to join his newly murderous cult, to carry on what had once begun in his hometown of Gatlin, by bringing the mayhem to the urban setting of Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019 is the third instalment in the \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019 horror film series, which was based on a short story by Steven King. This movie opens with a violent chase scene in the cornfields of the town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where a drunken man threatens his son Joshua (portrayed by actor Ron Melendez) with a beating, which ends in a most gruesome death scene, setting up what we can except to see for the rest of the movie. With the death of Joshua\u2019s father, both Joshua and his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cemy) are adopted by both William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn) and are taken out of the rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska to the urban setting of the city of Chicago. To Eli\u2019s distain and despite the rough start to their new life in the city of Chicago, Joshua starts to finally fit in with his other classmates through a game of basketball, which causes a rift between the two brothers. As the two brothers drift apart, Eli finds an old and abandoned factory near their new home, to summon the demonic entity also known as \u2018He who Walks Behind the Rows\u2019, by giving him an offering of the corn, he brought with him from his hometown of Gatlin. Through throwing the seeds on the spoiled soil, it results in the corn growing mysteriously fast despite being on the worst soil, which becomes very valuable to their newly adopted father William Porter (Jim Metzler), as Eli reassures him that it could make him and their newly family filthy rich. Their newly adopted mother Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn), starts to become suspicious and baffled by Eli\u2019s strange behaviour and these suspicions soon becomes apparent to both Joshua and his new found friends, when Eli begins to recruit their classmates to become part of his new murderous cult, in carrying out the demon\u2019s bidding.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From this movie\u2019s opening, we witness Joshua\u2019s (Ron Melendez) previous home life, through seeing how terrified he was of his drunken father, which will help the audience to sympathise with his character and therefore root for him. Joshua seems more normal than his younger brother Eli, as Joshua starts to both fit in with his new classmates and wear his new clothes rather than what he wore before, therefore showing that his character can adapt to change. This is not the case for his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cemy), who seems to dislike his new surroundings and the people in them. Eli starts to show from the very beginning of the film, that he doesn\u2019t want to change and is more powerful than he\u2019s letting on, as he seems to secretly have the power of telekinesis, as he was able to knock off a glass statue with ease, which was impossible as it was further away from him. Eli is a very unlikeable character due to the threatening nature he hides behind his innocent face. The characters of both William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn) are introduced as a warm and welcoming couple, as they try their best to make sure both Joshua and Eli feel loved. Mr and Mrs Porter seem to be very in love and are happy to have children to be part of their newly build family, but for Amanda Porter, her opinion soon changes, when she starts to feel threatened by Eli, due to his bizarre behaviour making her feel uncomfortable around just him. William Porter\u2019s character seems to be oblivious to his wife\u2019s concerns about Eli, as her husband becomes more occupied with trying to profit off of the mysteriously fast grown and invulnerable to disease corn.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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I truly enjoyed \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019 and dare I say I rather this sequel to its previous films, as I felt this had a more intriguing plot and I was pleased that the filmmakers decided to change the setting, by having it moved out of the rural town of Gatlin to the urban city of Chicago, as it brought a nice change of pace, with new faces brought in to be recruited, than the movie sticking with only all Amish like characters that was mainly used in the previous instalments. I enjoyed all of the innovative kills in the movie even the ridiculous cringe worthy ones. I loved the innovative kill, that involved a man having his limbs torn apart and his eyes and mouth being sewn shut, as I felt it was brilliantly executed and had made an impact on me, due to it being the first kill, therefore causing me to feel intrigued to see what the other kills will look like throughout the film. I loved the gore used in the scene, where a head is cracked open and split down in the middle and also a scene where another character\u2019s head was pulled off from his body. The two death scenes that came to mind, that were hilariously cringe worthy, was firstly a death scene of a beloved character, where she got impaled by a broken pipe, which would of been effective , if it wasn\u2019t obvious that it was a dummy, due to the hilarious image of her open mouth making an everlasting shocked expression. The other cringe worthy death scene, which was really the only negative aspect for me, was where a huge tentacle looking monster bursts from the ground and starts to eat the kids, which would have been chilling, if you couldn\u2019t clearly see the monster eating a miniature doll version of the actors, which I felt took away from the sort of realism of that scene.