Children of the Corn (2009 film)
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| Based on |
Children of the Corn by Stephen King |
| Written by | Donald P. Borchers |
| Directed by | Donald P. Borchers |
| Starring |
Daniel Newman Kandyse McClure David Anders Preston Bailey Alexa Nikolas |
| Music by |
Jonathan Elias Nathaniel Morgan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Donald P. Borchers |
| Cinematography | Jamie Thompson |
| Editor(s) | Danny Saphire |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Anchor Bay Saphire-Borchers DawnField Entertainment |
| Distributor | Fox Television Studios |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
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| Original network | Syfy |
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Children of the Corn is a 2009 made-for-television horror film directed, written and produced by Donald P. Borchers and based on the 1977 short story of the same name by Stephen King. Set primarily in 1975 in the fictional town of Gatlin, Nebraska, the film centers on traveling couple Burt and Vicky as they fight to survive a cult of murderous children who worship an entity known as He Who Walks Behind The Rows, which had years earlier manipulated the children into killing every adult in town.
In September 1963, the town of Gatlin, Nebraska, is suffering a severe drought. In a tent out in the vast cornfields, a boy preacher (Robert Gerdisch), claims that an Old Testament-era Canaanite God whom he calls "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" has spoken to him in his dreams. He tells the other children that the sinful adults are the reason for the drought, prompting them to kill everybody over the age of nineteen in town. They then establish a death cult with the prime rule that, upon reaching the age of nineteen, one must be sacrificed to the cult's God.
In April 1975, twelve years later, a bickering couple, Vietnam veteran Burt (David Anders) and his wife Vicky (Kandyse McClure), are driving along a back road near Gatlin, planning on celebrating their second honeymoon in California, when a boy named Joseph (Remington Jennings) stumbles out of the roadside corn and in front of their car. After accidentally running Joseph over, Burt assesses the body and realizes the boy's throat was slashed. After wrapping and placing the body in the trunk, Burt tells Vicky to wait for him while he looks around with shotgun in hand. Among the corn, Burt finds Joseph's bloodied suitcase and takes it with him back to the car. He and Vicky drive off in search of aid, not realizing they are being watched by Isaac (Preston Bailey), the 9-year old current cult leader, and his most loyal follower, 18-year-old warrior Malachai (Daniel Newman).
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