This is one interesting list for two reasons—the films carry flimsy and tenuous connections despite being entirely unrelated, and one most certainly not like the others. Of course I’m speaking of Children of the Corn when addressing the odd one out. You see, When Evil Lurks and The Horde are both international films whereas Children of the Corn is domestic (that is, if you are currently reading this in the United States), and the former two films are modern, whereas the latter is a bit of a classic, having been release in 1984.

Still, Children of the Corn merits inclusion as it illustrates, to some degree, some of the themes presented in When Evil Lurks, as discussed in the review that follows. Watch these films in the order as they are presented, for—as mentioned in the subtitle above—it’s a bit humorous to consider Children of the Corn as a continuation from where When Evil Lurks leaves us. And as The Horde is a delightfully mindless zombie thriller, it provides the perfect capstone for a wonderfully graphic cinematic weekend.

We here at the Calamity give When Evil Lurks a solid 🤡🤡 on the Calamity Clowns for Content scale. We would be proud to score it a whopping one clown, but we feel the second clown belongs as a representation of the behavior of the men in the film, making clowns of themselves for failing to listen to the women. But more on that in the following review.

If this is your first foray with the Calamity on Cinema, then take note that the rating system is backwards: the less clowns, the better. If you require further elucidation on the topic, you may find a thorough explanation here. You will find the List on Letterboxd linked below: