7/10
Better than it should be
9 October 2018
Searching for her grandmother, a young woman arrives in a small-town only to find her missing and sets out with some locals to find out what happened, eventually finding that she was heavily involved in a fanatical cult that has come back taking revenge for the past, forcing her to race to stop them.

This here wasn't that bad at all and actually had some good stuff to it. One of the biggest pluses is the film's collection of rather impressive and freaky confrontations sequences with the kids throughout. These here provide the film with some solid action throughout here, as the first big one is the attack on the one victim in the bathtub, which is great with the corn-stalks appearing through the bubbles shooting out and wrap around the clueless victim. This is in itself an impressive visual but with the added bonus of supplying nudity and a fun-looking kill as well really starts this off on a fun note, leading into the quick flash-cut visions out in the cornfields which are a lot of fun The big one is the main dream sequence where the whole backstory is spelled out quite nicely, from the events that show what happened to the grandmother to the somewhat suspenseful chase up the twisting, darkened stairway that leads to a very creepy denouement reveal, it's all a very fun scene and definitely gets the most out of these types of scenes. With the resolution of the burning stoves and the last-ditch effort by the possessed corn-stalks coming into play quite nicely, these here are all incredibly fun scenes that make the finale really blow right by and feel like a fun film. That it's always hard to tell what's featured during them is another factor, and the glimpses offered aren't that bad at all and some are downright freaky, most notably a scene of them taking out a victim through the goggles of a night-vision camera dropped in the attack. Armed with some good kills in here, these here make the film watchable as there wasn't a whole lot of stuff here that didn't work. One of the main flaws was the film's constant child's laughter playing throughout the whole film. It got off as a rather nice tactic that makes the children appear as constant forces within the town, only as time went on it grew irritating to hear the exact same thing playing in the background of nearly every scene within the apartment complex and wore out it's welcome quite early. The very boring beginning doesn't help all that much, as this one just spends a large amount of time just showing her walking around the apartments meeting everyone and trying to get the information needed, but it's just not that interesting the way it plays out since it just consists of her meeting up with people who have no impact in the story and then going on to someone else to get the same thing. Rather than trying to make it seem like it's a conspiracy at work, it just drags the beginning out and could've been done in a recap or montage effort since most serve no purpose. The last flaw is the question regarding the confusion over who the priest character is. It's not explained at all who he is, what his connection is, and the only amount of information gathered is that he's here to warn her, despite this coming at the end of the film and his unspoken presence seen throughout. It's quite confusing, but these are the film's only flaws.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity.
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