Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror

Plot synopsis:
A group of teenagers become lost in middle America and arrive in Divinity Falls, where forgotten children have taken on the duty of serving "He Who Walks Behind the Rows". The teenagers have less than a week to get out of the town. However, they find that their car is destroyed, and the children are held accountable. Alison, the leader of the teenagers, overhears that the children are the adopted wards of Luke Enright, a madman who considers himself the savior of the children, and the earthly representative of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Upon remembering that her brother is also among them, Alison and the rest decide to go to Enright's farm to discover the truth behind the bizarre cult.
Upon arrival, they are stopped by Ezekial, who could be considered the leader of the children, and he informs them they are on private property and must leave. (In Christianity, Ezekiel is told to have seen wheels of fiery light in the sky.) After a debate, Alison is finally allowed to see Luke. He informs her that her brother is there, and agrees to let her see him, only to be rejected by him for leaving him alone with their abusive father. Jacob informs her that he is engaged to be married to a girl named Lily, and also states that she is pregnant with his child. Meanwhile, the rest of Allison's group are kept outside, where the men are intimidated by a physically-powerful and exceptionally-tall teen named Jared.
Ezekial holds a ceremony for the annual sacrifice to He Who Walks Behind the Rows, which involves a child who has reached 18 years of age to leap into a flaming corn silo where the god is supposed to dwell. Jacob is chosen, but he refuses and tells Ezekiel that his religion is false, angering him. Kir, one of the "outsiders", agrees to become a part of the cult after reading a part of their "Bible" earlier. After Jacob attempts to leave, Kir chooses to take the fateful course, and climbs to the silo and leaps to a fiery demise. The rest of the group wishes to leave the town, but Alison refuses to leave without Jacob. They leave her, and she eventually reads a message Jacob left her in his Bible. It translates to "Help", and she realizes he wants to escape. She enlists the help of the sheriff to stop Luke and Ezekial.
Greg, who has developed a crush on Alison, chooses to go back and help her and the rest decide to go as well. Alison, with the aid of the sheriff and the fire department, attempt to stop the silo and arrest Luke. While trying to extinguish the silo, the flames come alive and kill the two fire fighters and Luke kills the sheriff and apparently himself after his head splits open and a burst of flame shoots through. Ezekial reveals that Luke had been dead for years, and he is the children's true leader. After killing two of the deranged kids, Alison meets her friends, and an all-out battle erupts between them and the kids ending with the deaths of everyone except Alison. Alison eventually finds her brother (captured by Ezekiel for disobeying him), and before dying he tells her how to stop the corn god. Ezekial tries to kill Alison, but after a struggle she sends him falling into the silo to a violent, fiery death. She then dumps fertilizer into the silo, killing the corn god in multiple explosions.
Alison then goes to Lily's house (Jacob's wife). Lily's parents tell Alison that Lily isn't ready to raise a baby because she is a baby herself. Lily tells Alison that it's for the best that she adopts her baby. As the film ends, the baby is seen being comforted by song, as the green-orange light of the silo fire is shown burning in his eyes.

Tags: cult, murder

Review:
Unlike many people who apparently don't like the Children of the Corn sequels, I happen to believe this is the best one of the series, I simply love this film, I think it is a great Slasher flick, not scary, just lots of fun, the cast was atractive,it was well acted, it has several familiar faces and there was MORE  blood and special effects THAN in a lot of recent mainstream movies..
"Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror" is the fifth in the series, and actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be.
This film is about a group of teenage friends who happen to be driving through a small midwestern town that is home to more of the evil child cult.
We had some good cameo appearance by David Carradine, an evil supporter of the cult, and Kane Hodder (who played Jason in some of the "Friday the 13th" films) in a minor role of a local bartender.
I really didn't the movie was that bad though.Overall, this isn't as good as "Part IV: The Gathering" was (in my opinion at least) but it was an alright follow up.
"Children of the Corn 5:Fields of Terror" is actually better than the following entry "Children of the Corn 666".The acting is pretty good and the cameos by Fred Williamson,David Carradine and Kane Hodder are nice to see.The pacing is decent and there's a bit of gore.So if you like slasher/splatter movies give this one a look-I still think that Fritz Kiersch's "Children of the Corn" is the best of the series!My rating:6 out of 10..
