
Children of the Corn(1984)
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.


“Wherever they go, death follows.”
The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.

Marci Miller
Ruth

Jake Ryan Scott
Aaron

Lynn Andrews III
Carl

JR Hatchett
Utility Worker

Debbi Tucker
Elderly Woman
Sara Moore
Pretty Girl

Mary Kathryn Bryant
Sarah

Kevin Harvey
Rally

Diane Ayala Goldner
Mrs. Dawkins

Eric Starkey
Officer Dave
Children of the Corn: Runaway is a horror film released in 2018 exploring themes of small town, sacrifice, sequel, human sacrifice, religious cult, killer children. Directed by John Gulager, it stars Marci Miller, Jake Ryan Scott, Lynn Andrews III. The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.
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