tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post8283276987834007967..comments2024-03-28T03:28:11.926-11:00Comments on Kinemalogue: Cardboard Science: Suffer the childrenHunter Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-18875259127081288362019-10-13T01:07:17.407-11:002019-10-13T01:07:17.407-11:00"Wolf Rilla" is an extraordinary name, a..."Wolf Rilla" is an extraordinary name, and despite him only ever having made one movie of any note, I've never had any trouble remembering his name.<br /><br />I almost watched Children of the Corn last night--I've never seen it--as we were in the mood to see one of the minor Stephen King adaptations instead of The Shining or Carrie for the dozenth time. (Instead, I got my way, and we watched The Dead Zone--also new to me--though I am not 100% sure this was the right call.)<br /><br />I've heard Who Can Kill a Child? from 1976 is good, but I can't verify that.Hunter Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-22150859088465064002019-10-12T04:17:50.650-11:002019-10-12T04:17:50.650-11:00I did like this movie a lot when I watched this mo...I did like this movie a lot when I watched this movie in my American Film Genres class on horror film in college. (Never mind that it's not American, we also watched a bunch of Hammer movies so I'm not sure my professor understood the assignment.)<br /><br />The interesting thing about the children being so iconic is that somehow they've been conflated with the Children of the Corn, a much worse movie that is iconic for almost no reason. The general audience really has trouble parsing them out, it seems.<br /><br />Also, Wolf Rilla sounds like a GREAT movie on the SyFy network.Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399713449347559869noreply@blogger.com