Taking the series in a new direction, Children of the Corn: The Gathering attempts to tell a different kind of horror story. Breaking away from the corn cult theme, this chapter follows the spirit of a child preacher who possesses the children of the town of Grand Island, Nebraska, in order to exact revenge for his death and find a new host body. Naomi Watts and William Windom lead the cast and give fairly decent performances, but there’s not much talent among the child actors. The script is also rather weak and does a poor job of storytelling. There are a lot of problems with Children of the Corn: The Gathering, but it’s a breath of fresh air in this series and delivers some entertaining horror scenes.

I’ve definitely seen this crap and it’s no wonder I couldn’t remember a thing about it beforehand. I’ve come to the realization that this franchise is just not my thing. I might’ve enjoyed it more when I was younger but definitely not anymore. This hardly had any kills. I suppose I enjoyed 1 decent and creative kill. I just really hated the direction that this went. I didn’t even like the first three in this franchise but this is probably my least favorite. I’m pretty sure I watched this ages ago for Naomi Watts and I did that again tonight. Needless to say I’ll never take the time to watch this again. I’ll give it a single star solely for Naomi Watts and her alone. * Naomi Watts Movies Themed Week