Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- foreboding
- visceral
- late night horror marathon
- franchise sequel night
What critics said
Critics generally found it competently made and occasionally creepy, while judging its derivative plotting, predictable scares, and limited atmosphere more substantial than its strengths.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The children's shared fever and convulsions initiate the central transformation and murderous outbreak.
The sheriff, barn, preacher, and corn-associated mythology place the violence within an isolated agricultural town.
Grace investigates the children's transformation while trying to protect her altered younger sister Margaret.
The story revives the series leader and rural setting while introducing a supernatural sickness tied to an older crime.
Films like Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering, and why
Children of the Corn
supernatural rural horror, murderous children, and religiously inflected small-town dread
The Children
young protagonists confronting supernatural evil in an isolated community with jump scares and graphic killings
The Village of the Damned
small-town supernatural horror centered on children, occult menace, and escalating violence
Movie Details
- Director
- Greg Spence
- Release Date
- 1996-10-08
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 4.5 / 10 (179)
Cast
- Naomi Watts
- Brent Jennings
- Samaria Graham
- Jamie Renée Smith
- Brandon Kleyla
- William Windom
- Karen Black
- Mark Salling
- Toni Marsh
- Lewis Flanagan III
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 IV: The Gathering about?
- A returning young woman battles a supernatural outbreak that turns her town’s children into murderous vessels for an ancient cornfield leader.
- What is Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering as graphic.
- What did critics think of Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering?
- Critics generally found it competently made and occasionally creepy, while judging its derivative plotting, predictable scares, and limited atmosphere more substantial than its strengths.
- Which films are like Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering?
- Films with a similar feel include Children of the Corn, The Children, and The Village of the Damned.
- How long is Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering?
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering?
- In United States, Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
In Ember's collections
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- Omen IV: The Awakening1991
- Sometimes They Come Back... Again1996
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- Wicked Little Things2006
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror1998
- Children of the Corn: Revelation2001
- Pet Sematary: Bloodlines2023
- The Ring2002
- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest1995
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