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Children of the Corn
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Stephen King (short story)
George Goldsmith (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 March 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
An adult nightmare. more
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... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 3 nominations more
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whatever happened to this director? more (165 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Stephen King's Children of the Corn
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (CFI)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Ryder Sound Services)
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Though real corn was used for most of filming, polyurethane corn had to be used for the more difficult action sequences. more
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. more
Quotes:
Vicky: Can you take us to Isaac?
Sarah: No.
Vicky: Why not?
Sarah: He's scary.
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Soundtrack:
Foot Stompin' more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
whatever happened to this director?, 21 March 2004
Author: mikero45

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.

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