Arrow Video, with
domestic sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group,
will be bringing a new Blu-ray edition — a 2K restoration from the original
negative — of director Fritz Kiersch’s surprise 1984 horror hit adaptation of
Stephen King’s 1977 short story, Children of the Corn, to market on
Sept. 19.
If you love haunted house
thrillers, then Children of the Corn takes it one step further with a “haunted
town” tale! Gatlin, Nebraska is that
town and that’s where Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) find
themselves, with the dead body of a throat-slit boy in the trunk of their
car.
The two are on their way
to California — needing time off to patch up their struggling marriage — but
once in Gatlin they discover that there is no way out. The creepy little kids have killed off all
of the adults and they now worship “He Who Walks Behind the Rows,” who demands
that no one who reaches the ripe old of age of 19 can live. Burt and Vicky are well passed that
threshold, so we know what fate awaits them if they cannot find their way out
of Gatlin!
Bonus goodies include two
commentary options. The first is a
vintage commentary track featuring filmmaker Fritz Kiersch (Tuff
Turf, The Stranger), producer Terrence Kirby and actors John Franklin
(as the evil Issac) and Courtney Gains (Malachi) and the second is a newly
minted one featuring John Sullivan of the web site
“childrenofthecornmovie.com,” who is joined by writer, director, actor and
producer Justin Beahm (check out his web site at justinbeahm.com).
Other bonus nuggets
include a video session with Linda Hamilton that is titled “It was the
Eighties!,” and five additional featurettes — “Harvesting Horror: The Making of
Children of the Corn,” “Return to Gatlin,” “Stephen King on a Shoestring,” “Welcome
to Gatlin: The Sights and Sounds of Children of the Corn” and “Feeling Blue.”
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