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1984 · United States

Children of the Corn

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
92 min
Age rating
R
Language
English
Country
United States
Frights
Strong

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.

The story

A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

  • small town
  • sacrifice
  • children gang
  • human sacrifice
  • paganism
  • evil preacher
  • preacher
  • based on short story
  • religious cult
  • killer child

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Production

Rating
5.7 / 10 · 1,154 ratings
Studio
Planet Productions, Angeles Entertainment Group, Cinema Group, Hal Roach Studios, Gatlin, Inverness Productions