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((Infobox short story <!-- See [[Children of the Corn (group)]] -->
| name             = Children of the Corn
| author           = [[Stephen King]]
| country          = United States
| language         = English
| series           = 
| genre            = [[Horror fiction|Horror]], [[short story]]
| published_in     = ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'', ''[[Night Shift (short story collection)|Night Shift]]''
| publication_type = 
| media_type       = Print (hardcover)
| pub_date         = [[1977 in literature|1977]] (magazine)<br />[[1978 in literature|1978]] (collection)
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"'''Children of the Corn'''" is a [[short story]] by [[Stephen King]], first published in the March 1977 issue of ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'', and later collected in King's 1978 collection ''[[Night Shift (short story collection)|Night Shift]]''.<ref name="google">((cite book |title=Night Shift |author=King, S. |date=2008 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=9780385528849 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTDDiSUsD-EC |access-date=2015-07-12))</ref> The story has been adapted into several films, spawning a horror feature film franchise [[Children of the Corn (film series)|of the same name]] beginning [[Children of the Corn (1984 film)|in 1984]]. In 2009, the story was included in the book ''[[Stephen King Goes to the Movies]]''.

== Plot ==
Burt and Vicky, a couple trying to save their marriage, are driving to [[California]] for a vacation and to visit Vicky's brother. As they are driving through rural [[Nebraska]] and arguing, Burt is ready to call off the vacation and consult a divorce attorney. Then they accidentally run over a young boy who had his throat slit and was thrown into the road. Burt opens the boy's suitcase to find a crucifix made of twisted corn husks. They agree to report the incident to the police, place the body in their car's trunk, and go to the nearest town—a small, isolated community called Gatlin—for help. At first the town appears to be abandoned, but they soon discover that it is inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields. 

== Connections to other books ==
Gatlin was mentioned in ''[[It (novel)|It]]''. Hemingford Home, a neighboring town to Gatlin, was also the town where [[Mother Abagail]] lived and rounded up the good survivors of the [[The Stand#"Captain Trips"|super flu]] in ''[[The Stand]]'', and was also the location in ''[[1922 (novella)|1922]]''.

== Adaptations ==
((main|Children of the Corn (film series)))
The story was first adapted into a 1983 short film, ''Disciples of the Crow''.<ref name="imdb">((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352297/|title=Disciples of the Crow (1983) - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2015-07-12))</ref>

A year later, the story was adapted into a larger-budget film re-adopting the original name, ''[[Children of the Corn (1984 film)|Children of the Corn]]'', starring [[Peter Horton]] and [[Linda Hamilton]]. Several sequels, and two adaptations<ref>((Cite news |last=Bradley |first=Laura |date=2023-03-03 |title=The Ridiculous 'Children of the Corn' Remake Is a Mostly Rotten Mess |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/children-of-the-corn-remake-review-mostly-rotten-and-ridiculous |access-date=2023-03-06))</ref> followed.

In September 2009, the [[Syfy]] channel premiered a [[Children of the Corn (2009 film)|television film version]] which is based on King's short story.<ref name="imdb2">((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1290135/|title=Children of the Corn (TV Movie 2009)|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=July 12, 2015))</ref>

=== Original film series ===
* ''[[Children of the Corn (1984 film)|Children of the Corn]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Children of the Corn: Revelation]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Children of the Corn: Genesis]]'' (2011)
* ''Children of the Corn: Runaway'' (2018)

=== Other adaptations ===
* ''[[Children of the Corn (2009 film)|Children of the Corn]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Children of the Corn (2020 film)|Children of the Corn]]'' (2020)

== See also ==
* [[List of Stephen King films]]
* [[Short fiction by Stephen King]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* ((IMDb title|qid=Q4068107|title=Disciples of the Crow))
* ((IMDb title|qid=Q467953))

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