This one is the best so far, by far, it actually holds your interest unlike the other films with the exception of part III that holds your interest all the way up to the lamest ending of all times.
There are 4 characters that we concentrate on all the way 'til the end of the movie which has the best ending in the series with more excitment muck like "Children Of The Corn II: The Final Sacrifice" 's ending.
New kid in the cornfield Adam Wylie (as Ezeekial) receives a blast of fire and becomes "Children of the Corn" leader.
The main star is Stacy Galina (as Allison), who has an actual connection to the "Children of the Corn" series in that her brother left home, saying he was going to join "He who walks behind the rows." Leading man is Alexis Arquette (as Greg).
The familiar ending suggests more of the same.**** Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (6/21/98) Ethan Wiley ~ Stacy Galina, Alexis Arquette, Greg Vaughan, Eva Mendes.
The film features a young Eva Mendes' in her first movie.
Mendes follows in the footsteps of Charlize Theron and Naomi Watts.We have some great roles filled by Kane Hodder (as a bartender), Fred Williamson (a sheriff) and David Carradine (a prophet and savior).
I think Stephen King appears as a drunk guy...I am still confused how this series was allowed to carry on for so long, but at least this one is saved by some good cameos and a fine special effects shot of a splitting head with a fireball inside.
Also, little Adam Wylie needs a lot more acting lessons.What this series needs is more titanic battles, more ambivalent leads, more esoteric lore and simply more imagination on the part of the writers (plural).
With the X-Files series running for 5 years now, I think there has been an over-exposure of horror, and what could shock in a movie a decade ago, now is something you're likely to see for free on week night television..
What's worse about this film is the fact the kids now have an adult leader who "cares for them": Luke Enright played by David Carradine.
I like David Carradine fine so that's not my problem - it's just the kids are suppose to have another child leader/prophet and not a *special* adult to supervise - that really takes away from the heart-line of the story.More to rag on: The 4 20-somethings...
This is going way off base again.They also stretched out the ending way to long - I didn't care for it.I will say there are a couple of okay scenes in this one and I did chuckle at the campy deaths (again) and dingy moments of the main characters.3/10.
Four friends end up in a seemingly deserted (and dangerous) town after crashing their car near at cornfield in Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.
Flash forward a year from then, and the little boy Ezekiel(who hasn't aged) is in charge of the other children in town similar to Isaac in the first film, Micah in II, Eli in III and Josiah in IV.
Children of the Corn 5 is a pretty good installment to the film series.
Instead of ending it in the cornfields with the survivor walking away (which usually happens), it takes us a little further in time and concludes the film in an interesting way.
So far ,I have enjoyed the other 4 movies, at the moment 3rd is my favourite.Now I just see Children of The Corn 5 - Fields of Terror (1998)This movie was really dull for me, It had some descent well know actors in this movie, as well,The acting was good!
,there 3 points for thatThe story and the plot was really dull and I can't believe that a Hour went pass and nothing scary actually happened or anything too draw me into the drama .There was only one scenes, had some nice gory deaths and the final showdown was really boring and to quick!The ending was way to cheesy and it did not fit in with the rest of the movie as I did not find the rest of this movie cheesy.2 out of 10 for me this is the worst of the series so far!.
Before I start getting complaints, or at least dumbfounded looks, from people who strongly disagree with my rating, I should explain a number of ways in which I'm biased here:* I'm an easy date when it comes to horror films in general--as long as they're technically competent, they're almost guaranteed a 5 out of 10 from me.
The more horror films the better if you ask me, and never-ending series seem to agree with me.
* I'm a big fan of "B-movie" warhorses like David Carradine and Fred Williamson.And aside from those biases, this isn't at all a bad film, even if it can be a bit predictable.
It's consistent with the Children of the Corn mythos--in so far as the mythos makes sense in general--and also extends it nicely.
Children of the Corn movies can get sooooooooooo annoying, but I didn't mind this one too much.
Stacy Galina, Alexis Arquette, Eva Mendes, Greg Vaughan, Ahmet Zappa, and David Carradine were all pretty good.