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I highly recommend watching \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019, due to its supervising twist and blood splattering innovative kills, that were both brilliantly executed and sometimes humorous, making this film an entertaining watch. The actor Daniel Cemy who played the main character of Eli, had portrayed this evil character perfectly, from he\u2019s innocent expression to his threatening mannerisms, that makes his character intriguing to watch, to see what extreme measures he will take, to please the demonic entity from whom he calls \u2018He Who Walks Behind the Rows\u2019. \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019, is the first in the \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019 film series to be made under Dimension Films and Miramax and the first to be released direct to video. This movie was also the film to start the careers of Buffy the vampire slayer actor, Nicholas Brendon, who had an unaccredited role, as one of the basketball players and the actress Ivana Milicevic who portrayed Riley Finn\u2019s wife Samantha Finn and US military agent in Buffy the vampire slayer, had an unaccredited role in this film as Acolyte, a follower of Eli. The most noteworthy actress to appear in \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019 as their first film is the American \u2013 South African actress Charlize Theron, who had an unaccredited and non speaking role as one of Eli\u2019s followers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Overall:<\/strong> 8 \/10<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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 <\/p>\r\n","post_title":"Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Review","post_excerpt":"Another chilling chapter","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"children-of-the-corn-iii-urban-harvest-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-05 14:19:26","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-05 14:19:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205541","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205521,"post_author":"38","post_date":"2020-10-29 21:35:07","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-29 21:35:07","post_content":"Starring:<\/strong> Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman, Christie Clark, Rosalind Allen<\/span>\r\n\r\nDirected by:<\/strong> David Price<\/span>\r\n\r\nLicensed by:<\/strong> Arrow Video<\/span>\r\n\r\nRelease Date:<\/strong> October 2020<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFollowing the horrific events that took place in the original 1984 cult classic film \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019, the remaining children who were part of the murderous cult, that worshipped a demonic entity that was located in the cornfields in Gatlin, have now been adopted by the locals, who reside in the neighbouring town of Hemingford, Nebraska. In order to save his career, a city tabloid journalist, John Garrett (portrayed by Terence Knox) travels to the town with his estranged son Danny (portrayed by Paul Scherrer), to uncover the mystery behind the gruesome murders of all the adults in the town of Gatlin. The locals of Hemingford and tabloid journalist John Garrett himself, are about to experience more than what they bargained for, when the children of Gatlin return secretly to the cornfield, where the character of Micah (portrayed by Ryan Bollman) has not only taken Isaacs place, by becoming the new leader of the cult, but has also been possessed by \u2018\u2019He who walks Behind the Rows\u2019\u2019, leading to yet again more gruesome murders being committed by the children, while also trying to recruit Danny in becoming an addition to their cult.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u2018\u2019Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019\u2019 (1992) is a direct horror movie sequel to the 1984 cult classic film \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019, which was based on a short story written by Steven King. This film opens with a chilling scene, as the decomposed bodies of the adults that were murdered in the previous film are found. The remaining surviving children, who were part of the cult, that worshipped a demonic entity, they named \u2018\u2019He who walks Behind the Rows\u2019\u2019 has now been taken from their hometown of Gatlin to its neighbouring town of Hemingford Nebraska, where the locals have willing adopted them, as they don\u2019t believe that these children would have committed such gruesome murders. The film introduces us to our main protagonists, a city tabloid journalist, John Garrett (Terence Knox) and his estranged son Danny (Paul Scherrer) as they travel to the town of Hemingford, as John Garrett believes he needs to work on a compelling story about what had happened in the town of Gatlin, in order to save his journalism career. John soon becomes smitten by a bed and breakfast owner Angela Casual (Rosalind Allen), who has adopted one of the children named Micah. When returning to the cornfield, Micah (Ryan Bollman) becomes possessed by the demonic entity and has taken over as leader of the cult, which was previously owned by a child named Isaac, who was killed in the original film. Due to Danny having an estranged relationship with his father, as well as the fact that John seems to be more occupied with both Angela and with interviewing those within the town, Danny befriends a local orphaned girl named Lacey (Christie Clark).Bizarre deaths start to happen to some of the locals within the town, while Danny is potentially being drawn in by Micah to become a member of the cult.