Children of the Corn

The year is 1981. Job, a youth of the fictional town of Gatlin, located in Western Nebraska, tells the story of how the town became a safe haven for a group of young cultists. The economy of the town is mostly agricultural, and the town is surrounded by vast cornfields. One particular year the corn crop fails and the people of Gatlin turn to prayer in an attempt to ensure a successful harvest. A mysterious boy-preacher, Isaac Chroner (John Franklin) arrives and takes all the children of Gatlin into a Cornfield to speak to them about the prophecies of a strange malevolent entity in the cornfields called "He Who Walks Behind The Rows". Issac, through his liuetenant Malachai (Courtney Gains), leads the children of the town in a rebellion, brutally killing all of the adults in the town. Over the ensuing years, the children take any adults passing through as prisoners/sacrifices, and practice strange cult-like rituals. Several years later, Burton (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) Stanton pass through Nebraska enroute to Burton's new job as a physician in Seattle. A struggle ensues between the Stantons and the children during which the entity within the cornfield is revealed to be a demonic force. Issac is eventually possessed by the creature and a climactic battle takes place in which Burton ultimately defeats the creature by burning the cornfields. Burt, Vicky, Job and his sister Sarah survive and are able to leave Gatlin.