I also have seen Eva Mendes in Urban Legends: Final Cut, which is another recommended horror film.
I also enjoyed how they carried over a bit of plot from the original Night Shift story with the pregnant girl Lily and the demonic(Possibly, we'll see in upcoming films) baby.
Having jack all to do with the previous four films (much like part 4 had jack all to do with the previous three), this strictly by-the-numbers slasher film is chock full of idiot 'teenagers' doing moronic things (IE going into cornfields alone, staying at abandoned houses, etceteras) is only notable whatsoever in somehow getting David Carradine, and Kane Hodder involved in this travesty.
Children of the Corn V Fields of Terror: Worst one yet.
This one failed to live up to my already low expectations despite the fact it had the best opening advantage from the start.You see Field Of Terror has a very impressive cast and was Eva Mendes very first movie role.
It also stars Jason Voorhees himself Kane Hodder, acting legend Fred Williamson, Charmed actor Greg Vaughan, auto erotic asphyxiation aficionado David Carradine and late Arquette acting family member Alexis.Its also apparent that the movie had a higher budget, unless of course it was all spent on that roster.It once again tells the story of the evil children controlled by He Who Walks Behind The Rows!
Though this time it gives no explanation how they came to be for the umpteence time.Sadly the plot is really quite poor, the execution is slow and lacking and the whole movie comes across really dull which is one thing I didn't expect.
Maybe the Children of the Corn candle is burning out, this is the fifth movie after all.
It just surprises me that 5 movies in the film gets a solid cast and fails to utilize them.Definetly a weak link.The Good:Interesting cast ensembleArquettes final sceneThe Bad:Really quite boringNaff endingThings I Learnt From This Movie:If the franchise's movies followed on as a proper series they'd have likely been more successfulNobody taught the lead actress to hold babies heads up.
I think the part where Ezekiel kills the man and says "the corn field belongs to us!" is class!
This is the first in the series to approach the material in a more tongue-in-cheek way, which is both a good and bad thing.The good thing; it's refreshing to actually laugh at the jokes rather than at some tacky lines this series is well known for.The bad thing; it's comic angle completely takes away the eeriness, which is kinda the point to Children of the Corn.This is definitely one the least violent in the series, because of its teen-comedy style.
I'm still not too sure how much I like this at the moment (can I accept it not being an eery film as I hoping for, I mean Wiley certainly did an admirable job, he didn't just make a clone, he created something different, but is that its problem?).
No, I think I'll accept it, to a point, but anyway one thing's for sure, it's far superior to the trash that is Children of the Corn IV..
Teenage horror meets the Children of the Corn..
The Children of the Corn-series is by no means a great series but still I never quite understood the extremely low ratings all of the movie received here on IMDb. Surely there are far worse genre series and movies to watch out there, though I also must say that this movie is the least one of the series that I've seen so far.Basically the movie adds too little to the long running series.
There are no real surprises, when you've seen one or more movies out of the series already.
It tries to be more different with its approach and characters this time.Horror movies always have been very popular with teenagers.
It's also the reason why there are lots of movies out there that feature teenage characters in the lead roles.
This Children of the Corn entry also felt to need to step in on this horror movie making trend, by throwing in a couple of high school student characters into the Children of the Corn franchise.
It's all pretty pointless, since it adds so little new or interesting to the franchise and as a matter of fact only brings the movie down even more.Horror-wise this movie is also obviously lacking.
Also Kane Hodder and David Carradine show up in some small roles and also they feel pretty pointless but this is probably also due to the overall story, which just seemed pretty pointless in general.All in all, another really pointless sequel within the Children of the Corn franchise, that really seemed to run out of good ideas pretty early on in the series already.
Children of the Corn V (1998) * 1/2 (out of 4) Fifth film in the series is once again a different direction but that doesn't mean it's going to work.
This leads to a strange home ran by a man named Luke (David Carradine) who is using the children to start a new cult.
In the end, this film offers nothing new or entertaining and its 83-minute running time goes way too slowly..
