Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn(1984)

R
03/09/1984 (US)Horror, Thriller1h 32m
5.7

"And a child shall lead them..."

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A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

Fritz Kiersch

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George Goldsmith

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Part of the Children of the Corn Collection

Adapted from a popular Stephen King short story, the Children of the Corn film series began with a 1984 adaptation by New World Pictures. Set in the fictitious rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska, the film tells the story of a malevolent entity referred to as "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" which entices the town's children to ritually murder all the town's adults. After the release of its 1992 sequel and the series' acquisition by Dimension Films, the subsequent installments were released directly to video, and bore little to no narrative continuity, beginning with Children of the Corn III, and ending with 2018's Runaway.

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Children of the Corn (1984) Original Trailer [FHD]

Children of the Corn (1984) Original Trailer [FHD]

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Children of the Corn Clip - Opening Scene HD

Children of the Corn Clip - Opening Scene HD

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Children of the Corn 1984 TV trailer #2

Children of the Corn 1984 TV trailer #2

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A review by John Chard
6.0

Written on May 21, 2019

And a child shall lead them...

Who would have thunk it, that one of Stephen King's short stories would spawn a gargantuan movie franchise? Children of the Corn is one of those movies that horror fans of a certain age, who started to blossom in the 1980s, remember fondly but agree that now it's a bit, well, corny.

Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton get trapped in a village of the damned where the children have killed the adults and established a religious order that gives worship to the devil of the corn. Isaac Chroner (John Franklin) and Malachai Boardman (Courtney Gains) head the creepy kid cult, corn does sway, blood does flow, poor special effects do down the devil, yet it's atmospheric as heck fire and still a bunch of fun if you forgive it its dated foibles. 6/10