Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
Short description
A tabloid reporter named John Garrett travels with his teenage son Danny to a small Midwestern town, hoping to chase a story in the aftermath of a massacre. The town has taken in the surviving children from nearby Gatlin, and among them a boy called Micah is gathering followers around a cornfield cult. As adults begin disappearing or dying, John digs into what is happening while Danny grows close to a local girl, and the children's movement spreads. The film is a sequel to Children of the Corn.
David Price directed, working from a screenplay by Gilbert Adler and A L Katz, with Scott A. Stone and David G. Stanley producing. Terence Knox plays John Garrett, Paul Scherrer plays Danny, and Ryan Bollman plays Micah, alongside Christie Clark, Rosalind Allen and Ned Romero. The production involved roughly forty credited cast members and forty-six credited crew. It was Price's first feature as director, followed three years later by Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde.
Released in January 1992, the film took in about seven million dollars worldwide. Its ratings are low across the board: on IMDb it holds 4.4 out of 10 from around ten thousand votes, while on TMDB it sits at 4.8 out of 10 from fewer than three hundred. A critics' rating of 4.1 out of 10 from ten reviews places it close to the audience scores, with neither group responding warmly.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was shot in North Carolina. It took only 23 days to film, and the film cost only $800,000. North Carolina was chosen as the filming location due to the lack of labor laws, which allowed children to be kept on set late into the night.
- For the scene of nosebleed, tubes were used to deliver fake blood to the eyeglass frames, but these tubes were bent to make it appear as though the blood was coming from the nose.
- Terence Knox and Rosalind Allen, who played romantic interests, did not actually have feelings for each other. The actress had to be talked into filming an intimate scene with her partner for a long time, and eventually agreed, but only on the condition that the film crew complete it in three takes.
- The town hall building that burned down in the fire was actually a house used for training by the local fire department.
- The scene of Mr. Burke's death was filmed in a house whose owners were about to move, but they were persuaded to postpone their move for a week in order to film the necessary scene.
- The school scenes were filmed in a real school in August. The film crew was allowed to film there on the condition that the building would be renovated and everything broken or damaged during filming would be repaired before the start of the school year.
- To film the tornado shown in the movie, smoke was pumped into a bathtub, then filmed upside down and played back at a reduced speed. The same technique was used in the science fiction film "Independence Day" (Roland Emmerich, 1996).
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