Stephen King’s short story “The Children of the Corn” has been catnip to horror filmmakers for nearly fifty years. Originally published in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse, the tale of a quarreling couple who stumble onto a murderous cult of children in a Nebraska cornfield was included the following year in King’s first short story collection Night Shift and subsequently adapted into a 1984 feature film directed by Fritz Kiersch. Night Shift also contains the source material for King classics such as The Mangler, Sometimes They Come Back, Maximum Overdrive, and the upcoming The Boogeyman, but none of the collection’s other 19 stories have had the staying power of “Children of the Corn.” Perhaps due to its evocative title implying barbaric pagan rituals or the eerie juxtaposition between childlike innocence and brutal murder, the original film has spawned eight sequels and two remakes over the course of four decades.
- 3/7/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Kazik Radwanski's Anne at 13,000 ft. is exclusively showing on Mubi in many countries starting September 29, 2021 in the series The New Auteurs.I’ve always written films about the places and people I know. Initially it came from a practical and pragmatic approach to filmmaking. In my early films, I wrote scripts that could be set and shot in a friend’s apartment, or an uncle’s house, somewhere I could have easy access. It was a necessity! It was all I could afford, and all I had access to. Anne at 13,000 ft is set at a daycare that my mother had run for the past 40 years. She joined me on set when we shot a staff meeting scene. There were about 15 actors in the scene. Deragh Campbell, the lead of the film, was in the scene and we had cast someone to play a supervisor that leads the meeting.
- 9/28/2021
- MUBI
Hello, everyone! We have an eclectic group of films headed to Blu-ray and DVD this week, including the latest Purge entry, a cannibalistic comedy featuring the likes of Pat Morita and Michael Berryman, feature films helmed by both David Nelson (of Ozzie & Harriet fame) and John Russo, plus so much more. Arrow Video is keeping busy this week with their new releases of Death Screams and Children of the Corn in 4K, and Vinegar Syndrome is showing some love to Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies and Girls School Screamers as well. Severin has put together Blu-ray releases for A Day of Judgment and Midnight, and if you missed it in theaters earlier this year, you can catch up with The Forever Purge this Tuesday when it comes home on all formats.
Other home entertainment releases for September 28th include Blood Conscious, Harvest of Horrors, Know Fear, and The Purge: 5-Movie Collection.
Other home entertainment releases for September 28th include Blood Conscious, Harvest of Horrors, Know Fear, and The Purge: 5-Movie Collection.
- 9/28/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Ragnar Bragason, best known for his films Börn (Children) and Foreldrar (Parents), directs this darkly comic drama that is billed as a story “about a girl, heavy metal and cows. It’s a story of a terrible loss and how we deal with our griefs, about community and a sense of family, dreams and nightmares, says the director. Teaming up with producers Árni Filippusson and Davíð Óskar Óskarsson (the prodcuers behind Either Way, which was recently remade as Prince Avalanche by David Gordon Green), Bragason’s Metalhead has its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Tiff describes it as, “Tough, clear-eyed and compassionate, a touching film about a tortured soul who hasn’t been — and may never be — able to let herself off the hook”.
The full trailer for Metalhead (English subtitles included) has arrived online. Enjoy!
The post Tiff: Trailer for Ragnar Bragason...
The full trailer for Metalhead (English subtitles included) has arrived online. Enjoy!
The post Tiff: Trailer for Ragnar Bragason...
- 9/8/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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