Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return

Plot synopsis:
Hannah, the first child born of the original Gatlin corn cult, visits the town of Gatlin to find her real mother. On the way, she picks up a street preacher by the name of Zachariah whose car broke down. He tells her about her name, and then vanishes. After crashing into a corn field a lady sheriff suddenly appears and takes Hannah to a hospital in town. Once there, she finds out Isaac was not killed by "He Who Walks Behind The Rows", but instead went into a coma. The hospital appears to be filled with strange patients who speak of a prophecy involving Hannah and Isaac before the scene changes.
After she leaves the hospital and resumes her journey, she is nearly driven off the road by a mysterious truck. After pulling into a strange motel, she almost steps on a dead crow and then is startled by a smiling young boy (Daniel L Nicoletti) who suddenly appeared in a chair next to her car. In the motel office, she meets a pair of romantically-involved teenagers, a girl and her boyfriend, Matt. She then checks into the motel. The next morning as Hannah is leaving the motel, a small crowd gathers around her car, fascinated by her. Meanwhile, the scene changes and it is revealed that Isaac has awakened from his long 19 year sleep (in which He Who Walks Behind the Rows left him in at the end of the first film) and that he has a son. Hannah returns to the hospital where she begins having visions in the empty hallway before Gabriel appears behind her. He shows her to the record-room so she can look for her birth-certificate. While they're in the dark, she is almost killed when Jake tries to split her head open with an axe. Gabriel leaves Hannah alone to take Jake back to his room. While alone, Hannah finds a scythe pinning what she thinks is her birth-certificate into the wall.
In the middle of the night, a strange woman tries to touch Hannah while she is lying in bed, but leaves once she realizes Hannah is awake. Hannah recognizes her truck as the one that drove her off the road. She follows the truck until dawn into the middle of the corn-field, but before she can follow the person she runs into Jesse: another strange teenager carrying a machete. He tells her the owner of the truck is Rachel Colby, the same name on the birth-certificate. In her motel-room, Hannah discovers the words "GET OUT OR DIE!" written in what appears to be blood in the shower. Back at the church, Rachel confronts Isaac. It is revealed that Rachel is the wife of Amos (Children of the Corn) and she believes her daughter to be dead. When she leaves, Isaac tells how she will be punished for her betrayal. Rachel later talks with Dr. Michaels, who just wants to move on beyond the ideas of cults and sacrifices. He tells Rachel to do whatever she needs to do to try to stop Isaac.
Dr. Michaels comes back to the hospital, he finds Jake has clogged the sink and caused water to go all over the floor and is now muttering mindlessly on his knees. Isaac steps out of the shadows, displaying supernatural power. Michaels stands, unafraid of him, warning him to leave Hannah alone, exposing himself as the one who took Hannah away from the town. Isaac pulls a sparking electric cord from the wall and drops it on the wet floor, electrocuting Michaels. Later, Isaac approaches the son, who is revealed to be Matt. He is proud in the belief that his son will carry on his legacy. Matt, though, seems less than enthusiastic. While Gabriel talks with Isaac in the cornfield, Hannah is meanwhile driven off the road again, this time by a drunken Matt. After she yells at him, he hands her a shovel and tells her he is a descendant of Isaac and for her to trace her lineage. Hannah begins digging up the grave of Baby Colby, Rachel's apparently dead child. As she digs, the bloody dead body falls right above her head hanging from a tree; however, this turns out to be only an illusion. Rachel is in the graveyard with her and warns her that there's no going back if she continues. Hannah then says she'll only leave if Rachel tells her the truth. Rachel denies her this, calling it "repulsive". As Hannah prepares to open the casket, a desperate Rachel tells her the prophecy: "The firstborn daughter of the children will return on the eve of her nineteenth-birthday to find out who she is and He-Who-Walks-Behind-The-Rows will awaken".
