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 & 3 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
I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs. Revisited it recently.
I found the film very atmospheric n surrealistic during the 80s.
The movie hasn't aged well, specially the lousy effects n lousy climax. Rather than showing the lousy entity, they shud have left it ambiguous.
One of the best part is that almost the entire film is shot in broad daylight, a thing getting rarer in today's horror films. Today's horror films r laden with shaky cam, flickering lights stuff.
One thing the series is noteworthy is for the new faces which later got much recognized.
This one is Linda Hamilton's second film.
The plot ain't original n never utilized properly. For more creepy n sinister kids, one shud check out Who Can Kill a Child?
Now lets start the marathon of the entire franchise.
I found the film very atmospheric n surrealistic during the 80s.
The movie hasn't aged well, specially the lousy effects n lousy climax. Rather than showing the lousy entity, they shud have left it ambiguous.
One of the best part is that almost the entire film is shot in broad daylight, a thing getting rarer in today's horror films. Today's horror films r laden with shaky cam, flickering lights stuff.
One thing the series is noteworthy is for the new faces which later got much recognized.
This one is Linda Hamilton's second film.
The plot ain't original n never utilized properly. For more creepy n sinister kids, one shud check out Who Can Kill a Child?
Now lets start the marathon of the entire franchise.
- Fella_shibby
- Nov 25, 2020
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Box office
- 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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