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Children of the Corn: Runaway

2018 · 82 min

A grim, low-key chiller that drifts through small-town dread and sudden bursts of cult violence.

Directed by: John Gulager
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Marci Miller, Jake Ryan Scott, Mary Kathryn Bryant

Tagline: Wherever they go, death follows.
Overview: The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.

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Directed by: John Gulager
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Marci Miller, Jake Ryan Scott, Mary Kathryn Bryant

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
parenthood
trauma
faith
Places: small town
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: John Gulager
Written by: Joel Soisson
Starring: Marci Miller, Jake Ryan Scott, Mary Kathryn Bryant, Lynn Andrews III, Diane Ayala Goldner, Kevin Harvey, Daria Balling, Sara Moore
Music: Philip Giffin
Cinematography: Samuel Calvin
Runtime: 82 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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