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe film sets up the dynamic between the main characters of the tabloid journalist John Garrett (Terence Knox) and his son Danny (Paul Scherrer), as the film explores their estranged relationship, as Danny expresses to his father, that he believes it is his father\u2019s fault for the divorce, as Danny recalls that his father cared more for his job than he did for his own family. Danny feels as though his father has abandoned him, as his father is said to have barely remembered his own son\u2019s birthday. The film also gives an insight into Danny\u2019s home life with his mother, as he tells his father that he wasn\u2019t going to his mothers wedding, as he hates he\u2019s soon to be stepfather. This helps the audience to have sympathy for Danny\u2019s character, as we get to know his background, which therefore justifies why he gives backhanded comments to his father throughout the film. Even though the character of John Garrett is unlikeable, in terms of how he had treated his son in particular in the past, by seeming as though he cares more about his work than anything, but the film makes you also have sympathy for him too, due to the scrutiny John faces from his former co workers, which is shown in a scene in the film, where John and his son meets John\u2019s former co workers on the road coming from the town, where they humiliate John for making up stories, by never having any concrete evidence to back them up, making him a laughing stock in his field of work. The character of Micah (Ryan Bollman) is firstly introduced as a very quiet child, who has experienced trauma from the previous events, but as his character soon becomes possessed by the demonic entity in the cornfields, he becomes more outspoken and therefore takes over as leader of the cult. His character is quite unlikeable due to his evil nature, from leading the children to commit murder and him committing murder himself, but without condoning violence and strongly disagreeing with the phrase \u2018\u2019violence is the answer\u2019\u2019, I do understand where his anger is coming from and why he thinks the adults in the town are hypocrites, as he expresses to Danny, how Micah\u2019s father told him that if he had an relationship before marriage, it will be deemed as sinful but this was unfair of him to say, as Micah quoted \u2018\u2019 I caught my father with the farmhand's wife... sinning most vigorously\u2019\u2019. This made Micah\u2019s character quite persuasive, as by telling his story, he was able to have Danny believe his father is similar to Micah\u2019s father, as Danny recalls his father telling him, not to get into an relationship with Lacey or befriend the other children, which Danny believes also, is hypocritical of his father to tell him who he can\u2019t hang out with in the town, as his father has already become lovers with the local bed and breakfast owner Angela.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"COTC_II_v\"\r\n\r\nI truly enjoyed this film \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019, due to the innovative deaths displayed on screen, such as the movie referencing the Wizard of Oz, where a local woman is murdered by the children, as they sabotage the hydraulic jacks supporting her house, while she was underneath it, so this caused the house to crush her with only her legs being shown, which is slightly similar to the death of the Wicked Witch of the East in the Wizard of Oz. Another similarity to another film, I spotted was during the lead up to a death scene, where the demonic entity was not being shown in its true form but instead used thermal imaging, similar to the beginning of the 1987 Scfi \u2013 action film Predator, as thermal imaging was used in this film, to show that the demonic entity was following its next potential victims in the cornfields without them knowing. Another death scene I was impressed with was during a scene in a church, where one of the local men gets the bloodiest nosebleed I\u2019ve ever seen, which causes him to bleed out to death, due to Micah stabbing a voodoo doll to make it happen. Reading about the making of this film, I appreciate any of the church scenes more, due to what the filmmakers went through making this film, as director David Price mentioned in the film\u2019s DVD commentary, that when shooting the film, a local Christian group held not only a few small protests during the film , but had left a dead rodent on the director\u2019s doorstep as a warning, so the film\u2019s production team constructed their own church for a few scenes in the film and luckily despite the warning, no actual incidents occurred. The only negative aspect I have about this film, is that I felt the movie couldn\u2019t make up its mind on what they wanted to be the reason behind the children becoming evil, as they didn\u2019t specify if it was the supernatural aspect that the film was portraying all along, such as scenes where they show the true face of the demon and how a voodoo doll was used to cause a man to nosebleed to death, so it was confusing when they brought in a storyline where the corn was seen to be infected, making it hard to pinpoint which one is the cause, as nothing is ruled out.<\/span>\r\n\r\nI highly recommend watching \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019 (1992), especially if you are a fan of the original 1984 cult classic \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019, as the movie picks up straight after the events of the first film and doesn\u2019t discard any plot points from the original film, therefore showing that the filmmakers appreciated what came before. I enjoyed this movie as a horror fan due to the innovative kills and finding out that the actress who played Lacey (Christe Clarke), was the same actress who portrayed Jesse\u2019s 11 year old sister Angela Walsh in one of my favorite horror movies \u2018A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:Freddy\u2019s Revenge. \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019 (1992) is worth the watch, especially due to the film having been successful enough to spawn a further eight more straight to DVD sequels, that also included a 2009 television remake of the original film . The title of this film \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019 (1992) is hilarious to know that the filmmakers put the word final in its title, as horror fans know by now, that horror movies that have final in its title such as Saw 3D: The Final Chapter in 2010 or even Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984, we can all suspect there is more movies to come.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOverall:<\/strong> 7 \/10<\/span>","post_title":"Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice Review","post_excerpt":"Serving up a fresh crop","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"children-of-the-corn-ii-the-final-sacrifice-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-05 14:20:15","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-05 14:20:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205521","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_22"};

