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Children of the Corn: Runaway

  • Video
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
1.6K
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Sara Moore in Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018)
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The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an att... Read allThe plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small ... Read allThe plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose he... Read all

  • Director
    • John Gulager
  • Writers
    • Stephen King
    • Joel Soisson
  • Stars
    • Marci Miller
    • Jake Ryan Scott
    • Sara Moore
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • John Gulager
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Joel Soisson
    • Stars
      • Marci Miller
      • Jake Ryan Scott
      • Sara Moore
    • 26User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
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    Marci Miller
    Marci Miller
    • Ruth…
    Jake Ryan Scott
    Jake Ryan Scott
    • Aaron
    Sara Moore
    • Pretty Girl
    Mary Kathryn Bryant
    Mary Kathryn Bryant
    • Sarah
    Lynn Andrews III
    Lynn Andrews III
    • Carl
    • (as Lynn Andrews)
    Kevin Harvey
    • Rally
    Diane Ayala Goldner
    Diane Ayala Goldner
    • Mrs. Dawkins
    Eric Starkey
    Eric Starkey
    • Officer Dave
    Sidney Flack
    Sidney Flack
    • Man
    Debbi Tucker
    Debbi Tucker
    • Elderly Woman
    • (as Deborah Tucker)
    Daria Balling
    • Candy
    Clu Gulager
    Clu Gulager
    • Crusty
    Molly Nikki Anderson
    • The Lady
    Grayson Stone
    • Three-Year-Old Aaron
    Brady Allen
    • Extra
    Camden Allen
    • Extra
    Morgan Allen
    • Extra
    Tom Allen
    • Extra
    • (as Thomas Allen)
    • Director
      • John Gulager
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      • Stephen King
      • Joel Soisson
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    4TrippingABlindMan

    Competently made, goes nowhere.

    Here we are at Children of the Corn 9: Runaway. As a franchise, this series is a complete mess, with no sense of continuity, canon, or anything remotely interesting to keep viewers coming back. And if you are a fan, it must be crappy to see the powerful filmmakers constantly churning out crap with zero care. Parts 5 through 8 were made with little regard for anything, or anyone. And as if the last entry Genesis wasn't insultingly vague enough, we come to Runaway.

    The good: this film is much more competently made and acted than most of the entries in this series, especially the cheap Genesis. Shot composition, lighting, music, performances, surprisingly top notch. There is some slightly cheap CGI but nothing that looks like total crap, just the low budget showing. You came for gore? You'll be happy to know there is quite a bit of blood in this film.

    The bad: Starts off boring and kind of slow, and you wonder, where is this going?

    The ugly: you then realise, it's going nowhere.

    The plot concerns a young mother and her son. The mother, ably played by the pretty Marci Miller, belonged to the corn cult in Nebraska some time ago, but set fire to the corn and killed all of the kids and vanished. Since then, she's been a drifter with her son. She settles in the town of Luther, OK., gains a job as a mechanic, and tries to live her life with her son as normally as one can. However, the locals act strange and hostile, she sees visions of demonic kids (specifically an ethereal looking girl in a yellow dress), and random murders happen. Her boss, who initially takes pity on her, apparently only wants something else. And she kind of befriends a local waitress who acts a little too friendly. Don't worry, this doesn't add to much, despite all of this being the setup.

    As I said, this movie goes nowhere. There is no satisfying pay off, no climax. The plot starts off straightforward, boring... but straightforward... there is the odd gore scene sprinkled here and there... then it comes to a "what?" conclusion.

    It's more connected to the saga than the last few entries. Lots of mentions of Gatlin, He Who Walks Behind The Rows. The scenes in the cornfield are splendid and feel right. Too bad they don't happen more often. There are some stylish moments here and there (including a scene that I can only conclude is a modern take on the diner massacre from part 1), and as mentioned, the acting is all credible. The gore is good, nothing special though. But what the hell is it all for?

    In short, this films makes zero sense.

    Overall, it's a waste. You can have a well shot and well acted film, but when you have no plot, it doesn't added to anything.

    For the curious only.
    1Platypuschow

    Children of the Corn Runaway: By far the worst one

    2018 has been a poor year, we simply haven't had very many decent movies and this latest (And hopefully last) offering from the Children of the Corn franchise hasn't helped matters.

    For a movie to attain a 1/10 from me means it had no redeeming features at all and Runaway fails to tick a single box.

    The plot is baffling and simply doesn't connect to the other films, the pace is an 82 minute sleeping pill and it's hard to even identify this as a Children of the Corn movie.

    In fact if I didn't know any better I'd say this was a movie released that didn't do very well so they decided to add the franchise name to it to increase popularity.

    At no point did it even remotely engage me, I was bored to tears and waited the entire duration of the film for something to happen or at least something to be explained.

    I said several movies ago that this series needed to die, this is the final nail in the coffin.

    The Good:

    Absolutely nothing

    The Bad:

    Incredibly boring

    Plot makes no sense

    Doesn't feel connected to the rest of the movies at all

    Things I Learnt From This Movie:

    I learnt that not all brands of pain reliever will assist in removing a migraine as big as this movie caused!
    2larrys3

    Don't Waste Your Money or Time

    Perhaps if you like loads of blood-soaked murders, then maybe you'll find some value in this 9th installment of the series, based originally on a Stephen King short story. I was hard pressed to find anything of value here, as the movie was just filled with bleakness and grimness.

    Marci Miller stars as Ruth, who escaped from a murderous and demonic children's cult in Nebraska to try and protect her soon to be born baby. Now thirteen years later, she's trying to establish roots in the small town of Luther, Oklahoma with her now teenage son Aaron (Jake Ryan Scott). However, she will soon discover the demon-seed children are there also committing sadistic murders and haunting her with memories of her past.

    For me, it all added up to a grisly turn-off, with even the twist at the end fairly well telegraphed. Overall, I would say don't waste your time or money here.
    4jmix66

    Nice looking lead. Terrible film

    Not much to say: The ninth installation in the long-running Children of the Corn series, Stephen King is getting richer and the film world is growing poorer.

    An endless stream of stereotypes running together as a feature. They include:

    1) Prejudiced rednecks 2) Cool Black guy..almost 3) Religious nuts 4) Sunglasses wearing deputy 5) Corn children

    Basically, a Syfy channel film with profanity and adult themes...and that's about it. If you like horror and there's nothing else in the RedBox, then OK. Other than that...give this one a wide pass....
    1Fella_shibby

    Jus to hold onto the rights, they keep churning out rancid corn aft corn.

    I saw this 10th part for the first time recently and what a terrible waste of time n experience i endured.

    This one doesnt have anything noteworthy.

    The kills are few, badly done, unnecessary n not at all have anything to do with the *ucker who walks behind the rose.

    I shud pat my own back for completing the marathon of this series.

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      The film was only pushed into production because Dimension Films was about to lose the rights to the Children of the Corn series, the last installment, Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011), having been released more than six years prior. It was shot in Oklahoma, sharing a filming location with Hellraiser: Judgment (2018).
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      Follows Children of the Corn (1984)

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    • Release date
      • March 13, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
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      • Oklahoma, USA
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      • Dimension Films
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