Children of anger

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Movie
German title Children of anger
Original title Children of the Corn
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1984
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Fritz Kiersch
script George Goldsmith
production Donald P. Borchers
Terence Kirby
music Jonathan Elias
camera Raoul Lomas
cut Harry Keramidas
occupation

Kinder des Zorns (Original title Children of the Corn ) is an American horror film that was released in 1984. The film is based on the short story Children of the Corn ( Children of the Corn ) by Stephen King , which in 1977 for the first time in the penthouse was posted later date. a. appeared in the Night Shift collection . The film resulted in eight sequels. A remake as a television production followed in 2009 .

action

The young couple Burt and Vicky are driving their car somewhere in the vastness of Nebraska when they suddenly run over a boy. However, this one was already thrown dead on the street. They pack the body in the trunk and want to take it to the nearest town to hand it over to the authorities. You arrive at Gatlin, an apparently completely deserted city. Both discover that all of the adult residents were killed by the children following a bloody cult.

Led by Isaac and his right-hand man, Malachai, the children kill any adults who come too close to the city. Each of the community must sacrifice themselves on their nineteenth birthday to the demon "He who walks behind the ranks", which is, however, referred to as "going to him". The siblings Job and Sarah are among the few children who have not yet succumbed to the mass madness. Sarah has " the sight "; she sees the future and paints it in pictures. Since this helps Isaac recognize danger, he lets the two of them play and listen to music in peace, which is normally forbidden.

Burt and Vicky find the two children and gain their trust. Shortly thereafter, Vicky is kidnapped and taken to the corn field to be sacrificed. However, Burt manages to free Vicky. Malachai has meanwhile taken power and brought Isaac to one of the crosses as a sacrifice, as he considers him “too weak” as a leader. “He who goes behind the rows” gets Isaac, who in turn briefly returns after a while to bring Malachai “to him” as well.

Burt and Vicky flee to a barn with Job and Sarah and a few other younger children to protect themselves from the upcoming storm. Job has a page from the Bible that highlights a passage from Revelation. It says here that you can defeat the demon with fire. Burt and Job manage to soak the cornfield with kerosene and set it on fire, which ultimately destroys "him who walks behind the rows".

The film ends with Burt and Vicky going on to Seattle and wanting to have the two children for a week.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a "horror film that strung together barbarism and gross thrills in the cloak of a study of sectarianism and youthful seduction."

Cinema magazine wrote that the film, known as "B-Horror", was "totally unsuccessful horror trash".

Awards

Fritz Kiersch received a prize from the Festival International du Film Fantastique, de Science-Fiction et Thriller de Bruxelles in 1984 and was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in 1985. Robby Kiger and Anne Marie McEvoy were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1985.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Sioux City and a few other locations in Iowa as well as California (some street scenes). Its production amounted to an estimated 3 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 14.6 million in US cinemas.

The film was unindexed in May 2017. After a re-examination by the FSK, the unabridged version was released from the age of 16.

Almost all of the sequels were released directly on video or DVD, only the second part grossed almost 7 million US dollars in cinemas in the USA.

literature

  • Stephen King: Children of the Corn (Original title: Children of the Corn ). In: night shift. Stories from the "master of horror". (Original title: Night Shift ). Full paperback edition. Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, 447 pages, ISBN 978-3-404-77173-8 or ISBN 3-404-77173-7 .
  • The great Stephen King movie book. Carrie, Shining, Cujo, Dead zone, Talisman, Kinder des Zorns, Cat's eye, The incredibly crazy witching hour, Fire Devil, Burning Must Salem, Trucks, Silver bullet. Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1986, 283 pages, ISBN 3-404-28144-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Children of Anger . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ imdb.com , accessed March 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Children of Wrath. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Cinema , accessed October 21, 2008.
  5. ^ Filming locations for Children of the Corn , accessed October 21, 2008
  6. ↑ Box office / business for Children of the Corn , accessed October 21, 2008
  7. ↑ Kinder des Zorns - FSK is examining the unabridged version , accessed on May 23, 2017
  8. ↑ Box office / business for Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice , accessed October 21, 2008
Films and TV series based on works by Stephen King are based
Movies

Carrie - Des Satan's Youngest Daughter (1976) • Burning Must Salem (1979) • Shining (1980) • Cujo (1983) • Dead Zone (1983) • Christine (1983) • Children of Wrath (1984) • The Fire Devil (1984) • Devil's Gift (1984) • Werewolf from Tarker Mills (1985) • Cat's Eye (1985) • Stand by Me - The Secret of a Summer (1986) • Rhea M - It Started Without Warning (1986) • Running Man (1987) • Stuffed Animal Cemetery (1989) • Tales from the Shadow World (1990) • Night Shift (1990) • Misery (1990) • Stephen King's It (1990) • Sometimes They Come Back (1991) • Stuffed Animal Cemetery II ( 1992) • Children of Wrath 2 - Deadly Harvest (1992) • The Lawnmower Man (1992) • Sleepwalker (1992) • Tommyknockers (1993) • Stephen Kings Stark (1993) • In a Small Town (1993) • The Condemned (1994) • Stephen King's The Stand (1994) • Children of Wrath 3 - The Chicago Massacre (1995) • The Langoliers (1995) • Dolores (1995) • The Mangler (199 5) • Thinner (1996) • Children of Wrath IV - Murderous Cult (1996) • Sometimes They Come Again II (1996) • Stephen King's Quicksilver Highway (1997) • Trucks - Out of Control (1997) • Quicksilver Highway (1997) • The Shining (1997) • Stephen King's The Night Flier (1997) • The Model Student (1998) • Children of Wrath 5 - Field of Terror (1998) • Children of Wrath 6 - Isaac's Return (1999) • The Storm of the Century (1999) • The Green Mile (1999) • The Mangler 2 (2001) • Hearts in Atlantis (2001) • Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) • Fire Devil - The Return (2002) • Carrie (2002) • Stephen King's House of Doom (2002) • Dreamcatcher (2003) • Salem's Lot - Burning Must Salem (2004) • The Secret Window (2004) • Riding the Bullet (2004) • Desperation (2006) • Room 1408 (2007) • The Nebel (2007) • Dolan's Cadillac (2009) • Children of the Corn (2009) • Everything's Eventual (2009) • Children of Anger: Genesis - The Beginning (2011) • Willa (2013) • Carrie (2013) • Stephen King's a Good Marriage (2014) • Mercy - The Devil Knows No Mercy (2014) • Big Driver (2014) • Willa (short film) (2015) • Pulse (2016) • The Dark Tower (2017) • 1922 (2017 ) • The Game (2017) • It (2017) • The Doctor's Case (2018) • Mute (2018) • Cemetery of Stuffed Animals (2019) • It Chapter 2 (2019) • In the Tall Grass (2019) • Doctor Sleeps Awakening ( 2019)

TV Shows

Kingdom Hospital (2004) • Salem's Lot (2004) • Stephen King's Nightmares (2006) • Haven (2010–2015) • Stephen King's Bag of Bones (2011) • Under the Dome (2013–2015) • 11.22. 63 - The Attack (2016) • The Fog (2017) • Mr. Mercedes (2017) • Castle Rock (2018)