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Children of the Corn

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5.7/10 • 1K

1984-03-091h 32m

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In their world adults are not allowed... to live.

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.

Directors
Fritz Kiersch
Editors
Harry Keramidas

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  1. Peter Horton

    Peter Horton

    Burton Stanton

  2. Linda Hamilton

    Linda Hamilton

    Vicky

  3. R.G. Armstrong

    R.G. Armstrong

    Diehl

  4. John Franklin

    John Franklin

    Isaac Chroner

  5. Courtney Gains

    Courtney Gains

    Malachai

  6. Anne Marie McEvoy

    Anne Marie McEvoy

    Sarah

  7. Robby Kiger

    Robby Kiger

    Job

  8. Julie Maddalena

    Julie Maddalena

    Rachel

  9. Jonas Marlowe

    Jonas Marlowe

    Joseph

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John Chard

May 21, 2019

6/10

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

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$800,000.00
Revenue
$14,568,989.00
Keywords
small townsacrificechildren ganghuman sacrificepaganismevil preacherpreacherbased on short storyreligious cultkiller childfolk horrorcornfield