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Mar 9, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 9 1984 Children of the Corn Premiered in Theaters.

On this day March 9 1984 the horror film Children of the Corn premiered in theaters. Based on a short story by Stephen King the film was directed by Fritz Kiersch and starred Peter Horton Linda Hamilton John Franklin and Courtney Gains. The story followed a young couple who find themselves trapped in a rural town where the children have murdered all the adults and worship a mysterious entity known as He Who Walks Behind the Rows.

Made on a modest budget of 800000 Children of the Corn became...

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