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A Tale of Two Sisters is still considered the highest grossing Korean horror film of all time, and rightly so. This film keeps the audience guessing until the very end, when all is revealed and you are left reeling in shock during the closing credits - I certainly was at least. Although at times the plot did appear confusing, I encourage you to watch to the very end for that jaw-dropping reveal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall:<\/strong> 8\/10<\/span><\/p>","post_title":"A Tale of Two Sisters Review","post_excerpt":"Director by Kim Jee-woon ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"a-tale-of-two-sisters-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 23:55:38","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 22:55:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=206880","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":206835,"post_author":"38","post_date":"2021-08-30 17:14:19","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-30 16:14:19","post_content":"

Starring: <\/span><\/strong> L.Q. Jones, Strother Martin, Charles Bateman, Ahna Capri, Charles Robinson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Directed by<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong> Bernard McEveety <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Licensed by<\/span><\/strong>:<\/strong> Arrow Video<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Release Date:<\/span><\/strong> Released on Blu ray on the 30<\/span>th<\/span> of August 2021. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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A family road trip suddenly comes to a halt, for a recent widowed Ben (Charles Bateman) with his newly girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri) and Ben\u2019s young daughter K.T (Geri Reischl), when they come across a car accident on the highway. After witnessing the car accident, the family heads to the isolated town of Hillsboro to report it to the local sheriff (L.Q. Jones). After trying to report the incident, the family is met with violent locals and with the failure of trying to leave this crazy town, they\u2019re warned by the sheriff (L.Q. Jones)., deputy Tobey (Alvy Moore), the local physician Doc Duncan (Strother Martin) and the local priest (Charles Robinson), of the strange occurrences, that has left the locals paranoid in fear, due to several gruesome murders and the mysterious disappearance of eleven local children gone missing. This soon becomes reality for Ben and Nicky, when Ben\u2019s daughter K.T suddenly goes missing and is believed through the local priest, that a dangerous satanic cult of Satan worshippers are behind it all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2018\u2019The Brotherhood of Satan\u2019\u2019 (1971) is an American low budget horror movie, that surrounds a family consisting of Ben (Charles Bateman), who\u2019s wife died years prior is now on a road trip with his newly girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri) and Ben\u2019s young daughter K.T(Geri Reischl), who are on their way to visit K.T\u2019s grandmother\u2019s house to celebrate K.T\u2019s birthday, which unfortunately for them soon comes to a halt, when they come across a brutal car accident on the highway, leading them to go to the small town of Hillsboro to report the accident they came across to the local sheriff. This film starts with a bizarre opening that may cause confusion to audiences on what is going on, as before we are introduced to our main protagonists Ben and his family, the film shows what had happened that had lead to the car accident Ben and his family had witnessed the aftermaths of, in which the opening of the film shows a continuing theme within this movie, which is children\u2019s toys coming to life and killing those within the town, as a toy tank is shown being brought to life and destroying a car with a family inside, which continues to be even more creepy, as a child is seen walking away from the crash with the toy tank in his hand, indicating something sinister is happening, Ben and his family soon experience the strange occurrences themselves, when they try to leave but are forced to stay, due to a mystical force, that is not letting them or any of the locals leave the town. While the local sheriff (L.Q. Jones).and some of the other locals try to come up with a logical explanation for not being able to leave or the reasoning behind all the gruesome murders and missing children within the town, they all laugh at the local priest (Charles Robinson), who suggests their dealing with witchcraft, but they\u2019re soon proven along with Ben and Nicky, that the priest maybe onto something, when K.T (Geri Reischl), becomes the next child to suddenly go missing and more dead bodies start piling up.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The film introduces our main protagonists Ben (Charles Bateman) and his newly girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri), as a loving couple, due to them holding each other\u2019s gazes throughout and their first scene within the film is them passionately having a private moment, before they\u2019re interrupted by Ben\u2019s daughter K.T (Geri Reischl and a sudden pouring down of lashing rain. Ben\u2019s newly girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri) is portrayed from the very start to have been treating Ben\u2019s daughter K.T (Geri Reischl) as if she was her own, as despite K.T not being hers by blood, Nicky is shown being affectionate towards her and K.T seems to reciprocate the same affection, showing there is trust between them, as Nicky\u2019s character isn\u2019t portrayed as a cruel step mother but a doting one instead. The locals within the town of Hillsboro are firstly introduced as crazy town\u2019s people, as they turned dangerously violent the minute Ben and his family showed up, as due to all the strange occurrences and the mystery behind no one being able to come in or out of the town, has caused the locals to become paranoid, as they became suspicious of Ben and his family, as they were