Arrow Video Prepares 4K Ultra HD Edition Of Director Fritz Kiersch's Children Of The Corn For Release On Sept. 28

Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has selected Sept. 28 as the street date for the 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack debut of director Fritz Kiersch’s 1984 film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, Children of the Corn.

This is a new 2K film restoration from the film’s original negative.

Linda Hamilton made three films in 1984, while Children of the Corn was the first in the cycle, followed by a small part in director Christopher Cain’s The Stone Boy, it was the Halloween-season release of The Terminator that made her a star.

Here she plays Vicky Baxter, who is on the way to Seattle with her boyfriend, Burt Stanton (Peter Horton — Fade to Black), when they mow-down a young boy by the name of Joseph, but on closer inspection — since Burt is a doctor — they discover that the boy’s throat was cut!!  

The soon discover that the town of Gatlin, Nebraska (actually filmed in and around Sioux City, Iowa) is devoid of adults, except for the owner of gas station (R.G. Armstrong), who doesn’t last long when he tries to warn the couple of the danger that they face.  

They also discover that a 12-year-old kid named Isaac (John Franklin in his film debut, who would later star as “Cousin Itt” in the Addams Family movies) is running things and backed by a supernatural force that is referred to as “He Who Walks Behind the Rows.”  Once you turn nineteen you become a sacrifice … and the new people in town, Vicky and Burt certainly fit that bill!!

As nice as it is to see Linda Hamilton in a pre-Terminator role, the real iconic image that emerged from director Fritz Kiersch’s Children of the Corn is that of the ultra-evil Isaac … it didn’t take long for some to notice the similarities between Franklin’s creepy Isaac and environmental cult leader Greta Thunberg, which is pretty funny when all things are considered.

As to bonus goodies, there are two commentary options.  The first is newly-prepared and features John Sullivan, host of the childrenofthecornmovie.com website, and film journalist Justin Beahm, while the second is a vintage commentary from filmmaker Fritz Kiersch, producer Terrence Kirby and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains.

There are also six featurettes — “Harvesting Horror: The Making of Children of the Corn,” “It Was the Eighties!,” “Return to Gatlin,” “Stephen King on a Shoestring,” “Welcome to Gatlin: The Sights and Sounds of Children of the Corn” and “Feeling Blue.”