Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ethan Wiley
Produced by	Jeff Geoffray Walter Josten
Written by	Ethan Wiley
Starring	Stacy Galina Robert/Alexis Arquette Eva Mendes Greg Vaughan Fred Williamson Kane Hodder David Carradine Danny Goldring
Music by	Paul Rabjohns
Cinematography	David Lewis
Edited by	Peter Devaney Flanagan
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release dates	June 21, 1998 (1998-06-21)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.7 million

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (also called Children of the Corn 5) is a 1998 motion picture and the fifth installment of the Children of the Corn series. It is a direct-to-video movie. It is also the third Children of the Corn movie released by Dimension Films and Miramax Films. The leader in this installment, Ezekial, is possessed by the enigmatic main antagonist, "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." The film was released on June 21, 1998.

Plot

A group of teenagers become lost in middle America and arrive in Divinity Falls, where forgotten children have taken on the duty of serving "He Who Walks Behind the Rows". The teenagers have less than a week to get out of the town. However, they find that their car is destroyed, and the children are held accountable. Alison, the leader of the teenagers, overhears that the children are the adopted wards of Luke Enright, a madman who considers himself the savior of the children, and the earthly representative of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Upon remembering that her brother is also among them, Alison and the rest decide to go to Enright's farm to discover the truth behind the bizarre cult.

Upon arrival, they are stopped by Ezekial, who could be considered the leader of the children, and he informs them they are on private property and must leave. (In Christianity, Ezekiel is told to have seen wheels of fiery light in the sky.) After a debate, Alison is finally allowed to see Luke. He informs her that her brother is there, and agrees to let her see him, only to be rejected by him for leaving him alone with their abusive father. Jacob informs her that he is engaged to be married to a girl named Lily, and also states that she is pregnant with his child. Meanwhile, the rest of Allison's group are kept outside, where the men are intimidated by a physically powerful and exceptionally tall teen named Jared.

Ezekial holds a ceremony for the annual sacrifice to He Who Walks Behind the Rows, which involves a child who has reached 18 years of age to leap into a flaming corn silo where the god is supposed to dwell. Jacob is chosen, but he refuses and tells Ezekiel that his religion is false, angering him. Kir, one of the "outsiders", agrees to become a part of the cult after reading a part of their "Bible" earlier. After Jacob attempts to leave, Kir chooses to take the fateful course, and climbs to the silo and leaps to a fiery demise. The rest of the group wishes to leave the town, but Alison refuses to leave without Jacob. They leave her, and she eventually reads a message Jacob left her in his Bible. It translates to "Help", and she realizes he wants to escape. She enlists the help of the sheriff to stop Luke and Ezekial.

Greg, who has developed a crush on Alison, chooses to go back and help her and the rest decide to go as well. Alison, with the aid of the sheriff and the fire department, attempt to stop the silo and arrest Luke. While trying to extinguish the silo, the flames come alive and kill the two fire fighters and Luke kills the sheriff and apparently himself after his head splits open and a burst of flame shoots through. Ezekial reveals that Luke had been dead for years, and he is the children's true leader. After killing two of the deranged kids, Alison meets her friends, and an all-out battle erupts between them and the kids ending with the deaths of everyone except Alison. Alison eventually finds her brother (captured by Ezekiel for disobeying him), and before dying he tells her how to stop the corn god. Ezekial tries to kill Alison, but after a struggle she sends him falling into the silo to a violent, fiery death. She then dumps fertilizer into the silo, killing the corn god in multiple explosions.

Alison then goes to Lily's house (Jacob's wife). Lily's parents tell Alison that Lily isn't ready to raise a baby because she is a baby herself. Lily tells Alison that it's for the best that she adopts her baby. As the film ends, the baby is seen being comforted by song, as the green-orange light of the silo fire is shown burning in his eyes.

Cast

• Stacy Galina as Allison
• Alexis Arquette as Greg
• Eva Mendes as Kir
• Adam Wylie as Ezekial
• Greg Vaughan as Tyrus
• Ahmet Zappa as Lazlo
• David Carradine as Luke Enright
• Olivia Burnette as Lily
• Matthew Tait as Jared
• Fred Williamson as Sheriff Skaggs
• Dave Buzzotta as Jacob
• Kane Hodder as Bartender

External links

• Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror at IMDb
• Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror at the TCM Movie Database