Children of the Corn (1984)

Director:

Fritz Kiersch

Writers:

Stephen King (short story)
George Goldsmith (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 March 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

An adult nightmare.

Plot:

A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town...

Plot Keywords:

Worship | Cult | Corn | First Of Series | Back From The Dead

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Peter Horton	...	Burt
Linda Hamilton	...	Vicky
R.G. Armstrong	...	Diehl
John Franklin	...	Isaac
Courtney Gains	...	Malachai
Robby Kiger	...	Job
Anne Marie McEvoy	...	Sarah (as AnneMarie McEvoy)
Julie Maddalena	...	Rachel
Jonas Marlowe	...	Joseph
John Philbin	...	Amos
Dan Snook	...	Boy
David Cowen	...	Dad
Suzy Southam	...	Mom
D.G. Johnson	...	Mr. Hansen
Patrick Boylan	...	Hansen's customer

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Children of the Corn
Children of the corn - Les démons du maïs (France) (DVD title) [fr]
Colheita Maldita (Brazil) [pt]
Dödlig skörd (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Djeca kukuruza (Croatia) (video title) [hr]
Dzieci kukurydzianego pola (Poland) [pl]
Grano rosso sangue (Italy) [it]
Horror Kid (France) [fr]
Kinder des Zorns (West Germany) [de]
Kukuricné deti (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Les démons du maïs (France) (video title) [fr]
Les démons du maïs I (Horror kids) (France) (video title) [fr]
Los chicos del maíz (Spain) [es]
Maissilapset (Finland) [fi]
O dolofonos me to drepani (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (CFI)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Ryder Sound Services)

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R (certificate number not listed) | Australia:R (2984) | Finland:K-18 (1985) | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) (original rating) | Iceland:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-16 (2000) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Angeles Entertainment Group

Trivia:

The tagline "And a child shall lead them" comes from Isaiah 11:6 in the Old Testament, which reads, "And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Malachi and some others are trying to take Vicky from a bedroom, someone hacks a bit of the door out with an axe, but in the next shot that part is suddenly back intact.

Quotes:

Malachai: What Hath the lord commandeth?

Movie Connections:

Edited into "30 Even Scarier Movie Moments" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Foot Stompin'

whatever happened to this director?

with all the recent fuss over horror/supernatural, it's surprising (or isn't it?) how some of the originals still hold up. the pacing is terrific, the cutting is brisk, the acting is, well ... what you might expect. the surprises out in the corn field are occasionally predictable, though unnerving - and i guess that's a testament to the director, fritz kiersch. where is he now? sorta' like paul brickman after "risky business" - good first movies, but where'd they go? i've seen the titles in imdb.com of a few films fritz kiersch did since then, but i don't remember them. who knows, maybe it was just bad management. this director's name sounds like maybe he's from overseas, so maybe he just packed it up after this and left. which is too bad. he could be working big time right now.