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{{Infobox film
| image          = ChildrenoftheCornPoster.jpg
| caption        = Original 1984 theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Fritz Kiersch]]
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* [[Donald P. Borchers]]
* Terence Kirby
}}
| screenplay     = George Goldsmith
| based_on       = {{based on|"[[Children of the Corn]]"|[[Stephen King]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Peter Horton]]
* [[Linda Hamilton]]
}}
| music          = [[Jonathan Elias]]
| cinematography = [[João Fernandes (cinematographer)|João Fernandes]] (as Raoul Lomas)
| editing        = [[Harry Keramidas]]
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* Angeles Entertainment Group
* Cinema Group
* [[Hal Roach Studios]]
* Inverness Productions
* Planet Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[New World Pictures]]
| released       = {{film date|1984|3|9}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $3 million<ref name="CotCCF">{{cite magazine |last=Gagne|first=Paul R.|date=May 1984|title= Children of the Corn|url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2014%20No%203%20%28May%201984%29/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater|magazine=Cinefantastique |location= |publisher= Fourth Castle Micromedia|access-date=July 5, 2025}}</ref>
| gross          = $14.6 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Children of the Corn |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0087050/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015012/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0087050/ |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |access-date=March 4, 2023 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Children of the Corn''''' (advertised as '''''Stephen King's Children of the Corn''''') is a 1984 American [[supernatural horror film|supernatural]] [[slasher film]] based on [[Stephen King]]'s 1977 [[Children of the Corn|short story of the same name]]. Directed by [[Fritz Kiersch]], the film's cast consists of [[Peter Horton]], [[Linda Hamilton]], [[John Franklin (actor)|John Franklin]], [[Courtney Gains]], Robby Kiger, [[Anne Marie McEvoy]], [[Julie Maddalena]], and [[R. G. Armstrong]]. Set in the fictitious rural town of Gatlin, [[Nebraska]], the film tells the story of a malevolent entity referred to as "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" which entices the town's children to ritually murder all the town's adults, as well as a couple driving across the country, to ensure a successful corn harvest.

King wrote the original draft of the screenplay, which focused more on the characters of Burt and Vicky and depicted more history on the uprising of the children in Gatlin. This script was disregarded in favor of George Goldsmith's screenplay, which featured more violence and a more conventional narrative structure. Filming took place mainly in [[Iowa]], but also in California. It spawned a [[Children of the Corn (film series)|franchise]] of films, and it has inspired [[Children of the Corn (group)|the rap group with the same name]].

''Children of the Corn'' was released theatrically on March 9, 1984, to mixed reviews from critics.

== Plot ==
The film is set in the fictional town of Gatlin, [[Nebraska]], an agricultural community surrounded by huge cornfields. When the corn crop fails one year, the townsfolk turn to prayer to ensure a successful harvest. However, nine-year-old Isaac Croner takes all of the Gatlin children into the cornfields and indoctrinates them into a religious cult based around a bloodthirsty deity called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows". Isaac and his subordinate Malachai lead the children in a revolution, murdering all of the adults in town as human sacrifices. Siblings Job and Sarah are uninvolved in the sacrifices, having not attended the meetings with the other children.

Three years later, Vicky and her husband, Burt, travel through rural [[Nebraska]] on their way to [[Seattle]], where Burt will start work as a physician. A young boy named Joseph tries to flee Gatlin but is attacked in the corn; he stumbles out into the road and Burt accidentally runs over him. However, Burt discovers that his throat was cut beforehand. Searching for help, the couple finds Diehl, an elderly mechanic and the last adult in Gatlin. He refuses them service, as he has agreed to supply the children with fuel in exchange for his life. Malachai breaks the pact and murders him after Diehl tries to steer the couple away from Gatlin.

Vicky and Burt explore the abandoned town and find Sarah alone in a house. Malachai and his followers capture Vicky and take her to the cornfield, where they place her on a cross to be sacrificed. Burt enters the church, where a congregation of children led by a girl named Rachel are performing a cultural birthday ritual for Amos by drinking his blood from a [[pentagram]]-shaped cut on his body. Amos has turned 19, so is considered old enough for his "passing"—joining their god in the cornfield. Rachel stabs Burt, who is rescued by Job. They hide in a fallout shelter with Sarah.

Isaac scolds Malachai for killing Diehl, their only source of fuel. Malachai takes over, tired of Isaac's preaching, and orders Isaac to be sacrificed instead of Vicky. Isaac warns that sacrificing him will break their pact with He Who Walks Behind the Rows and the children will be punished. That night, Burt sneaks into the cornfield to rescue Vicky. During Isaac's sacrifice, a supernatural light appears and devours him. Burt overpowers Malachai and convinces the children to abandon the cult and run. Suddenly, the walking corpse of Isaac returns to punish Malachai. Informing him in a demonic voice that "He wants you, too", Isaac kills Malachai by choking him and breaking his neck.