the first outside people to get into the town. The character of the local sheriff (L.Q. Jones) is shown in most of his scenes to be smoking, which indicates he might be using it as a copying mechanism, as character traits like this has made his character stand out, as he shows more emotion and presence on screen than our lead protagonist, as he has moments where he loses it, due to the stress of how he can\u2019t solve the mystery, which is even more frustrating for him, as his niece is one of the missing children and even though he is sceptical at first, he does step up, when he finally comes to terms and believes the priest (Charles Robinson), that there is something satanic at play. The character that stood out the most was the cult leader (Strother Martin), due to his performance being quite eccentric, as he embodied the craziness and evilness of a satanic worshipper with the pride and egotistic mind of a leader, who wants those to bow down to him and kiss his hand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This ambitious low budget horror film was a truly entertaining watch, with its unique visual ideas that were quite well executed while others were not. This film had one of the most strange openings, that involved a toy tank destroying a car with a family inside, with the film showing the back and forth of seeing a toy tank to the tank becoming life size and with no context on why or how this is happening, it will keep audiences intrigued to see how this ties into the overall plot. Along with the toy tank, the film also has other toys come to life, that were visually quite well executed, such as the film showing the contrast between a toy of a knight on a horse reflecting in the shadow on the wall behind it to seeing the same knight on a horse brought to life and having their shadow reflect the image of the killing of its victim. One of the killings that wasn\u2019t executed visually as well as some of the others, was where a creepy doll is about to murder a couple but the scene comes off more laughable that creepy, as it looks as though someone was just shaking the doll in front of the camera and edited to look as though it had killed their victim. The most visually striking scenes were those with the satanic cult, as due to the creepy imagery that is shown describing horrific events and the red lighting that helps set up a more gothic feel, it causes those scenes to stand out, as it visually looks as though it\u2019s not in the same contemporary setting, as the rest of the movie with our main protagonists. The character of the cult leader (Strother Martin) stood out from the rest of the cast, as the actor Strother Martin, who is mainly known as a character actor, looked as though he had the most fun with his role, as he had brought much needed life into the film. Other than the character of the cult leader (Strother Martin) giving a more of a memorable performance, there is a sense of disconnect for our other characters such as our main protagonists Ben (Charles Bateman) and Nicky (Ahna Capri), as they don\u2019t really get much to do, other than having a sweet family dynamic and it\u2019s the same with the characters of the sheriff (L.Q. Jones) and the local priest (Charles Robinson), as it felt as though they were all doomed from the start.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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I highly recommend watching \u2018The Brotherhood of Satan\u2019 (1971), as I guarantee you will be surprised by how quite ambitious the film tries to be, as despite it being low budget, the filmmakers tried to make something unique, which is evident especially in it\u2019s opening scene and even though the film doesn\u2019t always perfectly execute all their visual ideas, it will leave audiences with chills from the film\u2019s fiery satanic bloody ceremony to the eyes of those staring back in its dark unsettling end.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2018The Brotherhood of Satan\u2019 (1971) is a mix between the horror film \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019 meets \u2018Rosemary\u2019s Baby\u2019 , as the children in this film are used as pawns by something satanic and the film also indicates towards a sickening reason behind those involved in the satanic cult. \u2018The Brotherhood of Satan\u2019 (1971) is directed by Bernard McEveety, who famously directed Jodie Foster\u2019s first film Disney\u2019s \u2018Napoleon and Samantha\u2019 in 1972.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Special thanks to Vertigo Releasing, who has announced that \u2018The Brotherhood of Satan\u2019 (1971) will be available on Blu ray with a broad range of special features including new audio commentary and much more, to be released on the 30<\/span>th<\/span> of August 2021. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Overall: <\/span><\/strong>7\/10<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Starring:<\/strong> Daniel Cemy, Ron Melendez, Jim Metzler, Nancy Lee Grahn<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Directed by:<\/strong> James D.R. Hickox<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Licensed by:<\/strong> Arrow Video<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Release Date:<\/strong> October 2020<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Two orphaned brothers, Joshua (Ron Melendez) and his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cemy), who were connected to the murderous cult led by the children of the rural town of Gatlin Nebraska, are brought to the city of Chicago to live with their newly adoptive parents; William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn). As Joshua starts to get used to his new surroundings, he starts to feel more distant towards his younger brother, as Eli begins to show his distaste towards those living a more modern lifestyle in the city of Chicago. Due to Eli\u2019s distaste of his new surroundings, he summons the demonic entity known as; \u2018He who walks Behind the Rows\u2019, which therefore causes all hell to break lose, as mysterious gory deaths starts to occur, when Eli begins to recruit the local children living in Chicago to join his newly