Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- violent
- campy
- late night horror marathon
- 1990s horror sequel night
What critics said
Critics generally found the installment a creditable but far-fetched supernatural chiller with stronger performances and some surprisingly effective gore, undermined by an inept climax.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Gatlin terror follows the brothers into a city foster home and spreads through an abandoned warehouse courtyard.
Eli Porter is established as the evil younger brother and possesses high school students after planting the corn.
The climactic corn creature and its goo-covered attack are described as both chilling and hilariously inept.
The established Gatlin mythology and He Who Walks Behind the Rows are transplanted into an urban foster-family setting.
Films like Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest, and why
Children of the Corn
supernatural horror involving children, religious cult imagery, and escalating rural-to-urban menace
The Good Son
killer-child horror with supernatural forces, disturbing family dynamics, and dark genre excess
The Guardian
urban supernatural horror combining possession, religious dread, and campy creature effects
The Dentist 2
1990s horror sequel marked by heightened violence, adolescent victims, and exaggerated monster spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- James D.R. Hickox
- Release Date
- 1995-09-12
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 4.8 / 10 (235)
Cast
- Daniel Cerny
- Ron Melendez
- Jim Metzler
- Nancy Lee Grahn
- Jon Clair
- Mari Morrow
- Michael Ensign
- Duke Stroud
- Rif Hutton
- Garvin Funches
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest about?
- A pair of orphaned brothers bring Gatlin’s murderous corn cult to the city, forcing one sibling to confront the supernatural evil consuming the other.
- What is Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest as graphic.
- What did critics think of Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest?
- Critics generally found the installment a creditable but far-fetched supernatural chiller with stronger performances and some surprisingly effective gore, undermined by an inept climax.
- Which films are like Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest?
- Films with a similar feel include Children of the Corn, The Good Son, The Guardian, and The Dentist 2.
- How long is Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest?
- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest?
- In United States, Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