A storm appears, and Burt and Vicky shelter the children in a barn. Reading from Job's Bible, Vicky realizes that the cornfield must be destroyed by fire in order to stop the false god. Burt tosses a [[Molotov cocktail]] into the field, setting it alight and destroying the demon along with Isaac. The couple returns to the car with Job and Sarah to leave Gatlin, but find it disabled. Rachel attacks Burt, but Vicky knocks her out and they depart with the children on foot.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Peter Horton]] as Burt 
* [[Linda Hamilton]] as Vicky 
* [[R. G. Armstrong]] as Diehl
* [[John Franklin (actor)|John Franklin]] as Isaac 
* [[Courtney Gains]] as Malachai 
* Robby Kiger as Job
* [[Anne Marie McEvoy]] as Sarah
* [[Julie Maddalena]] as Rachel 
* Jonas Marlowe as Joseph
* [[John Philbin]] as Amos
}}

== Production ==
[[Stephen King]] wrote the initial screenplay which was first optioned by [[Maine]] based director Harry Wiland and producer Joseph Masefield who arranged financing from [[HBO|Home Box Office]] and [[20th Century Fox]] until Fox pulled out of the deal leaving the project $2 million short of the needed funds and causing the rights to be repeatedly brokered to the point King couldn't actually name all the entities that held the rights. Eventually, [[Hal Roach Studios]] acquired the rights and hired George Goldsmith to perform a re-write of King's script. One of the drafts eventually made its way to [[Donald P. Borchers]], Vice President of Production and Creative Affairs at [[New World Pictures]], and a deal was quickly made between New World and Hal Roach Studios before the corn in the [[Midwestern United States]] could ripen and hired director [[Fritz Kiersch]] and Terence Kirby as director and producer respectively.<ref name= "CotCCF"/>

Hal Roach executives did not want to use King's script and George Goldsmith was hired to rewrite it. Goldsmith said that King's script started with 35 pages of Burt and Vicky arguing in a car, so he decided to tell the story visually through the eyes of two new characters, children Job and Sarah. King was unhappy with the changes but Hal Roach went with Goldsmith. King and Goldsmith debated Goldsmith's approach during a phone conversation during which King argued that Goldsmith did not understand the horror genre and Goldsmith countered that King did not recognize that film is a visual, "external" experience unlike novels and short stories, which are "internal" and only visual in the reader's mind.

The film was shot in [[Hornick, Iowa]], [[Whiting, Iowa]], [[Salix, Iowa]], and [[Sergeant Bluff, Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57053-STEPHEN-KINGSCHILDRENOFTHECORN?sid=9a0419d6-e0b2-488f-9608-1a8ea5fe0b86&sr=13.837068&cp=1&pos=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725032606/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57053-STEPHEN-KINGSCHILDRENOFTHECORN?sid=9a0419d6-e0b2-488f-9608-1a8ea5fe0b86&sr=13.837068&cp=1&pos=0 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Goldsmith credited King with being extremely gracious when asked about the film in media interviews, stating in diplomatic ways he felt the new approach to be lacking. Hal Roach eventually sold the project to New World Pictures, which decided to go with Goldsmith's script, although it tried unsuccessfully to remove his name from the credits in favor of King's. After release of the highly successful film, Goldsmith revealed that much of the story was a metaphor for the [[Iranian Revolution]], with the takeover of the town by quasi-religious zealots acting for an evil "God" based on the [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Ayatollah Khomeini]] and his revolutionary guard taking over Iran. Burt and Vicky became analogous to the [[Iran hostage crisis|American hostages]] and Goldsmith was using a horror film to expose the dangers and evils of religious [[fundamentalism]], something few critics recognized.<ref name="film">{{Cite book |last=Borseti |first=Francesco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXrpDAAAQBAJ&q=blood%20frenzy%201987&pg=PA3 |title=It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers |publisher=McFarland |year=2016 |isbn=9781476666044 |pages=20–39}} reference refers to Blood Frenzy</ref>

During an interview on [[The Ghost of Hollywood]], [[Fritz Kiersch]] explained how [[Courtney Gains]] won the role of [[Children of the Corn|Malachai]] by using a prop knife to hold a casting assistant hostage at the audition. Gains claims that one of the great honors of his career is having hundreds of people, even his son's friends, recognize him as Malachai and confess they found him terrifying, some having admitted his performance gave them nightmares. Apparently, even his own parents were greatly unnerved by him in this film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Season One |url=https://theghostofhollywood.com/season-one-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319140958/https://theghostofhollywood.com/season-one-1 |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=The Ghost of Hollywood |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Season Finale: Episode Twelve |url=https://kboo.fm/media/103055-season-finale-episode-twelve |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=KBOO}}</ref>