murderous cult, to carry on what had once begun in his hometown of Gatlin, by bringing the mayhem to the urban setting of Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019 is the third instalment in the \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019 horror film series, which was based on a short story by Steven King. This movie opens with a violent chase scene in the cornfields of the town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where a drunken man threatens his son Joshua (portrayed by actor Ron Melendez) with a beating, which ends in a most gruesome death scene, setting up what we can except to see for the rest of the movie. With the death of Joshua\u2019s father, both Joshua and his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cemy) are adopted by both William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn) and are taken out of the rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska to the urban setting of the city of Chicago. To Eli\u2019s distain and despite the rough start to their new life in the city of Chicago, Joshua starts to finally fit in with his other classmates through a game of basketball, which causes a rift between the two brothers. As the two brothers drift apart, Eli finds an old and abandoned factory near their new home, to summon the demonic entity also known as \u2018He who Walks Behind the Rows\u2019, by giving him an offering of the corn, he brought with him from his hometown of Gatlin. Through throwing the seeds on the spoiled soil, it results in the corn growing mysteriously fast despite being on the worst soil, which becomes very valuable to their newly adopted father William Porter (Jim Metzler), as Eli reassures him that it could make him and their newly family filthy rich. Their newly adopted mother Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn), starts to become suspicious and baffled by Eli\u2019s strange behaviour and these suspicions soon becomes apparent to both Joshua and his new found friends, when Eli begins to recruit their classmates to become part of his new murderous cult, in carrying out the demon\u2019s bidding.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From this movie\u2019s opening, we witness Joshua\u2019s (Ron Melendez) previous home life, through seeing how terrified he was of his drunken father, which will help the audience to sympathise with his character and therefore root for him. Joshua seems more normal than his younger brother Eli, as Joshua starts to both fit in with his new classmates and wear his new clothes rather than what he wore before, therefore showing that his character can adapt to change. This is not the case for his younger brother Eli (Daniel Cemy), who seems to dislike his new surroundings and the people in them. Eli starts to show from the very beginning of the film, that he doesn\u2019t want to change and is more powerful than he\u2019s letting on, as he seems to secretly have the power of telekinesis, as he was able to knock off a glass statue with ease, which was impossible as it was further away from him. Eli is a very unlikeable character due to the threatening nature he hides behind his innocent face. The characters of both William (Jim Metzler) and Amanda Porter (Nancy Lee Grahn) are introduced as a warm and welcoming couple, as they try their best to make sure both Joshua and Eli feel loved. Mr and Mrs Porter seem to be very in love and are happy to have children to be part of their newly build family, but for Amanda Porter, her opinion soon changes, when she starts to feel threatened by Eli, due to his bizarre behaviour making her feel uncomfortable around just him. William Porter\u2019s character seems to be oblivious to his wife\u2019s concerns about Eli, as her husband becomes more occupied with trying to profit off of the mysteriously fast grown and invulnerable to disease corn.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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I truly enjoyed \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019 and dare I say I rather this sequel to its previous films, as I felt this had a more intriguing plot and I was pleased that the filmmakers decided to change the setting, by having it moved out of the rural town of Gatlin to the urban city of Chicago, as it brought a nice change of pace, with new faces brought in to be recruited, than the movie sticking with only all Amish like characters that was mainly used in the previous instalments. I enjoyed all of the innovative kills in the movie even the ridiculous cringe worthy ones. I loved the innovative kill, that involved a man having his limbs torn apart and his eyes and mouth being sewn shut, as I felt it was brilliantly executed and had made an impact on me, due to it being the first kill, therefore causing me to feel intrigued to see what the other kills will look like throughout the film. I loved the gore used in the scene, where a head is cracked open and split down in the middle and also a scene where another character\u2019s head was pulled off from his body. The two death scenes that came to mind, that were hilariously cringe worthy, was firstly a death scene of a beloved character, where she got impaled by a broken pipe, which would of been effective , if it wasn\u2019t obvious that it was a dummy, due to the hilarious image of her open mouth making an everlasting shocked expression. The other cringe worthy death scene, which was really the only negative aspect for me, was where a huge tentacle looking monster bursts from the ground and starts to eat the kids, which would have been chilling, if you couldn\u2019t clearly see the monster eating a miniature doll version of the actors, which I felt took away from the sort of realism of that scene.