Children of the Corn

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Children of the Corn is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who encounter a sinister cult of children in a remote Nebraska town.

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instanceOf horror fiction
short story
adaptationType feature film
adaptedAs Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
surface form: Children of the Corn (1984 film)

Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
surface form: Children of the Corn (2009 film)

Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
surface form: Children of the Corn (2020 film)
antagonistEntity He Who Walks Behind the Rows
antagonistGroup cult of children
author Stephen King
collectionPublicationYear 1978
containsElement cornfield deity
human sacrifice
road trip gone wrong
contentWarning child death
graphic violence
religious extremism
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1977
firstPublishedIn Penthouse
genre horror
supernatural fiction
hasCharacter Isaac
Malachai
hasInfluenceOn rural cult horror trope
includedInCollection Night Shift
laterPublisher Doubleday
literaryMovement contemporary horror
mainCharacter Burt
Vicky
medium prose
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
partOf Stephen King short fiction bibliography
partOfFranchise Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
surface form: Children of the Corn film series
publicationType magazine
publisher Penthouse magazine
settingLocation Gatlin, Nebraska
Nebraska
targetAudience adult readers
theme child violence
cults
religious fanaticism
rural isolation
timePeriodSetting 20th century
wordCountApproximate 12000

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Night Shift hasShortStory Children of the Corn
Night Shift hasAdaptation Children of the Corn
this entity surface form: Children of the Corn (1984 film)
Night Shift notableShortStory Children of the Corn
Linda Hamilton notableWork Children of the Corn
Linda Hamilton appearedIn Children of the Corn
Harry Keramidas edited Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn adaptedAs Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Children of the Corn (1984 film)
Children of the Corn adaptedAs Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Children of the Corn (2009 film)
Children of the Corn adaptedAs Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Children of the Corn (2020 film)
Children of the Corn partOfFranchise Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Children of the Corn film series
Nancy Allen notableWork Children of the Corn
this entity surface form: Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Cameron Ezike Giles memberOf Children of the Corn