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‘Children of the Corn’ Remake Lacks the Gore
For those of you excited for Sci Fi Channel’s remake of Children of the Corn, today the Sci Fi Wire caught up with Kandyse (“Battlestar Galactica”) McClure who plays Dualla in the film written and directed by original producer Donald P. Borchers. Read on for some bits and pieces about her role and to see what type of film she thinks this is.
What hurt the most about the interview was when McClure explained that the remake won’t be that violent (damn TV movies!).
“Well, violent …, I don’t actually think it’s going to be that violent, in terms of what you actually see happening, kind of graphic violence,” she tells Sci Fi Wire. “I think we’re trying for the psychological thriller, for the implied violence. It is pretty gory. I have to say there’s a lot of blood. There’s definitely a lot of blood. But the stuff with the kids is really what creeps me out. It creeped me out watching it on set, and I imagine after they’ve rendered and doctored it and put the music in that it’ll be even more disturbing. But there is a lot of gore. Not so much as the Saws or The Texas Chainsaw Massacres, but for Children of the Corn there was a lot of fake blood on set.”
But there is hope that we’ll see a more violent cut on DVD.
“As far as I know, I think that was the plan. Donald had spoken about a possible overseas theatrical release. So there were certain shots that, yeah, there was the Disney version–the TV version–and the theatrical version of what it was going to be.”
In the remake former Vietnam vet BURT’s marriage to VICKY is on the rocks, but Burt hopes to rekindle their old flame with a second honeymoon driving trip. Unfortunately, their journey takes them into the heart of darkness — a seemingly deserted rural community that conceals a grim secret among its rows of tall corn…
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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