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I highly recommend watching \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019, due to its supervising twist and blood splattering innovative kills, that were both brilliantly executed and sometimes humorous, making this film an entertaining watch. The actor Daniel Cemy who played the main character of Eli, had portrayed this evil character perfectly, from he\u2019s innocent expression to his threatening mannerisms, that makes his character intriguing to watch, to see what extreme measures he will take, to please the demonic entity from whom he calls \u2018He Who Walks Behind the Rows\u2019. \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019, is the first in the \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019 film series to be made under Dimension Films and Miramax and the first to be released direct to video. This movie was also the film to start the careers of Buffy the vampire slayer actor, Nicholas Brendon, who had an unaccredited role, as one of the basketball players and the actress Ivana Milicevic who portrayed Riley Finn\u2019s wife Samantha Finn and US military agent in Buffy the vampire slayer, had an unaccredited role in this film as Acolyte, a follower of Eli. The most noteworthy actress to appear in \u2018Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)\u2019 as their first film is the American \u2013 South African actress Charlize Theron, who had an unaccredited and non speaking role as one of Eli\u2019s followers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Overall:<\/strong> 8 \/10<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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 <\/p>\r\n","post_title":"Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Review","post_excerpt":"Another chilling chapter","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"children-of-the-corn-iii-urban-harvest-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-05 14:19:26","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-05 14:19:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205541","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205521,"post_author":"38","post_date":"2020-10-29 21:35:07","post_date_gmt":"2020-10-29 21:35:07","post_content":"Starring:<\/strong> Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman, Christie Clark, Rosalind Allen<\/span>\r\n\r\nDirected by:<\/strong> David Price<\/span>\r\n\r\nLicensed by:<\/strong> Arrow Video<\/span>\r\n\r\nRelease Date:<\/strong> October 2020<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFollowing the horrific events that took place in the original 1984 cult classic film \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019, the remaining children who were part of the murderous cult, that worshipped a demonic entity that was located in the cornfields in Gatlin, have now been adopted by the locals, who reside in the neighbouring town of Hemingford, Nebraska. In order to save his career, a city tabloid journalist, John Garrett (portrayed by Terence Knox) travels to the town with his estranged son Danny (portrayed by Paul Scherrer), to uncover the mystery behind the gruesome murders of all the adults in the town of Gatlin. The locals of Hemingford and tabloid journalist John Garrett himself, are about to experience more than what they bargained for, when the children of Gatlin return secretly to the cornfield, where the character of Micah (portrayed by Ryan Bollman) has not only taken Isaacs place, by becoming the new leader of the cult, but has also been possessed by \u2018\u2019He who walks Behind the Rows\u2019\u2019, leading to yet again more gruesome murders being committed by the children, while also trying to recruit Danny in becoming an addition to their cult.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u2018\u2019Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019\u2019 (1992) is a direct horror movie sequel to the 1984 cult classic film \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019, which was based on a short story written by Steven King. This film opens with a chilling scene, as the decomposed bodies of the adults that were murdered in the previous film are found. The remaining surviving children, who were part of the cult, that worshipped a demonic entity, they named \u2018\u2019He who walks Behind the Rows\u2019\u2019 has now been taken from their hometown of Gatlin to its neighbouring town of Hemingford Nebraska, where the locals have willing adopted them, as they don\u2019t believe that these children would have committed such gruesome murders. The film introduces us to our main protagonists, a city tabloid journalist, John Garrett (Terence Knox) and his estranged son Danny (Paul Scherrer) as they travel to the town of Hemingford, as John Garrett believes he needs to work on a compelling story about what had happened in the town of Gatlin, in order to save his journalism career. John soon becomes smitten by a bed and breakfast owner Angela Casual (Rosalind Allen), who has adopted one of the children named Micah. When returning to the cornfield, Micah (Ryan Bollman) becomes possessed by the demonic entity and has taken over as leader of the cult, which was previously owned by a child named Isaac, who was killed in the original film. Due to Danny having an estranged relationship with his father, as well as the fact that John seems to be more occupied with both Angela and with interviewing those within the town, Danny befriends a local orphaned girl named Lacey (Christie Clark).Bizarre deaths start to happen to some of the locals within the town, while Danny is potentially being drawn in by Micah to become a member of the cult.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe film sets up the dynamic between the main characters of the tabloid journalist John Garrett (Terence Knox) and his son Danny (Paul Scherrer), as the film explores their estranged relationship, as Danny expresses to his father, that he believes it is his father\u2019s fault for the divorce, as Danny recalls that his father cared more for his job than he did for his own family. Danny feels as though his father has abandoned him, as his father is said to have barely remembered his own son\u2019s birthday. The film also gives an insight into Danny\u2019s home life with his mother, as he tells his father that he wasn\u2019t going to his mothers wedding, as he hates he\u2019s soon to be stepfather. This helps the audience to have sympathy for Danny\u2019s character, as we get to know his background, which therefore justifies why he gives backhanded comments to his father throughout the film. Even though the character of John Garrett is