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''Children of the Corn'' is a Short Story by Stephen King . Originally published in the March 1977 issue of '' Penthouse '' magazine, it later became part of King's '' Night Shift '' short story collection. PLOT SUMMARY A couple has set out on a cross-country road trip to California, in a failing effort to save their disintegrating marriage. While driving in rural Nebraska , they run over the body of a young boy who was killed and thrown onto the road. Looking for the authorities, they take the body on to the next spot on the map; Gatlin, a small, isolated town that seems to be abandoned. Too late, they learn that years previously the town's children murdered everyone after embracing the bloody pseudo- Christian Cult of an evil being that lurks in the Corn fields: "He Who Walks Behind the Rows". The wife is captured by the children and the husband barely manages to escape into the cornfields surrounding the town. After running some distance, he believes that he has lost the children that had been following him but instead discovers the body of his wife, the town's minister, and a police chief. All three have been sacrificed to "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." It is then that he realizes that he is on the holy grounds of "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" and that an enormous being with glowing red eyes is approaching... The next morning, a group of children of Gatlin are at the sacrificial place, looking at the bodies of the two recently killed adults. A young nine year old boy, Issac, who is known as a "seer" by the inhabitants, tells them that "He Who Walks Behind The Rows" is displeased with their most recent sacrifice and lowers the sacrificial age from nineteen to eighteen. the story ends with the eighteen year-olds in the village walking stoically into the corn. FILM, TV OR THEATRICAL ADAPTATIONS The story was first adapted into film as '' Disciples Of The Crow ''. A year later, the story was adapted into a bigger-budget film under the same name as the original story, starring Linda Hamilton . This version ended with the husband setting the corn field on fire, destroying He-Who-Walks-Behind-The-Rows (temporarily, at least). Several sequels and quasi-remakes followed; King has often tried to disassociate himself from these movies, due to their perceived low quality. Charlize Theron , Naomi Watts , Eva Mendes , Brandon Kleyla , and Nicholas Brendon have all appeared in one of the sequels. Other well known actors who have made sequel appearances include Nancy Allen , Stacy Keach , Ahmet Zappa , Karen Black , David Carradine , Fred Williamson and Michael Ironside . THE STORY IN FILM
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