A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Anne Marie McEvoy
- Sarah
- (as AnneMarie McEvoy)
Mitch Carter
- Radio Preacher
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOn the dashboard of Burt and Vicki's car is a copy of "Night Shift," the Stephen King short story collection in which "Children of the Corn" originally appeared.
- GoofsIn the beginning of the film, the children kill the adults. This is followed by the opening credits. When the credits end, we are introduced to Burt and Vicki at their motel and told it's three years later. When Burt and Vicki arrive in Gatlin and encounter the children, none of them seem to have aged four years.
- Alternate versionsThe director's initial cut was much longer than the version that eventually made it to theaters and video. Among the missing footage:
- A longer prologue where several other adults are killed on-camera, most noticeably a police deputy at the local police station whose throat is slashed and then stabbed in the chest, and a farmer who is hacked to death outside his barn by a group of pick-ax wielding teen kids.
- A scene between Sarah and Job's parents before the slaughter. They talk over the breakfast table about Sarah's drawings of the upcoming massacre and how they think something awful is about to happen.
- A scene where Isaac prays to He Who Walks Behind The Rows only to receive a horrific vision of his impending fate.
- ConnectionsEdited into Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
- SoundtracksSchool is Out
Performed by Linda Hamilton (uncredited)
Courtesy of Frank Guida / Rockmasters/ International Network
Featured review
Children of the Corn: Not the epic I expected
1984 was an amazing year for movies, being the nerd that I am I pay attention to my analytics and 1984 is the 3rd greatest movie year at time of writing.
Being a huge horror fan the fact I haven't watched the Children Of The Corn movies is remarkable especially when you take into consideration how much I love Kings work and how I've seen every other adaptation of his books.
Off the top of my head I've seen the remake (2009) and one of the later sequels and have to say (And I never say this) the remake is better.
Being that this is the original cult classic I expected so much more but instead found a disjointed lifeless effort that failed to impress.
I'm not saying it's bad, but its mediocre at best. If the cult classic original is of this quality I'm concerned what the long list of straight to vhs/dvd sequels are going to be like. Time will tell!
One of the weaker Stephen King adaptations.
The Good:
Still has the Stephen King vibe
Concept is strong enough
The Bad:
Far too short
Wastes a good story
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Linda Hamilton cannot sing
For a religious man Stephen King really craps on religion
The only thing more obnoxious than a religious person is a religious child
Kids are evil, been saying it for years
Being a huge horror fan the fact I haven't watched the Children Of The Corn movies is remarkable especially when you take into consideration how much I love Kings work and how I've seen every other adaptation of his books.
Off the top of my head I've seen the remake (2009) and one of the later sequels and have to say (And I never say this) the remake is better.
Being that this is the original cult classic I expected so much more but instead found a disjointed lifeless effort that failed to impress.
I'm not saying it's bad, but its mediocre at best. If the cult classic original is of this quality I'm concerned what the long list of straight to vhs/dvd sequels are going to be like. Time will tell!
One of the weaker Stephen King adaptations.
The Good:
Still has the Stephen King vibe
Concept is strong enough
The Bad:
Far too short
Wastes a good story
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Linda Hamilton cannot sing
For a religious man Stephen King really craps on religion
The only thing more obnoxious than a religious person is a religious child
Kids are evil, been saying it for years
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- Jun 12, 2018
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Stephen King's Children of the Corn
- Filming locations
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- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,568,989
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,042,821
- Mar 11, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $14,568,989
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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