Can you imagine, darlings? "Children Of The Corn," in print, was one of King's best stories, one that today serves as a metaphor for all things cultish, like NXIVM, and, of course, Scientology, and The Landmark Forum.
Everyone remembers the 1984 film version of "Children Of The Corn." The reason for that is its chilling opening scene, where, one Sunday, after church, the town's children murder the adults in a brutal massacre. The teen aged waitress is the most sadistic, by poisoning the coffee.
The film goes downhill from there. And did you know there was a TV movie remake in 2009???????????? I checked out some of it--forget it.
If you really want to see "Children Of The Corn," at its purest and most distilled, I refer you, girls, to the 1983 "Disciples Of The Crow," which is shorter, more understated, and yet creepy as can be.
Just shows that less is more, darlings!
I so wanted to bring you the 1983 film on here, for you to view. I suggest you go to YouTube, where it is, and see how well an adaptation of this work was actually made, before what is considered the more renowned one!
Indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephen King, I thought was so prolific, but apparently he’s only published around sixty books?
ReplyDeleteCan that be right??
ReplyDeleteVictoria,
I really have not kept track. The last
book I read was one of his pulp fiction
paperbacks called Joyland, about a haunted
amusement park. That may have been in 2013.