# Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)

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**Runtime**: 85 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Greg Spence
**Written by**: Stephen Berger, Greg Spence
**Starring**: Naomi Watts, Jamie Renée Smith, Karen Black, Mark Salling, Brent Jennings, Lewis Flanagan III

> *In a sleepy midwestern town... A horrifying evil is about to rise again!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Small town darkness falls, children's whispers echo, a rusty scythe lies abandoned. 
Isolated kids succumb to eerie seizures. 
Greg Spence directs this 90s horror sequel.

**Mood tags**: dread

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