CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984)

 This is one of those 80s horror flicks that somehow got 8 sequels and 2 remakes and I have no idea how. I know this played on cable a whole bunch back in the 80s and 90s and is still popular enough to this day but I have never really understood the appeal. There are a bunch of way better killer kid movies and there are also a bunch of way better Stephen King adaptations(even better ones that were based on short stories like this one!). I guess it just hit at the right time that everyone was looking to see a town of children killing grown-ups. Can't say I ever feel the need to check out any of the sequels. They did wait until the 90s to pop out the first sequel so I assume that had to do with its TV following and not the initial boxoffice popularity.

  Linda Hamilton also made THE TERMINATOR this same year and became a big star so I guess that's something. 

 All the CHILDRENS OF THE CORN!(so far): 

 2. CHILDREN OF THE CORN II: FINAL SACRIFICE (1992) 

3. CHILDREN OF THE CORN III: URBAN HARVEST (1995) 

4. CHILDREN OF THE CORN IV: THE GATHERING (1996) The first shot-on-video sequel 

5. CHILDREN OF THE CORN V: THE FIELDS OF TERROR (1998)

6. CHILDREN OF THE CORN 666: ISAAC'S RETURN (1999) the return of little John Franklin as Isaac(he was also in Part 5 as a different character) 

7. CHILDREN OF THE CORN REVELATION (2001) They gave up on the numbers! 

8. CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2009) This was a TV movie remake of the original story 

9. CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS (2011) Isn't this also the subtitle of one of the TERMINATOR sequels? 

10. CHILDREN OF THE CORN: RUNAWAY (2018) 

11. CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2020) Another remake!