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Best-selling author Stephen King sowed the seeds for a bumper crop of horror films with his classic collection Night Shift. But few would sprout into the kind of franchise that Children of the Corn would grow to be.
In the cult classic original a young couple (Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton) find themselves stranded in the small town of Gatlin, Nebraska where they meet a religious cult of children led by the mysterious Isaac and the unhinged Malachi and learn the blood-curdling secrets of He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Meanwhile in Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice, the well-meaning locals of nearby Hemingford adopt the children who survived the original terror, but all is not as it seems. A new harvest is about to begin. Finally, Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest brings terror to the big city, as two orphaned boys from Gatlin are taken into foster care in Chicago, where He Who Walks Behind the Rows begins to walk again!
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all three films
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of Children of the Corn
- Alternate cuts of Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice and Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
- DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options for all three films
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- 60-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing by John Sullivan, Lee Gambin, Stacie Ponder, Craig Martin and Guy Adams
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin
DISC 1 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN (BLU-RAY / 4K UHD BLU-RAY)
- Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
- Audio commentary with horror journalist Justin Beahm and Children of the Corn historian John Sullivan
- Audio commentary with director Fritz Kiersch, producer Terrence Kirby and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains
- Harvesting Horror: The Making of Children of the Corn – retrospective piece featuring interviews with director Fritz Kiersch and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains
- It Was the Eighties! – an interview with actress Linda Hamilton
- Return to Gatlin – brand new featurette revisiting the film’s original Iowa shooting locations
- Stephen King on a Shoestring – an interview with producer Donald Borchers
- Welcome to Gatlin: The Sights and Sounds of Children of the Corn – an interview with production designer Craig Stearns and composer Jonathan Elias
- Cut from the Cornfield – an interview with the actor who played “The Blue Man” in the fabled excised sequence
- Theatrical Trailer
- Disciples of the Crow, a 1983 short film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story
DISC 2 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN II: THE FINAL SACRIFICE (BLU-RAY)
- Two versions of the film: the International Cut, and the US Theatrical Cut with additional CGI and an alternate audio mix (via seamless branching)
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Brand new audio commentary by critic Lee Gambin, in conversation with director David Price
- A New Harvest, a brand new interview with director David Price
- Sowing the Seeds of Terror, a brand new interview with co-screenwriter A.L. Katz
- Framing Fear, a brand new interview with cinematographer Levie Isaacks
- Workprint version of the film
- Stills gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
DISC 3 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN III: URBAN HARVEST (BLU-RAY)
- Two versions of the film, the R-rated US Cut and the Unrated International Cut with extended ending (via seamless branching)
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Corn in the City, a brand new interview with screenwriter Dode Leveson
- Corn in the USA, a brand new visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams
- Early treatments, versions of the story from the development process
- Stills Galleries
- Theatrical Trailer
Extras are subject to change.
The Children of the Corn Trilogy 4K/Blu-ray box set is released on September 27th.