Hannah opens the casket to see it is empty and Rachel knew Hannah was her child and wasn't dead. She tells a distraught Hannah that Isaac wants Hannah to make a new, "pure" race. Hannah accuses her of insanity and runs away. In the corn-fields, all of the cult has gathered to celebrate as Matt is branded as the first of the chosen. While Hannah is walking through the corn-fields that night, she is surrounded by children, one of whom injects her with a sedative. Hannah wakes up surrounded by the cult-members and a blazing bonfire. They place a crown of corn-husks on her head and brand her hand like they did Matt. They begin to perform a union-ceremony between her and Matt, but Hannah escapes. They try to catch her, activating the irrigation-system and driving motorcycles through the fields. Rachel appears before the cult-members, claiming Isaac is a fraud. In the fields, Matt's girlfriend attempts to help Hannah escape, because she wants to be with Matt. They are soon cornered by the cult-members who capture them. It turns out that Gabriel was on the bike Hannah was put on and takes her out of the cornfields. Matt's girlfriend, though, isn't so lucky and Isaac orders Matt to kill her. Matt refuses and Isaac, cursing his son, splits her in half with Jesse's blade. With that, Matt runs into the corn-field.
Gabriel tends Hannah's wounds in a barn, helps her bathe and kisses her. They begin to have intercourse at the exact moment the clock strikes twelve. Matt then soon appears in the barn, Hannah asks about her mother and, after not receiving any answer, leaves to look for her. While in the barn, Gabriel shows Matt his collection of all of the farming tools of the original children and promises that Matt will be with his girlfriend. He leaves the barn with Hannah and Matt impales himself on a scythe. In the hospital, Rachel is being held in the basement and Hannah is being led to her by visions of her being beaten by Cora. In the hallway she meets Jake, who warns her of "a false-prophet, sheep’s-clothing, raving-wolves!" while Gabriel kills Jesse with his supernatural-power. Hannah now confronts Isaac, who now believes himself to be 'He-Who-Walks-Behind-The-Rows' and has gone mad with power. Gabriel storms down the halls of the hospital and, when Cora tries to shoot him, with a flick of his wrist and the word 'bang', has her kill herself. He then confronts Isaac and exposes that he was the firstborn child of the children and that Isaac denied him his birthright in favor of his own son.
Gabriel tells Hannah to kill Isaac, but listening to her mother, Hannah does not. Gabriel goes on to explain how everything that has happened has gone according to his plan. He then levitates Isaac with his power and reveals himself to be 'He-Who-Walks-Behind-The-Rows". He restrains Isaac to the ground and stabs him with the broken end of a lead pipe. Rachel stabs Gabriel, then she and Hannah flee from the hospital. Gabriel, though, is healed almost instantly and begins to set off explosions which kill Jake. Rachel and Hannah are then seen walking down the road, with Hannah now pregnant with the child of 'He-Who-Walks-Behind-The-Rows'.

Tags: cult, murder

Review:
What follows is an incoherent mess including the return of Isaac from a 19 year long coma, a "prophecy" foretelling a breed of new "killer kids" coming from our lead character Hannah and Isaac's firstborn son, and a case of mistaken identity resulting in the definitive answer of the question who is "he who walks behind the rows?".
Fans of serious cinema would not have rented this movie due to the title alone (try to tell your significant other that we are going to enjoy CHILDREN OF THE CORN 666: ISAAC'S RETURN tonight).
Children of the Corn 666 Isaac's Return: Potential squandered.
Sadly Isaac returns into a mess of a film with a terrible cliched concept, an outstandingly dull pace and a film that contributes nothing to the series at all.Credit where credit is due it does have a great twist and the final scene is great, but then immediatly ruins it by having a poor finale to that.Starring the excellent Stacy Keach Isaac's Return should have been great but poor writing killed it stone dead.The Good:Decent twistThe return of Isaac and same actor is greatThe Bad:Very boringDisapointing endingThings I Learnt From This Movie:Calling a sixth movie 666 is tacky when it has nothing to do with the source materialI thought "He who walks behind the rows would be taller.
When I rented Children of The Corn 666, I wanted to see a very bad movie...but, surprisingly, the atmosphere was pretty scary and mysterious, and some actors were fine...creepy, isn't it?
