Children of the Corn is getting a remake, and though I am typically wary of remakes, this is one I wouldn’t mind seeing. Now we get news that David Anders and Kandyse McClure have been added as the tall folk in the cast.
According to Beyond Hollywood, It seems that instead of a big-screen version, the Sci-Fi Channel wants to whip up an original movie tapping an anti-Heroes player and a chick straight out of Battlestar Galactica. Should this rumor be true, it means that David Anders would take on Peter Horton’s role, while Kandyse McClure would take on Linda Hamilton’s.
Children of the Corn was the movie that messed my brain up for years. I saw it at a younger than recommended age and the whole idea of a community that had a ritualistic suicide at age 18 scared the crap out of me.
That line where the adults trip over their cult and find a boy in a church slashing his wrists with a generous smile saying “It’s my birthday” will forever scar my brain.
Corn does qualify for TMB’s 4 Rules Before Making A Remake and the sequels were all getting sillier and less effective, so its time.
The adults play a less significant role so the announcement of David Anders (Kensei/Adam from Heroes) and the beautiful Kandyse McClure (Lt. Dualla from BSG) are not as important as getting a truly creepy bunch of kids that are convincingly a threat.
Malachai seriously freaked me. So much so that later in Sunday School (told you I was young) when the similar biblical name came up I thought it was the same guy. Sent my head for a loop.
This has the potential to be a serious creepy movie if its done right. But its all about the kids.
