I watched 1996's "Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering" tonight for the first time and just in time for Halloween, too. I've only seen the original "Children of the Corn" (1984) and none of the sequels up to this point. My main reason for wanting to see this film was to see the supporting roles of two of my favorite actors, quirky cult actress Karen Black, playing another hysterical wacko in this movie (in this case, an agoraphobe with gory premonitions), and the late, great Willliam Windom, once again playing a doctor, after his stint of many years as Dr. Seth Hazlitt on one of my favorite tv shows, "Murder, She Wrote" (1984-1996). Future Oscar nominee Naomi Watts ("Mulholland Drive", "21 Grams") is the star of this movie and she looks beautiful and gives a good performance, when you consider what she has to work with. She also uses an American accent in this one, as she has done several times since, even though she's Australian. The movie certainly has that whole hot, sticky Southern atmosphere down well. I enjoyed this one.
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