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Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn

And a child shall lead them...

19845.71h 32m

Overview

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.

Directed by Fritz Kiersch
Written by George Goldsmith, Stephen King
Produced by Donald P. Borchers, Terrence Kirby
Box OfficeBudget: $800KRevenue: $14.6M

Top Cast

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

Burton Stanton

Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton

Vicky

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Diehl

John Franklin

John Franklin

Isaac Chroner

Courtney Gains

Courtney Gains

Malachai

Anne Marie McEvoy

Anne Marie McEvoy

Sarah

Robby Kiger

Robby Kiger

Job

Julie Maddalena

Julie Maddalena

Rachel

J

Jonas Marlowe

Joseph

John Philbin

John Philbin

Amos

Themes & Keywords

small townsacrificechildren ganghuman sacrificepaganismevil preacherpreacherbased on short storyreligious cultkiller childfolk horrorcornfield

About Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn is a horror, thriller film released in 1984 exploring themes of small town, sacrifice, children gang, human sacrifice, paganism, evil preacher. Directed by Fritz Kiersch, it stars Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong. 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.

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