Over the years, Stephen King has ruined proms, dogs, clowns, as well as red-and-white Plymouth Furies for us, but its his depiction of kids in Children of the Corn that is perhaps his most disconcerting. The film tells the tale of a fictitious rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska that is inhabited by adult-hating kids. In this town a crazed religious fanatic, Isaac Chroner calls all the shots. How does a little boy come to run a town? Well, the town in the film relies upon corn for the health of its economy. One year, the crops failed and the mysterious boy preacher appeared and brainwashed all of the kids into killing the adults as a sacrifice. Now any passing adults are sacrificed as well. Isaac is an effectively sinister kid. The actor who played him John Franklin had human growth hormone deficiency which basically means that his body does not produce enough growth hormone (his adult height is "barely 5 feet"). This would account for Isaacs high pitched drone that we're all too familiar with. He would return in one of many Children of the Corn sequels Children of the Corn 666 Isaacs Return. And yes, he is just as creepy in that film as well.
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