Is Children of the Corn (1984) scary?

Not particularly — Children of the Corn (1984)'s appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a occult film, it scored 1.0/10 for fear, 4.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Children of the Corn (1984)?

Children of the Corn (1984) has 8 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

Does Children of the Corn (1984) have a happy ending?

Children of the Corn (1984) has a hopeful ending on Watch Darkly's spoiler-gated ending scale.

What are some films like Children of the Corn (1984)?

Films similar to Children of the Corn (1984) on Watch Darkly include Se7en (1995), It (2017), The Shining (1980) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Children of the Corn

1984 · R · 1h 32m

And a child shall lead them...

A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

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Release

US theatrical: March 9, 1984

Curator Score

6.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

A quieter watch, light on gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Children of the Corn has 8 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.0Overall

Fear1.0

Gore2.0

Atmosphere4.0

Intensity3.0

Genres

horrorthriller

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Details

Budget$800,000

Box office$14.6M

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Starring

Peter Horton as Burton Stanton · Linda Hamilton as Vicky · R.G. Armstrong as Diehl · John Franklin as Isaac Chroner · Courtney Gains as Malachai · Anne Marie McEvoy as Sarah · Robby Kiger as Job · Julie Maddalena as Rachel

Production

Angeles Entertainment Group, Cinema Group, Gatlin, Hal Roach Studios, Inverness Productions, Planet Productions

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