8. Children of the Corn (2009 TV movie)
Donald P. Borchers, the producer of the 1984 original Children of the Corn cinematic adaptation of King’s 1977 short story, directed this version that first aired on Syfy. Unlike the 1984 original—a midnight-movie classic which stars a Terminator-era Linda Hamilton as a woman who encounters a very creepy cult of harvest-obsessed kids while on a road trip, and John Franklin as the delightfully evil leader of that cult—this remake didn’t make much of an impact. Fun fact: there are 11 films in the surprisingly robust (but not really recommendable, aside from that first entry) Children of the Corn series, including a 2020 prequel confusingly titled Children of the Corn.
