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Review

Stupid, ugly, annoying and dull are words that only begin to describe this heap of trash. The fifth film in arguably the worst horror film series since Friday the 13th is just more of the same, with a carload of jackass twentysomethings getting picked off one by one by pasty-faced, corn-worshipping tykes. Things are complicated by the fact that one of the corn freaks is the kid brother of one of the Gen-X jerks, but you won't give a hoot who lives or dies anyway. Lame pop-culture references, "hip" humor, pointless showy camera angles and retro casting (Williamson and Carradine in nothing roles) only point up the desperation of the whole project. The characters are a mess, acting only on the whims of the "screenwriter," and the film has no logic, coherency or atmosphere. They should have gone back to the original King story for inspiration -- it's a tight, terrifying tale that could make a likewise film in the right hands. But Wiley's are the fifth pair to botch the job, and despite all the inherent potential in the material, one hopes he is the last.