Line #12 Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIVTheGathering


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3	The fourth installment of ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' series, released in 1996 and the first to direct-to-video.
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5	Grace Rhodes (Creator/NaomiWatts) is taking a break from studying to visit her mother in the small town of Grand Island, Nebraska. At the same time, the children are suffering from a strange fever, which is caused by a preacher boy who was killed years ago.
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7	!!This film has the examples of:
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9	* AchillesHeel: Since Josiah was poisoned by quicksilver before he died, mercury now acts as his weakness.
10	* BigBad: Josiah, who is influencing the children.
11	* CouldntFindAPen: A message written in blood is left for Grace to find.
12	* CreepyChild: Josiah, and the sick children.
13	* CreepyTwins: One pair of infected kids are identical twin boys.
14	* DolledUpInstallment: Averted. While the kids are led by a preaching child figure, the corn of the title is not at focus at all, which made some viewers think that the film wasn't meant to be a ''[=CotC=]'' installment at all. The sole scene mentioning the series GreaterScopeVillain He Who Walks Behind The Rows [[DeletedScene being cut]] doesn't help matters.
15	* DreamWithinADream: Grace has a nightmare where she sees Margaret suddenly having wounds on her face and begging for help. She then wakes up to another nightmare where she is stabbed by her.
16	* EyeAwaken: Josiah, who is introduced sitting in a well all corpse-like, opens his eyes with an accompanying sting in the soundtrack.
17	* {{Fingore}}: Sandra's fingers are first to go when she is murdered by the children.
18	* GroinAttack: Old drunk gets a scythe to his groin before Josiah [[OffWithHisHead decapitates him]].
19	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Doc is cut in half by a hospital gurney.
20	* KillItWithWater: Josiah is destroyed by showering him with mercury-laden water.
21	* NightmareDreams: The opening turns out to be a nightmare that June is having, which she [[CatapultNightmare wakes up from by jumping upright]].
22	* PinnedToTheWall: Mary Anne is pinned to a wall by flying syringes.
23	* PivotalWakeup: Margaret is shown doing this as she and other kids suffer from their fever at night.
24	* SealedEvilInACan: Josiah has been imprisoned in a sealed well, and is accidentally released by an old drunk.
25	* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheExorcist'' with this quote: "I don't want to be the one in charge when their [[ExorcistHead heads start doing three-sixties]] and hurling pea soup".
26	* SinisterScythe: Most of the murders are done with a scythe.
27	* StaggeredZoom: Used when June is running away from her house, and turns back to look at it. A staggered zoom then shows a scythe breaking through a window.
28	* StoppedNumberingSequels: The opening credits omit the numbering, though some of the covers on video releases [[NumberedSequels retain it]].
29	* TearsOfBlood: A picture produces a single tear of blood as Nock sisters relay Josiah's backstory.
30	* TwoFaced: Half of Josiah's face bears burn-scars.

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