unlikeable, in terms of how he had treated his son in particular in the past, by seeming as though he cares more about his work than anything, but the film makes you also have sympathy for him too, due to the scrutiny John faces from his former co workers, which is shown in a scene in the film, where John and his son meets John\u2019s former co workers on the road coming from the town, where they humiliate John for making up stories, by never having any concrete evidence to back them up, making him a laughing stock in his field of work. The character of Micah (Ryan Bollman) is firstly introduced as a very quiet child, who has experienced trauma from the previous events, but as his character soon becomes possessed by the demonic entity in the cornfields, he becomes more outspoken and therefore takes over as leader of the cult. His character is quite unlikeable due to his evil nature, from leading the children to commit murder and him committing murder himself, but without condoning violence and strongly disagreeing with the phrase \u2018\u2019violence is the answer\u2019\u2019, I do understand where his anger is coming from and why he thinks the adults in the town are hypocrites, as he expresses to Danny, how Micah\u2019s father told him that if he had an relationship before marriage, it will be deemed as sinful but this was unfair of him to say, as Micah quoted \u2018\u2019 I caught my father with the farmhand's wife... sinning most vigorously\u2019\u2019. This made Micah\u2019s character quite persuasive, as by telling his story, he was able to have Danny believe his father is similar to Micah\u2019s father, as Danny recalls his father telling him, not to get into an relationship with Lacey or befriend the other children, which Danny believes also, is hypocritical of his father to tell him who he can\u2019t hang out with in the town, as his father has already become lovers with the local bed and breakfast owner Angela.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"COTC_II_v\"\r\n\r\nI truly enjoyed this film \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019, due to the innovative deaths displayed on screen, such as the movie referencing the Wizard of Oz, where a local woman is murdered by the children, as they sabotage the hydraulic jacks supporting her house, while she was underneath it, so this caused the house to crush her with only her legs being shown, which is slightly similar to the death of the Wicked Witch of the East in the Wizard of Oz. Another similarity to another film, I spotted was during the lead up to a death scene, where the demonic entity was not being shown in its true form but instead used thermal imaging, similar to the beginning of the 1987 Scfi \u2013 action film Predator, as thermal imaging was used in this film, to show that the demonic entity was following its next potential victims in the cornfields without them knowing. Another death scene I was impressed with was during a scene in a church, where one of the local men gets the bloodiest nosebleed I\u2019ve ever seen, which causes him to bleed out to death, due to Micah stabbing a voodoo doll to make it happen. Reading about the making of this film, I appreciate any of the church scenes more, due to what the filmmakers went through making this film, as director David Price mentioned in the film\u2019s DVD commentary, that when shooting the film, a local Christian group held not only a few small protests during the film , but had left a dead rodent on the director\u2019s doorstep as a warning, so the film\u2019s production team constructed their own church for a few scenes in the film and luckily despite the warning, no actual incidents occurred. The only negative aspect I have about this film, is that I felt the movie couldn\u2019t make up its mind on what they wanted to be the reason behind the children becoming evil, as they didn\u2019t specify if it was the supernatural aspect that the film was portraying all along, such as scenes where they show the true face of the demon and how a voodoo doll was used to cause a man to nosebleed to death, so it was confusing when they brought in a storyline where the corn was seen to be infected, making it hard to pinpoint which one is the cause, as nothing is ruled out.<\/span>\r\n\r\nI highly recommend watching \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019 (1992), especially if you are a fan of the original 1984 cult classic \u2018Children of the Corn\u2019, as the movie picks up straight after the events of the first film and doesn\u2019t discard any plot points from the original film, therefore showing that the filmmakers appreciated what came before. I enjoyed this movie as a horror fan due to the innovative kills and finding out that the actress who played Lacey (Christe Clarke), was the same actress who portrayed Jesse\u2019s 11 year old sister Angela Walsh in one of my favorite horror movies \u2018A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:Freddy\u2019s Revenge. \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019 (1992) is worth the watch, especially due to the film having been successful enough to spawn a further eight more straight to DVD sequels, that also included a 2009 television remake of the original film . The title of this film \u2018Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice\u2019 (1992) is hilarious to know that the filmmakers put the word final in its title, as horror fans know by now, that horror movies that have final in its title such as Saw 3D: The Final Chapter in 2010 or even Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984, we can all suspect there is more movies to come.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOverall:<\/strong> 7 \/10<\/span>","post_title":"Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice Review","post_excerpt":"Serving up a fresh crop","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"children-of-the-corn-ii-the-final-sacrifice-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-12-05 14:20:15","post_modified_gmt":"2024-12-05 14:20:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205521","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_22"};

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