More Stephen King's "Children of the Corn" (1984) Quiz

Answer: Vicky was abducted by Malachi and his followers.

Vicky stayed behind with Sarah while Burt went back into town. Vicky asked what Sarah was doing in the house all alone. Sarah told her she was drawing. Sarah told Vicky Malachi did not like for her to draw. Vicky told Sarah to draw her a picture, and she wouldn't tell anyone.

As Vicky waited for Burt to return, Malachi and his followers surrounded and entered the home. They abducted Vicky and took her to the cornfields. Isaac instructed Malachi to get Burt too. They were both to be sacrificed to the children's god that evening. Vicky was tied to a cross made of corn.

As she looked over in the cornfield, Vicky would scream. There was the skeleton on a policeman on a corn cross in the cornfield as well.

Answer: Malachi had killed Diehl and Joseph,

Malachi brought Vicky to the cornfield in preparation for the sacrifice. Malachi asked Isaac if their lord had given him any instructions. Isaac told Malachi his actions had displeased their god. Isaac explained that Joseph was killed by Malachi with no offering to their god.

He also said that they still needed the fuel and oil from Diehl. Malachi had murdered both of these people. Malachi would say maybe their lord was displeased because they had not offered Joby and Sarah to him. Isaac told Malachi not to question him that he was the giver of their gods' word.

Answer: Courtney Gains

Malachi often served as the muscle for Isaac. He was the one that carried out all of the plans laid down by Isaac and their god. Malachi really seemed to enjoy his work too. In the scene where he abducted Vicky, she would ask Malachi what he wanted. Malachi with a menacing smile on his face said, "To bring you peace".

Courtney Gains played the role of Malachai Boardman. This was one of Courtney's first roles. He also starred as Hans Klopek in "The 'Burbs". His co-stars in "The 'Burbs" were Carrie Fisher and Tom Hanks.

Answer: Chest

Burt encountered a group of children in a church. Amos, who had just turned 19, was carving a symbol into his chest. He collected the blood from the chest in a cup made of corn. Amos handed the corn cup to Rachel. She was about to drink from the container when Burt entered the church. Burt asked Amos what he was doing. On his 19th birthday, Amos explained he would join their lord. Burt told him that it was a pretty sick way to celebrate his birthday. Rachel told one of the children to get Malachi.

As Burt was trying to leave the church, Rachel stabbed him in the chest with a knife. Burt was able to escape the church with Rachel and the other children running after him.

Answer: Malachi

As the children were closing in around Burt, Malachi would scream out to him. Malachi caused the children to look away from Burt momentarily. Burt would manage to escape the onslaught of the children by running away. He ran through alleyways and finally ducked into a building. Malachi entered the building and drew his knife from its sheath. Burt had managed to secure a weapon of his own.

As Malachi walked by, Burt struck him on the leg with a crowbar. Burt would run into Job, who showed him a place to hide. Job took Burt to where he and his sister, Sarah, hid from everyone.

Answer: Isaac was to be sacrificed to their god.

Malachi had pulled a coup and seized control of the children. He ordered Isaac to be sacrificed to their god along with Amos. Amos who had turned 19 was willingly going to be sacrificed. Isaac however was not so compliant. Both Amos and Isaac were secured to the crosses of corn and raised up. Isaac who was visibly upset kept saying they were making a grave mistake by offering him as sacrifice.

Answer: Police Officer

Officer Hodgekiss had learned the secret to destroying the demon. He had found a verse in the bible. The verse gave the Officer the idea to burn the fields down. However, he was not successful and was stopped by Malachi. Burt would learn of the verse through Joby. Vicky would work it out that the cornfield needed to be destroyed to defeat the demon.

In an earlier scene, we saw the skeletal remains of Officer Hodgekiss. He had been secured to a cross of corn and offered as a sacrifice to the children's god. He still had his Police Officer hat on too.

Answer: Fritz Kiersch

The film was based on a short story by author Stephen King. It tells the story of a group of children who are under the leadership of a child preacher, Isaac. Isaac convinces the children that their lord wants them to kill their parents. The children then grow and tend to corn. They offered any living grownups of Gatlin as sacrifices to the demonic force. The corn is actually alive in the film. It is almost as if it is a character in the film. This is evident when the corn howls when Joby is helping Burt cut the corn off himself.

Fritz Kiersch was born in Alpine Texas in 1951. He, in my humble opinion, did a great job with the film. In an interview with the author of the book, Stephen King, he said he was very pleased with the way the film was directed. Stephen was a very harsh critic of movies about his books, he was seldom pleased with the final cut of the film. Fritz would direct a number of television programs. He however is best known for "The Children of The Corn".

Answer: He Who Walks Behind The Rows

Isaac had said their leader was the God of Hell. We never saw the demonic presence in his true physical form throughout the entirety of the film. He did at one point however inhabit the body of the recently sacrificed Isaac. Malachi had Isaac placed on a cross as a sacrifice to their God. Isaac was taken by He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Malachi was certainly surprised when the possessed body of his former leader, Isaac returned. Isaac told Malachi that their God was displeased and wanted him too. Isaac would snap Malachi's neck with his two bare hands.

Answer: Rachel

The foursome had just destroyed the demonic force that reigned over the children of Gatlin. They walked back to the home of Joby and Sarah from the burning cornfields. Burt had parked his car at the home earlier in the day. Burt and Vicky had asked Joby and Sarah if they would like to come to stay with them. The children gleefully accepted their offer. They had a 19-mile walk to the nearest town. The children had damaged the car so it was inoperable. Burt went into the car to get the map. Rachel was hiding in the backseat of the car, she jumped at Burt with a scythe. Burt managed to pull the girl to the front seat and knock her out cold. Burt asked Vicky what he should do about Rachel. Vicky said, "Send her a get-well card from Seattle".

Rachel by all accounts was a pretty influential person in the cult. She oversaw the ritual in which the newly turned 19-year-olds of the cult would offer themselves as a sacrifice to their lord. When Burt interrupted Amos's ceremony it was Rachel who told one of the children to go get Malachi.