
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to Gatlin, Nebraska and gets all the children to murder every adult in town. A young couple on a road trip stop in Gatlin to report a murder and seek help, but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive.... (Full plot summary below)
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A boy preacher named Isaac goes to Gatlin, Nebraska and gets all the children to murder every adult in town. A young couple on a road trip stop in Gatlin to report a murder and seek help, but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive.
Leave your thoughts about Children of the Corn.
| Washington PostRita KempleyThough shot in four weeks on a low budget, Stephen King's Children of the Corn, while not on a par with "Carrie," sure beats "Christine," "Cujo" and "Dead Zone." It's terse, tense and the sound is effective as auditory terror. |
| Mania.comRob VauxSend it to the cornfield, Anthony. That's where it belongs, after all. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyFor those who take Mr. King seriously, this is high-proof King corn, which is to say it has a kick to it even though it hasn't much taste. |
| Filmcritic.comJason Morganits dated look reminds us that horror movies were once made with only a camera and buckets of Karo syrup; not marketable teen models and computer-generated effects. |
| Movie GazetteAnton BitelAs ye sow, so shall ye reap - and for all its initial creepiness, in the end this Mid-western gothic yields a big cropful of corn. |
| Movie ChambersPaul ChambersThe acting and special effects are particularly painful to watch. |
| EmpireIan NathanIt’s ragged round the edges, but then Fritz Kiersch is working with a budget Roger Corman would laugh at, and he does a good job. |
| Common Sense MediaCharles CassadyClassic Stephen King horror, hardly popping. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordBy the end of Children of the Corn, the only thing moving behind the rows is the audience, fleeing to the exits. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeGrisly, occasionally effective horror flick. |