Children of the Corn (1984) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Children of the Corn (1984) |
| Director | Fritz Kiersch |
| Screenplay Writer | George Goldsmith |
| Based on Novel by | Stephen King short story |
| Lead Actors | Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton |
| Cast | Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, John Franklin, Courtney Gains |
| Genre | Horror, Supernatural |
| Release Date | March 9, 1984 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 32m (92 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$800,000 |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$14.5 million |
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Burt and Vicky are driving through nowhere Nebraska on the way to their new town when apparant tragedy strikes. Burt, taking his eyes off the road for a split second runs over a young boy standing in the middle of the road. Realizing that the boy was already dead before he was run over, Burt and Vicky quickly leave to find some help. Ending up in Gatlin, a small, seemingly deserted farming town, they soon realize they should have kept going.
This movie is based on a short story written by Steven King. It was my first exposure to a movie made out of one of his books. It definately left an impression. Out of all the books converted, I can only think of The Stand as being a better movie. With a simplistic {in a good way} storyline, and low budget effects, it is far superior to garbage like IT, The Tommyknockers, and worst of all The Langoliers.
Unfortunately for Burt and Vicky, instead of finding a nice deserted town, they find an entire cult of children eager to harvest their blood for the children’s corn god. The leader of the cult, Issac, sends his enforcer Malachai, and the other children after Burt and Vicky. With Vicky soon captured, Burt must find a way to get her out alive, and stop the corn god from consuming them both.
Considering that this story was only 30 pages long, I think the screenplay writer did a remarkable job. The children did not rise up against their parents until near the very end of the story. He had to fill in all the gaps on his own, and did it well. Most of King’s stories have 10 times more to work with, and are butchered.
If you are looking for gratuities of any kind, this is the wrong film. There is no nudity, not alot of blood and very few kills are actually shown. Most of the kills are very suggestive, much like the original Psycho shower scene. While I love blood and gore as much as anyone, this did not put me off at all.
The movie gets moved along at a nice pace, taking time to let Burt and Vicky try to figure it out for themselves, instead of just being attacked straight off. It lets the suspense build nicely. It’s nice to see some actual suspense in a movie, instead of going right to the gore. I think that is why I like it just as much now as the first time I saw it. And other movies from around the same time have fallen from my very fair graces.
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