It was pure crap. Just Dimension milking the title again. How can you have a COTC sequel and not have it take place in Nebraska, with no corn and hardly any children? Lame indeed.
I hated the SyFi channel rehash (it wasn't a remake; it was a different take on the same source material - it just sucked) that one at least attempted to do the story more justice (although it failed miserably).
Why is it that none of the sequels except for part 2 (and to an extent 3 and 6) actually follow the storyline?? Such poor film-making. However, look what Dimension's done to Hellraiser - same sort of thing. It would be nice if they made one final, ultimate sequel that encorporated the stories or elements from all of the entries in the series and finally tied up all the loose ends and maybe showed the origin of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Maybe bring back Burt & Vicky, Job & Sara, tell what happened to them, etc.
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xlionxlambx
13 years ago
Actually, the SyFy one was the closest to the ACTUAL story. The original movie was really nothing like Stephen King's short story. So really, it wasn't a remake, it should have been the original and the 80s version was a reimiging.
I actually liked Genesis, but it didn't make much sense.
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RHPSvegas
13 years ago
The SyFy one was closest to the story, I'll give it that - HOWEVER, they took so many liberties with their own "additions" and the production value was so poor it wound up being utter crap. Donald Borchers shouldn't have been allowed back near it. That's what I like the 1980s original (first film in a series is always the original, just the way it goes) because they knew what to add and what to cut and how to change it and expand it in order for it to be a good theatrical film experience. The short story by itself doesn't transfer well.
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