Frightful Flick: Children of the Corn III, 1994
Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis, GENERAL HOSPITAL)
It Was A Dark And Stromy Night: For
the third in this series about Midwestern younhsters involved in a cult that worships an evil force (known as He Who Walks
Behind The Rows) that exists in a cornfield, two of the Nebraska brothers head to the big city, where they're put into foster
care. The unwitting parents (Grahn plays the foster mom) are oblivious to the fact that of of their little darlings brings
He Who Walks along for the ride.
HORROR STORIES
Tell us about your role
"I'm maried to this guy and we aren't able to have children, so we think, 'Wouldn't it be fun to adopt a couple of Amish
teenage boys [laughs]?' Little did I know one of them was possessed by the evil corn people."
Any funny memories?
"Just running through a cornfield screaming is funny itself. I was being whipped by the cornstalks, runnig and panting.
'Run this way, run that way, run this way, run that way.' And there was a part where it had to look like this cornstalk grabs
me around the ankle, so they put me on this roller thing and yanked me really hard. It was actually kind of fun. Sort of an
E-ticket kind of thing."
Do you now look at corn differently?
"Um, no, but any time my family and I are driving in the Midwest and we pass a cornfield, there's always some, 'Watch
out Nancy. Booga-booga, Nancy. Don't let the corn people eat you [laughs].' "
Any particularly chessy lines?
"Knowing me, I probably rewrote them. But there was one funny scene where my husband kissed me and I started throwing
up dirt and falling, like, into the pits of hell or something. Hey, that's what they do on PASSIONS! I'd fit right in on that
show!"
Did your character die?
"Of course! I fell onto a lead pipe that went right through my head and a fountain of blood came out of my mouth. I had
to have all these things made to fit into my mouth to squirt the blood out. It was water, butthey coloured it red. And I just
thought, 'Oh, my God, a lead pipe is going to go through my head. How do I act that?' But one needs no motivation. Lead pipe
through head - dead."
Is this a film you'd let your daughter Kate, see?
"Yes, I would, because she would laugh her head off. It would be worth a thousand yuks. I wouldn't let her watch it until
she was much older, but I'd eventually show it to her, sure. It would be so funny to watch her laugh at me."
