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

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:

Though real corn was used for most of filming, polyurethane corn had to be used for the more difficult action sequences.

Goofs:

Continuity: Position of small white clock on the table, as Vicky talks to Sarah.

Quotes:

Vicky: [Malachai and his fellow Corn-Children have located Vicky at Job and Sarah's house. Malachai and Company storm in just as Vicky emerges from upstairs] ... What do you want?
Malachai: [with a diabolical smile] We want to give you Peace.
[to the other Corn-Kids]
Malachai: Get her!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Landspeed: CKY (1999) (V)

Soundtrack:

Runaway

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.