Nerds That Geek Movie Review – ‘Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice’

Written by Scott Edwards

​While most reporters are looking for the truth, there are those who have been loving how much traffic they can get from fake news. While Fake News is nothing new, you still see it at every checkout lane at the grocery store, social media has expanded its existence. Being able to write anything and posting it online for the world to read, it is hard to know what real news is anymore and while many people can figure it out, there are those who take everything that is written as fact. This is a pretty frightening thing, since there are only a handful of sites that really report the news that should be trusted and the others are just trying to get their click count up for the year.
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Finding out what happened in Gatlin, the authorities have moved in and are ready to take care of the kids who have been found hiding in the corn. Not knowing the extent of what he is getting himself into, trash mag reporter John Garrett is heading into town to figure it out. Arriving after all of the main reporters have left, he is certain that he will be able to get the story he is looking for to get him back on top, but as everyone is trying to keep their lips sealed, it may be more difficult than expected.

Meeting Angela and her new foster child Micah while trying to get the lay of the land, John has been able to find a place to lay his head for a couple nights with his son Danny. While the two do not have the strongest relationship, Danny is laying into his father in especially hard fashion over why he is on the trip with him. Needing time to get his mind straight and get answers to what happened in the adjoining town, John tries to get his son to keep quiet, but when that does not work, he allows Danny to find his way home. But there is a problem with that as Danny quickly finds out when it is discovered that daily busses do not run through the farming community. Looking for a way out, Danny finds something better as he spots Lacey riding her bike and she gives him some encouraging words.

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As night moves in, the Gatlin children meet in the corn field and are ready to appease He Who Walks Behind the Rows once again. With a new set of adults who are taking advantage of the land and crops, blood must be offered, but there is no leader as Issac has fallen. Trying to find the rest of the kids, Micah is taken by He Who Walks Behind the Rows and given a new vision of what the next steps will be. Securing his position as the leader, all of the other children file in behind him as he is much more powerful than his predecessor. As his power continues to grow, Micah gives the towns folk a little show in church, but that is just the beginning of his wrath.
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While trying to get to the bottom of what happened in Gatlin, John makes his way into the abandoned school and finds pictures of the mutilation that occurred, before it occurred. Meeting a stranger, Frank Redbear who seems to have some sort of answers, John is more than willing to listen, as long as it gets him the story. Listening to the stories about the ancients and what the land had in store for them, John finds out that there is a protector of the land that might be looking to take revenge. But that is only the beginning of what is happening in the town as adults start getting killed left and right by their new children and their leader who stays in the shadows.

Interesting follow up to the original, and even though it had some funny moments, it made sure to deliver its message… adults are evil. While the town slowly brings the surviving children in to keep them safe, the adults instantly become targets of those they try to protect. It seems like a cycle that will never end, as long as He Who Walks Behind the Rows is still being left to do his own thing. I liked how the story took a turn for the normal as greed was highlighted as well, I did not see that coming, the same as John and Frank. Overall, not a bad follow up with creepy kids, killer corn stalks, wooden voodoo dolls, a town that does not fornicate and a love story for the ages. After watching this, I am reminded that corn fields are not a safe place to play in, since you never know what evils can be hiding inside. Stay Scared.

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