Stephen King's The Children Of The Corn (2004) read by Bradley Lavelle

[@sologemeni]

The voice actor for the English dub of Gothic 2. Thousands of people grew up with this voice.

[@The7Laws-m1c]

omg man, hearing him speak is sending me straight to childhood days and nights of Gothic 1 and 2. I don't know what this book is about or whatever he's reading, but just his voice sounds like family to me.

[@sologemeni]

sanatate fratele meu@@The7Laws-m1c

[@The7Laws-m1c]

Nici nu intelegeam engleza cand unchiul meu juca Gothic 1 si 2, iar eu ma uitam si eram pur si simplu "drogat" si nici astazi nu inteleg ce are jocul de imi place asa de mult. Sanatate si tie frate.

[@sologemeni]

cred ca e estetica si ambientalul, cu stilistica din Germania medievala si motive literare Gotice. se potrivesc la fix si au un soundtrack impecabil. si eu am o obsesie nesanatoasa cu seria =)) @@The7Laws-m1c

[@FrozenAXL]

chills...

[@gusztavkosa4065]

I know nothing about picking locks

[@lukaorlic4708]

Nothing to plunder

[@ScottBenenati]

Great reading! Thank you!

[@susanotway7875]

Quite a macabre story! Very Stephen King. The ending is not for the faint hearted. .

[@lucyann1573]

Here's the audio version I was looking for. Thank you!

[@LindeeLove]

That female voice is funny. Well done with the reading!

[@vicb7259]

It is ridiculous and contrary to the story itself. The couple are from New York. So why the heck is he doing her voice as a southerner?

[@whistlingmisty]

Yeah I had that same thought

[@oldben7177]

Nothing there! Nothing to be had there! Nothing to plunder.

[@justinwakeling2966]

Huge SK fan so ty so much 4 these

[@KyProRen]

After listening to this, I have one thing to say... NONE OF THE MOVIE ADAPTATIONS EVER got this right! I think the next attempt should be a short film, let alone more true to the book.

[@mysteriousmagpie]

I know what you mean... in terms of atmosphere the closest thing to it on film, to my mind, is the Spanish film Who Can Kill a Child - though I suspect King was inspired by that (as well as Lovecraft's Shadow Over Innsmouth, and perhaps a little bit of The Wicker Man)

[@Irrlichtwinter]

30 minutes in and I'm fascinated by the choice to make the narrating character (Burt) this unlikable. Guy thinks about hitting his wife, goes on to slap her in the face, and then does not properly listen to her when she begs him to keep driving, instead shouting her down... If they survive this story, I hope they get divorced. Anyway, time to continue listening, let's see where this goes. 40 minutes in: technical writing thought: so far, most of the 'negative aspects' of Vicky have been all tell, no show. Burt takes her key saying she will drive away if he leaves her the keys - but we have seen no indication that she would. She could have stayed behind in the car when he went into the food place and driven off then, but she did not... Is SK hinting at Burt straight-up being an abusive husband? If so, that's some good writing work done here. - after listening to the whole story: The folk horror felt very well done, especially with how grounded it was in local American evangelical religion. The imagery in the clearing at the end is appropriately gruesome, but what really is unsettling is the glimpse into the lives of the children of Gatlin at the end. Stephen King has a great skill in interweaving mundanety and horror that really makes the unease stick. I got to be honest, though - I spend the last sequence looking forward to Burt's death. Can't help but wish there had been a perspective character I actually cared about. But since this is my first encounter with Children of the Corn, it's possible that there is a layer to the theme I am missing that ties in with Burt being a horrid person. Anyway. Stephen King's writing really shines in a short(er) story format.

[@vicb7259]

She needed all of it.

[@jam2theongie836]

For those of you not aware this is the original voice actor for john tanner from driver

[@justinwakeling2966]

😮 me soooo much was the character Malique Messenger of God.

[@mattalley4330]

Most likely spelled the same as the Old Testament minor prophet, Malachi, but yes he is as creepy as a cockroach on a wedding cake.

[@Luy22]

See any dragons yet?

[@svllal.cornelivs2443]

I am ...........I'm not interested in who you are

[@igordrakulovic6857]

Two time Bert shouts to his wife " The shootgun Vicky" , what a Looser

[@mattalley4330]

I know that a person needs to suspend disbelief when reading (or listening to) fiction but the idea of a small town falling off the face of the earth without anyone noticing is just too much for me even with the supernatural element. There would have been waaay more dead bodies on crosses if that’s what they did to all outsiders that came to Gatlin after the children’s uprising. Utility workers wondering why the power went down, state police and maybe FBI wondering why about 4500 people vanished, people with family and friends who lived there wondering if they were ok, etc, etc. Its a fun story, don’t get me wrong but just too much of a stretch for this generally rational person

[@mysteriousmagpie]

I know what you mean; I'd never put it under too much scrutiny, but fundamentally we all either go with a story or we don't/find ourselves unable to. The story seems to have been inspired by a mix of Shirley Jackson and the Spanish film 'Who Could Kill a Child' - the latter presents much the same concept, of a bright, sunlit town where the adults have all been murdered by the children... but it presents that as something that's only really a matter of hours or days old, not months or years as seems to be the case with King's take on the idea. I suspect a lot of scary stories get away with the kind of implausibility you highlight here because by their nature they target the audience's emotions first and foremost... I dare say Mr. King's vision of Gatlin is at least partly intended as a satire of religious extremism in the same way that The Lottery was, and perhaps he intended that idea to stand way ahead of the rational basis for the narrative...

[@mattalley4330]

@@mysteriousmagpie Makes sense and you are likely right

[@mysteriousmagpie]

@@mattalley4330 ...I won't be able to unsee the problems now you've pointed them out though!

[@xavierrose8208]

Sounds like someone’s not a constant reader…

[@horrorfanandy4647]

Burt actually questions the notion about halfway through the story. King knows it doesn’t make sense and that’s what makes it creepier in a way. While there’s nothing in the story to suggest as much, I like to think that the supernatural entity He Who Walks Behind The Rows was somehow able to influence the nearby towns and people to forget about Gatlin and never drive near it, in a similar way to how It influences Derry. Why Burt and Vicky then fell into its grasp isn’t entirely clear, but perhaps it was a test for the children. That’s just my headcanon explanation however.

[@jamesconnolly1201]

The Movie is WAYYYYYY BETTTTER .😕😕😕

[@diareahfarts89]

Movie dragged on far too long, however I do love the movie.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

The film is good, but the finale (while still fun to watch) is a bit of a misstep, or at the very least could have been executed a little better. The short film Disciples of the Crow (also based on Children of the Corn made a year before the film) is well worth watching and generally (name changes to the town, state and some of the antagonists aside) more faithful to the short story, at least up until the church sequence, where it deviates to a swifter conclusion. It captures the atmosphere of the short story better in my opinion.

[@Helen-v9u]

Awful narration.