This sixth edition has all of the right elements--- especially for a movie made with no budget--- great cast, good scares and a wonderful twist ending.
Amongst all this Hannah manages to find love in the form of a young man who comes to visit Gatlin with his reporter father and gets involved with the children.
Plagued by disturbing nightmares, a young woman returns to her hometown in Gatlin, Nebraska and learns that the town are all disciples of a fanatical cult leader behind her visions that have been intended to get her to fulfill a prophecy and tries to stop it from happening.There was some good stuff to this one when it tried to.
The mystery here almost feels like a back-story during the segment it's supposed to be the main focus as it spends most of the time intermingling the search with the townspeople meet-and-greet which makes the beginning play out really slowly and not that interesting.
The film should be called ADULTS of the corn: Isaacs return.
I read Children of the Corn, and subsequently, watched the original movie.
I was fearful to give Children of the Corn another chance after watching the story butchered, but I was intrigued by 666, which includes John Franklin, the star, Isaac, of the original film.
I know that the 2-5 sequels get off track as far as the original 'Corn' story, but 666 was right back on the basics of the story, from the creepy Isaac himself, to prophecies, to God. There is gore, of course, but you expect it and unless you have a weak stomach, it's not bad.
I enjoyed the acting, especially Franklin, who reinvented my view of Isaac - I actually was liking the boy by the end of the movie!
"Children of the Corn" was just another flaky horror series that was ruined by excessive sequel overkill.
The "Children of the Corn" series should have ended after the first movie, which was actually worth watching.
Movies like this are made for people who have nothing else better to do than rent "Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return" at 3 in the morning.
I would watch him, but I think these movies are stupid and am not going to waste my time with all of them.The fact that I'm doing most of them is good enough.
This movie features the talk of a prophecy of a girl who needs to make more children of the corn with Isaac's son.
"Children of the Corn" series has to be one of the worst and most repetitive series ever made.Really it just the same old boring crap again!Admittedly the original was pretty atmospheric and creepy,and next two parts were decent enough to watch them once,but the rest of this series sucks!Here we have the sixth installment which is so dull and boring that I was asking myself:why did I even bother watching such trash?Almost no gore,just a lot of stupid fake scares and truly bad acting.Definitely one to avoid!.
Many years ago, I saw a couple of 'Children of the Corn' movies, but I am not a fan or a follower of this series.
I have just watched 'Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return' on VHS and I have not understood the story.
I do not recommend this movie for anybody but those who follows the sequels of 'Children of the Corn'.
I mean, if you watch the first Children of the Corn and then watch this one, you wouldn't even know there were 4 other movies.
But, at this point, I suspect the budget was so low they could barely afford craft services.The trivia on IMDb says that John Franklin is the only actor to appear in more than one "Children of the Corn" movie.
Children Of The Corn 666 Isaacs ReturnThis movie started of really spooky, I really enjoyed that scenes, Main lead, her voice is very annoying and with Isaacs Return and his voice, sound likes cat nails on blackboard.I found This movie was slightly better then the 5 movie.It did not have much gore it in, but it was some-what entertaining and movie can be really confusing at times and also liked the twist at end.Acting was not great but it was watchable, still I could not connect to any of them as, i Just found them really annoying.This one is worth watching!
I've watched all of the Children of the Corn films leading up to this one and enjoyed them all on different levels.
Children of the Corn 666 is a great movie.
It was not as great as the first Children of the Corn, but none the less it's a cool movie.
I think that it's cool the way they brought Isaac back for one last time, after all, Isaac was the main character in the first children of the Corn movie, that's what caught my eye and made me want to watch it.
Okay, this chick is finding her birthparent who she learns was an original member of the religious cult in Nebraska led by a bunch of kids who worship some Corn god called "he who walks blah blah" you know its name.
I have to admit good acting, okay script, messed up plot I give Children of the Corn 666 ** out of **** (2 out of 4 for those who can't read "star").
