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While driving through Nebraska on their way to Seattle, Washington, a married couple—Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) Stanton—accidentally hit a boy on the highway. When Burt, a doctor, examines the boy, he notices that his throat has been cut and concludes that the boy was probably dead prior to being hit. The couple decides to take his body to the nearest town, which turns out to be Gatlin, but find that the town is deserted, except for a group of children. They soon learn that all the adults in Gatlin have been murdered and that the town is ruled by a religious cult, led by child preacher Isaac (John Franklin) and his lieutenant Malachai (Courtney Gains), neither of whom are about to let Burt and Vicky leave the town alive.

Children of the Corn is based on a short story of the same name by American horror writer Stephen King. The story was published first in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse Magazine before being included in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. The story was adapted for the screen by George Goldsmith. The movie was followed by seven sequels: Enfants de l'horreur 2: Le sacrifice (1992), Les enfants de l'horreur III: Moisson urbaine (1995), Les Démons du Maïs 4: La Moisson (1996), Les Enfants de L'Horreur 5: La Secte des Damnés (1998), Les Démons du Maïs 666: Le Retour de Isaac (1999), Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), and Les Enfants de l'Horreur: Genèse (2011). A TV film remake, also titled Children of the Corn (2009), was released in 2009.

From his rags, it looks like he was a law enforcement officer. In the short story, he was the Chief of Police. Toward the end of the movie, Joby (Robby Kiger) refers to him as Officer Hodgekiss.

The assumption is that games and music are forbidden by He-Who-Walks-Behind-the-Rows because they detract from the worship of him.

The origins of He-Who-Walks-Behind-the-Rows was not brought out in either the movie or the short story. Some Stephen King fans, especially upon learning that the town of Hemingford is nearby, have speculated that He might be Randall Flagg. Other viewers dispute that theory and suggest He is more akin to a Lovecraftian god, especially considering the cornfield dragon painting that Vicky stumbles upon. King himself has neither verified nor denied either theory. Fans theorized that he might be a fertility god or simply the devil