A whole array of people comes to a cornfield that's supposed to be the
roaming ground of a killer dubbed The Corn Stalker for a variety of
reasons: There is a radio DJ who's supposed to cover a rave in the field -
only there isn't any rave, there's Dave and Shawn who do a bit of research
on urban legends and they have just stumbled over the corn stalker story,
and then there's Hank, who's in search of his sister who was last seen in
the cornfield and who unbeknowest to him has actually fallen victim to the
corn stalker. Somehow, the paths of these people cross in the cornfield,
and what's worse, the Corn Stalker shows up as well, and he is in a mood
to kill some people, too. Now I have to note here that the Corn Stalker,
who dresses like a scarecrow and wears a mask to obscure his deformed
face, is not the most capable of killers, he's neither especially strong
nor especially cunning nor particularly clever (at one point he even falls
asleep in the field in full disguise while on the lookout) in any way
invincible - but the very design of his hunting grounds, the cornfield, in
which you can see no five feet and which is labyrinthine in structure,
gives him all the advantage he needs to properly surprise and kill his
victims ... and one after another, the Corn Stalker kills off those who
have dared come to his domain, until it's down to him and Hank, the only
one of the bunch who has been trained in one-on-one combat ... and I won't
give away the ending, but I bet you can guess it anyhow ... Obviously
inspired by the slasher movie cycle of the 1980's, this no-budget movie is
proof you can put out a decently looking and entertining movie on very
little anyhow: True, there are some technical usues with this one, and on
an narrative level, the whole thing starts out a bit bumpy by introducing
a few too many characters in a bit too much detail, but once the action
shifts to the cornfields and the movie makes trtrue the promise of its
title, it becomes a positively tense piece of film, as director Fleischman
certainly knows how to use his cornfield to its full advantage, knows to
use the field's full narrative possibilities. Add to this a minimalist yet
haunting score and a killer in an outfit that's extra creepy due to its
relative banality, and you've got a pretty decent genre flick. For
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