Isaac hadDIED in the first Children of the Corn, then was sent back by He WhoWalks Behind The Rows to kill Malachai (that's the correct spelling ofhis name) and bring Malachai back with him.
- the town not looking thesame, the corn being bright green instead of yellow-green and nearlydead like in the original, the story not following like it should, thefact that He Who Walks Behind The Rows turns out to be some idiotboyfriend, etc.) More than all others, this film was a COMPLETE waste of time.
quite a good movie actually - a horror film that doesn't use gore to create the suspense.
It makes me sad that this has such a low rating since it is really an artful film that managed to scare me - - - and i've seen a LOT of horror movies - the only sad thing is that it does leave a lot of questions open in the end and you sort of get the feeling the that evil has won - but can't say anything for sure.I can only hope for a sequel that completes this plot.
I do admit, the Children Of The Corn series does get old and boring, yet they still keep making the movies, trying to bring the movies back to life.
The story was okay, but Children Of The Corn: Revelation which has come after this one had the same storyline, only the woman in this one was searching for her grandmother in a small town.
Children of the Corn 666 (1999) ** (out of 4)The sixth film in the series is a mildly entertaining if rather needless direct sequel to the first film.
Once there she awakens Isaac (John Franklin), the original film's leader of the children.
If you've seen the original film then you know it's impossible for Issac to be in a coma here let alone have the possibility of coming back to life but this is a horror series so you'll just have to put that out of your mind.
I thought the first half of this movie was rather slow without too many good things going on but the final half really picks up and makes for a mildly interesting film.
But still if you like horror movie you should see this film..
Checked out by heavy-smoking doctor Stacy Keach (as Michaels), Ramsey discovers original "Children of the Corn" star John Franklin (as Isaac Chroner) is a comatose patient in the hospital.
By now, someone should have tried to tie these films together; they are confusing and inconsistent...With clocks, corridors and camera angles, director Kari Skogland and his crew do give it some style, though.**** Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (10/19/99) Kari Skogland ~ Natalie Ramsey, Paul Popowich, John Franklin, Nancy Allen.
I think it's a bit stupid of me to have watched the first Children Of The Corn, no others.
I'm not very good at writing reviews, but i used to love the Children Of The Corn movies so thought i'd do a quick review on this one.
The Children of the Corn-series is one of the rare series to feature all new different characters in all of its movies.
"Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return" is the only exception to this, since it again features John Franklin, who also starred in the first movie, made 15 years earlier.Guess that John Franklin needed the money or the attention, since he also is the one that actually wrote the story for this movie.
Basically all of the Children of the Corn sequels are pointless, this one included, since they add very little to this very average horror-series, originally written by Stephen King.I like the movie for providing it with a more modern look and feel to it.
One other thing I didn't like was the fact Isaac was in a coma for 19 years...then barely has time to acknowledge himself, and just dies at the end.
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (CotC6) probably has the best cinematography, best editing, some of the best effects, and some of the creepiest scenes of any CotC film to this point, but the script is a complete mess and helmer Kari Skogland does not seem to be very skilled at directing actors.For at least the first 10-15 minutes of CotC6, I was prepared to give it at least a 9.
Hannah (Natalie Ramsey) is driving to the town of Gatlin, Nebraska--the setting of the first film--and gives a ride to what turns out to be a disturbing ghost.
The plot brings back Isaac (John Franklin) from the first film, with Hannah playing a major role in a "He Who Walks Behind the Rows"-religion prophecy.
Well, I know that this is out of order with the Children of the Corn series, but unfortunately, this is the only sequel that Hollywood Video had, so I'll just have to deal.
Well, I almost killed myself watching this movie.Basically, a girl, Hannah, is going to the town of Gaitlin to find her long lost mother who she's been told is dead, but she doesn't believe so.
It turns out that her mother was a cult member and Hannah has woke up Isaac out of his deep coma, she is destined to be with Isaac's son and have the child who will help his prophecy come true.
But there is another demon in town who wishes to over throw Isaac's plans and leave the door open at the end for another sequel that will probably never be made.Let's face it, this was a pretty bad movie and extremely corny, it was over acted and the story was just insulting my intelligence.
