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Synopsis: A group of troubled inner-city teenagers are taken on a wilderness retreat to try to improve their social skills. However, their retreat is quickly interrupted, and their lives are put in danger by a swarm of mutated, giant ticks seeking to suck them dry of their blood. Who's in it? The movie stars Seth Green , Alfonso Ribeiro , Rosalind Alle n, Ami Dolenz and Peter Scolari. Review: I figured yesterday evening was as good as any to watch a horror film so, after searching through a variety of options on four streaming services, I wound up picking Tick s, solely because I was familiar with Seth Green and Alfonso Ribeiro. Based on what seemed like a fairly basic plot, I had lowered expectations watching the movie and it wound up meeting those. As expected, the plot of the movie wasn't overly complex. There's a basic explanation about why the ticks grew to such an enormous size, a clear line between the good guys and the bad guys and no attempt to make things over...

Synopsis: A freelance reporter arrives in Hemingford, Nebraska with his son in an effort to find out the truth behind the mass murders in neighboring Gatlin. He, along with the rest of the adults, find their lives in danger from the recently-adopted Gatlin children. Who's in it? The movie stars Terence Knox , Ryan Bollman , Christie Clark , Paul Scherrer and Rosalind Allen. Review: I came across this film on one of our movie channels a couple nights ago and, realizing I had never seen any of the Children of the Corn sequels, decided to watch it. Even though I love the first film, I have had enough experience with sequels to have some doubts about this movie. As it turns out, after seeing it, those doubts were unfortunately justified. I had two major problems with this film. The first was the lackluster leadership of the murderous children. Their original leader, Isaac ( John Franklin ) was awesome because he was both charismatic and, at times, very creepy. The best thi...