After she becomes stranded in a small town, a young woman (Jaimie Alexander) discovers her arrival there was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher and that she is an integral part of his impending - and terrifying - rebirth.C'mon. Seriously? Somebody driving alone has car trouble and happens upon a small town full of evil? Again? How many times has this happened in horror movie history? I'd dare guess it's over 10,000. And guess what... the perverted looking gas monkey can't get the part she needs until the next day. People, keep those cars in working order and buy a GPS and these horror movies might cease to exist. I'd hope the popularity of cell phones would also knock off some of these "isolated hick town" horror films, but everyone just seems to stare at their phone and say "no signal!" and presto... horror begins. Ironically enough, Jaimie Alexander was also in Rest Stop, which is yet another "help me I'm isolated without a cell phone" movie.
But anyway... moving right along. This movie ends up being one of those "chase films", where the townsfolk spew biblical passages (ohhhh creepy) and try to catch the girl time after time. Lots of running, hiding and pursuing. There is a scarecrow guy stalking around the cornfield, but he just didn't strike much fear into me really. I mean he's made of straw, seems like a match would have solved a lot of her problems.
The setting of the cornfield for scenes is pretty good though, sort of like the classic Children of the Corn. But that's about all the good I can find to say about this film I guess. Bad acting, characters acting irrational, stupid plot, an ending out of nowhere, little or no scares at all, corn vines (yes, vines of corn I think) restrain someone and a women smothers a man to death with a pillow. I'm not kidding. She also promises to protect a little girl, then leaves her moments later.
Bad.
2/10
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