That is helped by what the earlier in the film, such as the children's actions against them in the cornfields being quite chilling and incredibly well-done to building up the actions of the cult as well as the rather fun scare tactics against them, which includes them toying with the car as well as the scares from the hotel sequences.
This one also has some rather fun sequences with the children running around attacking them, as the opening stalking scene through the cornfields is great, the sequence through the house where they each spy something off in the distance is pretty creepy at times and the different fights amongst the kids out in the fields with a rather fun encounter with a live flaming tower of fire being the most enjoyable and are all the more fun due to the explosions, gunfights, fight- fights and more going through the rest of the scene.
Even later moments, such as the wanting to join a cult based upon reading a Bible-sized book in a couple hours or the basic idea of the cult, sacrificing themselves at the age of eighteen with no exceptions makes very little sense, as does anything else in the film.
The other flaw to this one is the fact that the previous entries in the series had the cult's god as a worm-like creature, which is quite different from what's presented here.
It's certainly not painful to watch like most of the Children of the Corn flicks.
It has a decent plot, decent acting, and actually accomplishes more than a lot of the alleged horror movies of today.I'm no Children of the Corn fan.
This movie had alot more gore than Children of the corn's: 666, and Relavation, and it's alot more entertaining.It is not as scary as the fourth one was.
The leader in this film was different and what annoyed the hell out of him was people coming into corn!I like it in the end when the women is holding a baby , and when it opened it's eyes , here we go again, the corn field is calling!7/10..
This movie is about 4 young adults following some friends to Gatlin so Allison can find her brother.
I dont know why poeple critisis this films,this film was awesome!Im probably the biggest Children Of The Corn Fan there is.Poeple if you dont like them so much then why do you keep renting them when they come out?I know why,its because you do like them your just afraid to admit,because someone might think your crazy.These movies are the best horror films ever made (this one was the best).I cant wait till 6 which comes out on video and DVD on October 19th..
it was a little cheesy,but it was still the best in the series.The actors did very well in this movie.It was one of those predictable B-grade films,but good if u like that kind of horror movie.I just wish this would be the LAST one in the series..
Best of the series!Very good plot,well put together..
That hardly ever happens in horror flicks anymore....or not enough, anyway.I loved ALL the Corn films.
At best, this is a very so-so horror, but by Children of the Corn standards, it's the very top.
Good effects, and some suspense, but mediocre to bad acting, and a terrible plot, not to mention a horrible performance from David Carradine.
In conclusion, this sequel to the long running "Children of the Corn" movies should have stayed on the page..
I've seen all the 'Children Of The Corn' films before this except for  part 3.
I think this group of kids is the most vicious  I've seen in a COTC movie since part 1.
Later on the girl finds her brother and  realizes that hes in danger when he gives her a coded message written  in the corn kids cult book.
In fact after Kira kills herself, the film  starts to get creepy and picks up steam after explaning a few things  before that about the cult and how adults are viewed as corrupters of  children.
Anyway the last 20 minutes has some great fight/chase scenes  and one confusing scene where Ezekiel tells Allison that he put Luke to  good use as their leader and then a flash of light comes from the corn  silo at which Ezekiel turns around to see what the flash was giving our  heroine Allison time to escape shotgu in hand.
The fight scene between Allison and Ezekiel was pretty good.
Ezekiel  using his powers to ressurrect Luke as a puppet to use as the kids  caregiver so as not to arouse any suspicion from the towns people or  the police as to their true intentions was a good plot point added in  by the writers.
Children of the corn actually isn't that bad and even adds back some of the original plot points that made The first three great.The fifth involves a small group of this kids this time who are trying to provide offerings to the corn god by setting traps and killing cross country drivers.The occult book is back even serving a purpose this time and he who walks behind the tiers takes the form of fire.
Oh, and there are some children, who worship some "that who walks behind the clouds" (hahaha, not funny, I know, that's movies joke, not mine), but that's not important in this movie, seriously you could add any slasher horror flick plot here and it would have made as much sense as this one, I enjoyed every movie in these series up to this point, but not this one, sorry, this one isn't COTC, not by a long-shot..
I am reading comments of other people, how cool it was, good plots, good scenes and I am saying to myself - these folks must be pure horror movies lovers.