Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
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| Directed by | Greg Spence |
| Produced by | Gary Depew |
| Written by | Stephen Berger Greg Spence |
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Naomi Watts Brent Jennings Samaria Graham |
| Music by | David C. Williams |
| Cinematography | Richard Clabaugh |
| Edited by | Christopher Cibelli |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
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82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering is a 1996 American horror film directed by Greg Spence and starring Naomi Watts and Brent Jennings. It is the fourth film in the Children of the Corn series. The plot follows a medical student returning to her hometown in Nebraska, where she finds the children to be falling under a mysterious mass illness connected to the town's past.
The film expands upon the origins of "He Who Walks Behind the Rows". The film marked the first time Naomi Watts received first billing.
Grace Rhodes is a medical student who returns to her hometown of Grand Island, Nebraska, to take care of her agoraphobic mother, June (Karen Black), who refuses to leave her yard. She is having recurring nightmares of being attacked by children. Grace also has to look after her younger siblings James and Margaret. She takes a job at Dr. Larson's local clinic, where she'd worked prior. James and Margaret become ill and show symptoms similar to those of the children in June's dreams. The next day, while working at Dr. Larsen's office, Grace notices that many other kids have the same symptoms. During the night all of the kids in town get worse as their fevers skyrocket. Suddenly it all stops and the fevers begin to drop.
Local parents Donald (Brent Jennings) and Sandra Atkins notice that their son Marcus is acting strangely. One night, a group of children descend upon the house led by a child preacher, and Sandra is murdered in front of Marcus. The police arrive and begin to question Donald; Marcus flees into a field, and is chased by a sheriff, who is confronted by the child preacher and killed. A suspect in his wife's murder, Donald goes into hiding, and is taken in by two elderly sisters, Jane and Rosa (Marietta Marich).
The children stop answering to their names and claim to be someone else. Dr. Larson, a longtime resident, recognizes the identities that the children are using as those of dead children from the town's history. Dr. Larson is killed by two of the children in his office one night. When Grace arrives the next day, Dr. Larson has vanished, and the blood tests of the children reveal inexplicable signs of death and decay. June has her recurring nightmare again, only to discover that she is not dreaming and that it is actually happening. She flees her house and drives away. June spots James entering an old barn and she follows him inside. She is captured and killed by the child preacher, after which children begin to gather at the barn.
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