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"THE ALL-NEW TERROR-FILLED CHAPTER"
"BASED ON THE STORY "CHILDREN OF THE CORN" BY STEPHEN KING" - Front Cover
Summary
"A HAUNTING HORROR MASTERPIECE!"
"FROM THE PRODUCERS OF DRACULA 2000 AND HELLRAISER: INFERNO!"
"Based on the chilling story Children Of
The Corn by Stephen King, REVELATION is the next shocking chapter in this
ever-popular series of suspense thrillers! When calls to her eccentric
grandmother go unanswered, Jamie Lowell is shocked to discover that her
grandmother's last known address is a condemned tenement building overrun by
uncontrolled children! But as Jamie slowly uncovers the truth behind her
grandmother's mysterious disappearance, she merely disturbs a powerful evil that
now seeks to destroy Jamie as well." - Back Cover
Soundtrack - 2.5 Sticks of Butter
The movie does not have a memorable soundtrack,
it was nothing special but the musical score did not detract from the movie. I
believe the plot did that job fine by itself.
Plot - 1.75 Sticks of Butter
Killer corn, a religious cult from years ago, a
young woman visiting her elderly grandmother. Sounds interesting? Well,
Revelation surely doesn't take these elements and incorporate them into a semi-intriguing
story. Lacking in intelligent dialogue and situations this movie was barely able
to keep my attention let alone draw me into the story.
Action - 3 Sticks of Butter
Oh this movie had action! If you consider corn
action packed and babysitting thrilling. Unpack your Super Nintendo and popcorn
popper so you can breath easily in this apartment of horrors.
Effects - 1 Stick of Butter
What effects? The corn? Well, that's not very
hard to pull off. Mr. Dressup taught us how to make trees out of old
newspapers. So anyone who watched the children's show would be able to emulate
the look of corn with great ease. As for the very end they must have shelled out
some serious coinage for such grade "A" effects.
Characters - 1 Stick of Butter
The characters were dull and hard to believe. I
would have throttled those children not feared them. The only good character was
the guy who worked at the corner store.
Overall Impressions - 2.25 Sticks of Butter
I wasn't thrilled with the story behind the first
Children of the Corn movie, but Revelation was worse by far. The only revelation
I had was that they should stop making these movies! The evil children barely
spoke and those bloody corn stalks kept popping up everywhere. Now corn might be
scary to someone who hates vegetables but that's about it. The main
"demonic" villain said like two words through out the entire movie and
only showed up at the end.
If you're one of those people who has to see an
entire series then I suppose you'll want to watch this movie (and actually
endure it until the end) otherwise leave it on the shelf and rent Sleepless in Seattle,
it'll be more interesting.
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