CBB presents The Bear Cave of Terror - Ep. 7 - Children of the Corn (1984)

In this week's episode, Stephen King expert and superfan Ken Creamer, of Sixty Seconds of Stephen, joins Steve in the Bear Cave to talk about 1984's Children of the Corn, an adaptation of a short story from King's 1978 collection Night Shift that has gone on to spawn numerous sequels and a couple remakes. We talk about the studio's decision to reject King's script and go another direction, prompting the author's ire, the idea of a cult like this allowing to thrive in the movie's world, the explosion of other adaptations and interpretations of King's work in the 80s and beyond, and of course...ALL THAT CORN!

Additional resources for this episode:

"Children of the Corn" by Paul R Gagne, Cinefantastique vol 14 # 3

"The Stephen King Interview" by David Sherman, Fangoria #35, April, 1984 pp 38-41, 62

"Stephen King's Children of the Corn" by David Everett, Fangoria #35, Aprl 1984 pp 42-45

"Film: Children of the Corn, Based on a King Story" by Vincent Canby, New York Times, 3/16/84

Borseti, Francesco (2016) It Came From the 80s!, McFarland Press. pp 24-25

Disciples of the Crow (1983) dir. John Woodward, - https://youtu.be/S2yjqjA3AoE?si=gHprtnj_u1Xq4BdH

You can find Ken Creamer and his Stephen King facts and Trivia series on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube under @sixtysecondsofstephen