Children of the Corn
I was working on a Stephen King post, which Ivan is now finishing for me, because he's really the go-to guy for King. But I'm going to focus here on a sub-set of the King Cinematic Universe, which is the Children of the Corn film series. IT (NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING) Release Date: September 15, 1986 (Setting is 1957 - 1958 and 1984 - 1985) Series: Stephen King Universe (the works of Stephen King) Horror Crosses: Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos The Story: In the town of Derry, in the 1950s, a supernatural entity terrorizes until a group of children band together to defeat it. In the 1980s, those former children must again stop the entity. Notes: This story has references that link it to Lovecraft’s Pickman’s Model. It also has references to The Stand, Children of the Corn, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Dead Zone, The Tommyknockers, the Dark Tower, and Christine. NIGHT SHIFT “CHILDREN OF THE CORN” (SHORT STORY BY STEPHEN KING) Release Date: February 1978 (Co...