According to producer Donald Borchers the film was originally offered to [[Sam Raimi]] to direct but Raimi wanted more preparation time. Borchers then offered the film to [[Tommy Lee Wallace]] who turned it down. He eventually went with Fritz Kiersch who worked in advertising.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Bonus Episode: Interview with producer/director Donald P. Borchers (CHILDREN OF THE CORN, ANGEL, THE BEASTMASTER, THE FOG) |url=https://newworldpicturespodcast.com/bonus-episode/bonus-episode-interview-with-producer-director-donald-p-borchers-children-of-the-corn-angel-the-beastmaster-the-fog/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625014817/https://newworldpicturespodcast.com/bonus-episode/bonus-episode-interview-with-producer-director-donald-p-borchers-children-of-the-corn-angel-the-beastmaster-the-fog/ |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=New World Pictures Podcast}}</ref>

Because of seasonal changes, cornstalks had to be propped up and painted green to appear living.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

Some of the local townspeople also performed as minor roles or acted as extras in the film.<ref name=":3" />

==Reception==
===Critical response===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Children of the Corn'' holds a 36% approval rating based on 33 critic reviews, with an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average rating]] of 4.4/10. The consensus reads: "''Children of the Corn''{{'}}s strong premise and beginning gets shucked away for a kiddie thriller that runs in circles".<ref name="rottomatoes">{{Cite web |title=Children of the Corn (1984) – Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004047_children_of_the_corn? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129081844/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1004047_children_of_the_corn |archive-date=November 29, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2025 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref name="metacriticfilm">{{Cite web |title=Children of the Corn Reviews |url=https://metacritic.com/movie/children-of-the-corn?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010849/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/children-of-the-corn?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=June 23, 2018 |website=[[Metacritic.com]]}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of “D+” on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CinemaScore |url=http://www.cinemascore.com/find_a_movie.epl?id=Children_Of_The_Corn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011224200541/http://www.cinemascore.com/find_a_movie.epl?id=Children_Of_The_Corn |archive-date=2001-12-24 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=www.cinemascore.com}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] from the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'' awarded the film one out of four stars, writing: "By the end of ''Children of the Corn'', the only thing moving behind the rows is the audience, fleeing to the exits".<ref name="ebert84">{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=March 12, 1984 |title=Children of the Corn Movie Review (1984) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/children-of-the-corn-1984 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193808/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/children-of-the-corn-1984 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=June 23, 2018 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "As such movies go, ''Children of the Corn'' is fairly entertaining, if you can stomach the gore and the sound of child actors trying to talk in something that might be called farmbelt biblical."<ref name="canby84">{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=March 16, 1984 |title=FILM: 'CHILDREN OF THE CORN,' BASED ON KING STORY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/16/movies/film-children-of-the-corn-based-on-king-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704192604/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/16/movies/film-children-of-the-corn-based-on-king-story.html |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Ian Nathan from ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' gave the film three out of five stars, commending its originality, but criticized its obvious budgetary constraints, poor effects, and "ludicrous monster movie denouement".<ref name="nathan06">{{Cite web |last=Nathan |first=Ian |date=April 18, 2006 |title=Children Of The Corn Review |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/children-corn/review/ |access-date=August 23, 2018 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire Online.com]]}}</ref> [[TV Guide]] awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling it "lame", and criticized the film's "gratuitous visual style".<ref name="tvguiderev">{{Cite web |title=Children Of The Corn – Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/children-of-the-corn/review/110803/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210912/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/children-of-the-corn/review/110803/ |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |website=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the film at No. 7 in its list of "Top 30 Stephen King Movies", calling it "a lean, brutally tense [[slasher film]]".<ref name="top30stone">{{Cite magazine |date=October 13, 2019 |title='Children of the Corn' (1984) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/top-30-stephen-king-movies-ranked-197945/children-of-the-corn-1984-253472/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823212313/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/top-30-stephen-king-movies-ranked-197945/children-of-the-corn-1984-253472/ |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

In later years, ''Children of the Corn'' has been revisited by critics for its eerie atmosphere and lasting influence within 1980s horror cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie Review: Children of the Corn (1984) |url=https://boxreview.com/movie-review-children-of-the-corn-1984 |access-date=Oct 8, 2025 |website=BoxReview.com}}</ref>

== Sequels and remakes ==
{{main|Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice}}
A sequel, ''[[Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice]]'', was released in 1992, kicking off a [[Children of the Corn (film series)|franchise]] that has reached eight sequels as of 2018.