This time around in the "Children of the Corn" series, a woman named Hannah is driving to a Midwestern town all by herself.
After arriving to the town though, Hannah becomes part of a chain of events concerning the cult of children, and this time Isaac (from the original film) returns to fulfill a prophecy after being awoken from a coma by the presence of Hannah.I know this film was supposed to be the "sequel to end them all" because of Isaac's return (which was apparently anticipated by die-hard fans of the series, which I am not), but this movie failed for me.
It was more like "Children of the Corn: All Grown Up" because the cult members were all 30-something years at least, including Isaac himself.
This movie wasn't as good as I thought it would be, I thought since Isaac was coming back the series would get back on track.
It seems that in the first COTC, Issac after being brought back to kill Malachi was put into a coma by He Who Walks Behind the rows and was to be awakened 19 years later to fulfill a sisnister prophecy.
After Hannah sees Isaac wake up, she leaves the room running into Gabriel who seems like the only normal person in the town but all is not what it seems to be as far as Gabriel is concerned.
Which is why his son in this film is now 19 and Isaac was in a 19 year coma.
Anyway, all in all "Isaac's Return" is a good film that holds your interest with performances, surroundings, and story, rather than gore and blood like the previous 5 films before it..
John Franklin reprises his role as the original "Giver of his word" the malicious Isaac Chroner in this 6th installment of the Children of the Corn Series.
I loved this film because up until this fans had to speculate on what had happened to the first 'children' in Gatlin.
Ever since the first film Isaac has been in a coma for 19 years.
He kills Isaac and Hannah and her mother are about to leave when Gaberiel confronts them.
She meets a boy who takes an instant interest in her as it was foretold they will conceive the promised child.This film was quite good despite the multiple plot holes within the script like adults are permitted inside the cult, they were taken to a new town in the sequel and Isaac didn't die but hung on in a coma.What makes the ending fall flat is it makes you believe a new breed of killer mutants will come forth, but Issac's first born is a case of mistaken omens which leaves you confused rather or not if they succeeded.It does drag a tiny bit unlike the other films as Hannah plays detective for evidence to who her mother is and the people that stalk her.
"He Who Walks Behind The Rows" killing Isaac in the end - that just blows.And the idea of Hannah Montana being the only one to save them from Isaac throughout the film (until the ending) really stinks.
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return.
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return.
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return.
It is there that we see Isaac, the little preacher boy from the original Children of the Corn.
Majority of the film is spent showing Isaac building up the next generation of brainwashed children and teens, including his own son Matt, to carry out "he who walks behinds the rows" prophecy.
The threat in this film for Hannah is a group of brainwashed teenagers and not-so-young Isaac who believe that he is "he who walks behind the rows".
***SPOILERS*** The 6th out of 7 movies about the children of the corn with more on the way has to do with Hannah Martin, Natalie Ramsey, going back to Gatlin to find her birth mother whom she was told died in childbirth.
That's the same age that her father Amos was sacrificed to the "One who walks behind the Rows" by the children of the corn's whacked out leader Isaac, John Franklin.At Gatlin Hannah finds out it had became a ghost town with even the children of the corn not that much interested in the fall corn harvest and annual human sacrifice.
It's then that Isaac who was supposedly killed in the original children of the corn movie and has been in a self induced coma ever since had like in the story of "Sleeping Beauty", without even being kissed by the handsome prince or princess, come alive to continue the work that he started some 15 years ago.***SPOILERS*** About the best thing in the movie is that we and Hannah finally get to see just who this mysterious "One who walks behind the Rows" really is to the shock of the children, now teenagers, of the corn's leader Isaac.
Isaac has been trying to get the children of the corn to believe that he was in tight with the "One who walks behind the Rows" as him being his spokesman or messenger on earth!
That since even before he was beaten into a coma by the children of the corn 15 years ago by him failing to deliver on his promises!This made me wonder why would the very people who did Isaac in back then fell for his same line of BS now knowing full well just how full of it he really is!