After spending two years in limbo, Children of the Corn's prequel remake will finally be available to audiences across the United States. The supernatural slasher film premiered in two cinemas in 2020. However, it did not secure a wide release across the country, as was the original plan.
Fortunately, in what fans of the horror genre will agree is excellent news, the film will be available in theaters soon as RLJE Films and Shudder, the horror streaming platform belonging to AMC Networks, have acquired its distribution rights. The horror film is now scheduled for a limited theatrical release on March 3. The film will show for 18 days, after which it will head to Shudder on March 21.
Following the acquisition, Chief Acquisitions Officer Mark Ward stated that "We're thrilled to work with Kurt Wimmer and bring his vision of this classic Stephen King story to new audiences."
Children of the Corn follows a twelve-year-old girl in the fictitious small Nebraskan town of Gatlin. She wreaks havoc on the town and its inhabitants after she is possessed by an evil spirit in a perishing cornfield. With the help of the other town's children, she cruelly murders the adults, alongside everyone standing in her way. Fortunately, she faces opposition from a smart high school student.