Trivia for
Children of the Corn (1984) More at IMDbPro »

• On 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.
  
  
• In the original theatrical trailer, Stephen King's name is misspelled as "Steven".
  
  
• In the original ending of the story Linda Hamilton's character Vicki was killed by the children. She joined "the blue man" on a cross and had her eyes cut out.
  
  
• Though real corn was used for most of filming, polyurethane corn had to be used for the more difficult action sequences.
  
  
• R.G. Armstrong filmed his scenes in one day.
  
  
• Michael and Corey Frizzell, the nephews of legendary country music stars Lefty & David Frizzell and Sons of Country Gospel great Allen Frizzell (once married to country star Shelly West), played extras at the age of 8 and 9. Michael was also Robby Kiger (Job) stunt double. Corey who is now an artist to country music stars was also a stand in actor for Robby Kiger (Job).
  
  
• In the original story, Isaac and Malachai's names were William Renfrew and Craig Boardman, respectively.
  
  
• 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."
  
  

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