Children of the Corn (2023)

This is something like the tenth film in this – very fragmented – franchise and easily the best attempt at a reboot in years. There have been so many clunkers in this series that it’s hard to even give them a chance any more.

What works here is Kate Moyer as Eden. She’s about 12 years old and gives an amazing and often hilarious over the top performance – If her acting ability is anything to go by, this kid is going places!

As the main character, Elena Kampouris as “Bo” is far too serious and dull, no disrespect to Elena, she’s well able to act, it’s just a very bland and by the numbers character.

There have been negative reviews for this film and to be fair, there isn’t really much you can do with this story to begin with that hasn’t been done to death but again, luckily this story is elevated by Eden and the nutty pastor and a slightly better story than usual (It’s nice to have a bit of a plot in this series for a change). I wasn’t expecting to like this but I must admit, I really did – I do think though, it could have done without some of the gorier bits but they were augmented by some insane and fun acting so I can excuse that small gripe, especially in a franchise I would have happily buried along with the corn a very long time ago.