CHILDREN OF THE CORN II: THE FINAL SACRIFICE (1993)
Directed by David Price
Starring Terence Knox and Paul Scherrer
Semi-sequel released nine years after the original has police discovering mutilated bodies of adults in a Nebraska town. Knox plays a reporter who travels to the area with his young son (Scherrer) looking for a story.
Of course, the boy gets wrapped up in the cult of youngsters who worship the being known only as "He Who Walks Behind The Rows." Now living in foster homes (they killed all their parents) the children gear up for another round of killings for their corn god. They murder one old woman by crushing her under her own house, in homage to "The Wizard of Oz" I suppose.
Some people hate this movie—even more than the first film. But I think Stephen King's idea of Midwestern kids on a killing spree is a pretty creepy one and this film came the closest to capturing the spirit of his original, very short story.
The plot is pretty weak, but the film has more style and a is more believable than its predecessor. It was the last in what would be a long series of "Corn" films that was released to theaters. The rest went direct to video.
My recommendation: skip all of these movies and get a copy of King's original piece and read it.