{{main|Children of the Corn (2009 film)}}
In 2008, Donald P. Borchers began to write and direct a [[Children of the Corn (2009 film)|TV remake]] of the first film, to premiere on the [[Syfy]] channel. Production began in August, filming in [[Davenport, Iowa]],<ref name="cast">{{Cite news |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=September 15, 2008 |title='Children of the Corn' remake adds cast |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/children-corn-remake-adds-cast-119222 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115054412/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/children-corn-remake-adds-cast-119222 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |access-date=October 1, 2014 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> but was later moved to [[Lost Nation, Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 12, 2008 |title=Lost Nation comes back from 'the dead' |url=http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/bill-wundram/lost-nation-comes-back-from-the-dead/article_36eee794-e31e-51cf-828b-f453f8d15bfc.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116160924/http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/bill-wundram/lost-nation-comes-back-from-the-dead/article_36eee794-e31e-51cf-828b-f453f8d15bfc.html |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |access-date=January 13, 2017 |work=[[The Quad-City Times]]}}</ref>

The cast includes [[David Anders]], [[Kandyse McClure]], [[Preston Bailey]], [[Daniel Newman (American actor)|Daniel Newman]] and [[Alexa Nikolas]]. The movie aired on September 26, 2009, and the DVD was released on October 6 by Anchor Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2009 |title=Children of the Corn |url=https://www.amazon.com/Children-Corn-David-Anders/dp/B002KH4KSY |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218045245/https://www.amazon.com/Children-Corn-David-Anders/dp/B002KH4KSY |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |access-date=December 17, 2021 |website=Amazon |publisher=Artisan / Lionsgate}}</ref> The film closely follows the original storyline present in the [[Children of the Corn|short story]], and not that of the original film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borchers |first=Donald P. |author-link=Donald P. Borchers |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Rough Cuts: Remaking 'Children of the Corn' (2009) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFOMrYmo0mA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527000701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFOMrYmo0mA |archive-date=May 27, 2023 |access-date=May 29, 2023 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

{{main|Children of the Corn (2020 film)}}
A [[Children of the Corn (2020 film)|second film adaptation]] was written and directed by [[Kurt Wimmer]] and stars [[Elena Kampouris]], [[Kate Moyer]], [[Callan Mulvey]] and [[Bruce Spence]]. It was filmed in Australia, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hemmert |first=Kylie |date=May 7, 2020 |title=Children of the Corn Remake Currently Shooting in Australia |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1134064-children-of-the-corn-remake-currently-shooting-in-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512052406/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1134064-children-of-the-corn-remake-currently-shooting-in-australia |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |work=[[ComingSoon.net]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires, John |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Cast and Plot Details Revealed for New 'Children of the Corn' Movie Filmed During Pandemic |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3619830/cast-plot-details-revealed-new-children-corn-movie-filmed-pandemic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612093754/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3619830/cast-plot-details-revealed-new-children-corn-movie-filmed-pandemic/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dressler |first=Jacob |date=June 15, 2020 |title='Children Of The Corn' Reboot First Look & Plot Details Revealed |url=https://www.screengeek.net/2020/06/15/children-of-the-corn-reboot-first-look/ |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=Screen Geek}}</ref> The film premiered in [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]], Florida on October 23, 2020, and was released in theaters on March 3, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires, John |date=October 23, 2020 |title=New 'Children of the Corn' Movie Gets First Image, Poster Art and Very Limited Theatrical Release |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3638838/new-children-corn-movie-gets-first-image-poster-art-limited-theatrical-release/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032817/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3638838/new-children-corn-movie-gets-first-image-poster-art-limited-theatrical-release/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=October 23, 2020 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Stephen King 'Children Of The Corn' Remake Acquired By RLJE & Shudder |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/stephen-king-children-of-the-corn-rlje-shudder-1235241615/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215210927/https://deadline.com/2023/01/stephen-king-children-of-the-corn-rlje-shudder-1235241615/ |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |date=January 26, 2023 |title='Children of the Corn' Remake Finds Home with Shudder and RLJE |url=https://collider.com/children-of-the-corn-remake-shudder/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205185117/https://collider.com/children-of-the-corn-remake-shudder/ |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> This version uses elements of the original story, but different characters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morazzini |first=Jim |date=February 27, 2023 |title=Children of the Corn (2020) Review |url=https://www.voicesfromthebalcony.com/2023/02/27/children-of-the-corn-2020-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731231031/https://www.voicesfromthebalcony.com/2023/02/27/children-of-the-corn-2020-review/ |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |access-date=July 30, 2023 |website=Voices from the Balcony}}</ref>

== See also ==
*{{annotated link|Disciples of the Crow|''Disciples of the Crow''}}
* ''[[Who Can Kill a Child?]]'' (1976)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0087050|Children of the Corn}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|1004047-children_of_the_corn|Children of the Corn}}
* {{Metacritic film}}

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