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Is ‘Children of the Corn’ Secretly Shooting, Too?! (Exclusive)
Has “He Who Walks Behind the Rows” returned to Gatlin, Nebraska?!
Dimension Films has not been on the right side of news as of late, having lost the rights to the Halloween franchise, delayed the release of Amityville: The Awakening to 2017, and seemingly rushed a new Hellraiser into production.
That’s a trifecta of literal hell, although some of this news is good for us horror fans.
The same goes for what I’m about to tell you: we’re being told exclusively that Dimension is also secretly filming a sequel to Stephen King’s 1984 Children of the Corn.
While we don’t have official confirmation, what we hear is that Joel Soisson has returned to write the followup to his 2011 Children of the Corn: Genesis, which followed a young couple who tries to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results. Barbara Nedeljakova, Billy Drago, Kelen Coleman and Tim Rock starred in the sequel that Soisson directed.
A second source tells us that the film is most definitely shooting, only under the direction of John Gulager, the filmmaker behind Feast and Piranha 3D. With that, we put an e-mail in with Gulager to get a firm answer.
Why is this important? Much like Hellraiser: Judgment, this is all about retaining the rights to the franchise. And the timing makes more sense than you think.
If we flash back to 2010, both Hellraiser: Revelations and Children of the Corn: Genesis were rushed into production, with a light theatrical release in 2011 concocted to keep both franchises in Dimension’s back pocket.
The confirmation of a new Hellraiser basically gives serious weight to this story and the return of “He Who Walks Behind the Rows” in the tenth Children of the Corn.
We’ll update you with any new information.
Updated March 16, 7:36am
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‘Home Bodies’ Image & Poster Introduce Isolated Twins in Sci-Fi Nightmare [Fantasia 2026]
Sci-fi thriller Home Bodies is set to unsettle audiences at the 30th edition of Fantasia, and our exclusive image introduces a peculiar pair of twins at the center.
Home Bodies makes its World Premiere tonight, July 23, at 9:30 PM at Cinéma du Musée in Montreal, with the filmmakers and cast in attendance.
An eerie new poster created by Justin Erickson of Phantom City Creative heralds the film’s premiere.
In the film, “Red and Blue, twins raised in total isolation by an automated house, live according to the rules set by Papa, a disembodied voice behind a locked door who provides food, shelter, entertainment, and order. Their carefully controlled world is disrupted by the arrival of Pal, an enigmatic humanoid stranger whose presence begins to fracture the only life the twins have ever known.”
It’s a premise that calls another Canadian creeper to mind and has us intrigued: Pin.
Emma Ho, Ian Ho, and Ess Hödlmoser star.
Home Bodies is directed and produced by Casey Walker, who returns to Fantasia more than a decade after his horror-comedy A Little Bit Zombie screened at the festival in 2012. He’s since gone on to produce a number of defining Canadian genre films like In a Violent Nature, The Void, and Pyewacket.
“I started my career in Montreal and Fantasia has been part of my life ever since,” said Walker. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to return to where it all started and share Home Bodies on such a special anniversary of the festival.“
Karen Harnisch (Infinity Pool, Sleeping Giant) also produces. Executive producers are Todd Brown (The Raid, Mandy) and Chad Archibald (undertone).
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