Based on Stephen King's short story of the same name (you can read it in the Night Shift collection), Children of the Corn features a young couple that stumbles into a nightmare while travelling through a rural town in Nebraska. The town has been taken over by children, who have ritualistically killed all the adults in the belief that the sacrifices will yield a successful crop of corn.
By today's horror standards, the original Children of the Corn might be considered more laughable than terrifying, but there are still genuinely chilling moments. You've got Courtney Gaines as Malachai, gripping onto a beaten Linda Hamilton as Vicky, screaming, "Outlander, we have your woman!" There's young John Franklin making his film debut as the disturbingly intense leader of the children, Isaac, and there are biblical themes throughout the movie that add unexpected depth to the otherwise silly plot.
You know who loves subtle (and not-so-subtle) nods to the Bible? Ryan Murphy.