Children of the Corn
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Children of the Corn is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who encounter a sinister cult of children in a remote Nebraska town.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children of the Corn Context triple: [Night Shift, hasShortStory, Children of the Corn]
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A.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a horror novel by Stephen King about a burial ground with the power to resurrect the dead, leading to terrifying consequences for a grieving family.
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B.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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C.
Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film about a mysterious village where women simultaneously give birth to eerie, super-intelligent children with psychic powers.
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D.
Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, paying homage to 1950s EC horror comics through a series of macabre, darkly humorous stories.
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E.
Bankhead
Bankhead is a surname most notably associated with the prominent American political family that included U.S. House Speaker William B. Bankhead and actress Tallulah Bankhead.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children of the Corn Target entity description: Children of the Corn is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who encounter a sinister cult of children in a remote Nebraska town.
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A.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a horror novel by Stephen King about a burial ground with the power to resurrect the dead, leading to terrifying consequences for a grieving family.
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B.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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C.
Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film about a mysterious village where women simultaneously give birth to eerie, super-intelligent children with psychic powers.
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D.
Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, paying homage to 1950s EC horror comics through a series of macabre, darkly humorous stories.
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E.
Bankhead
Bankhead is a surname most notably associated with the prominent American political family that included U.S. House Speaker William B. Bankhead and actress Tallulah Bankhead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Children of the Corn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Children of the Corn (1984 film)
Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Children of the Corn (2009 film)
Children of the Corn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Children of the Corn (2020 film)
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| antagonistEntity | He Who Walks Behind the Rows ⓘ |
| antagonistGroup | cult of children ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| containsElement |
cornfield deity
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human sacrifice ⓘ road trip gone wrong ⓘ |
| contentWarning |
child death
ⓘ
graphic violence ⓘ religious extremism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Penthouse ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Isaac
ⓘ
Malachai ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | rural cult horror trope ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Night Shift ⓘ |
| laterPublisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary horror ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Burt
ⓘ
Vicky ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King short fiction bibliography ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Children of the Corn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Children of the Corn film series
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| publicationType | magazine ⓘ |
| publisher | Penthouse magazine ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Gatlin, Nebraska
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Nebraska ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
child violence
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cults ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ rural isolation ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| wordCountApproximate | 12000 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Children of the Corn Description of subject: Children of the Corn is a horror short story by Stephen King about a couple who encounter a sinister cult of children in a remote Nebraska town.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Children of the Corn (1984 film)
this entity surface form:
Children of the Corn (1984 film)
this entity surface form:
Children of the Corn (2009 film)
this entity surface form:
Children of the Corn (2020 film)
this entity surface form:
Children of the Corn film series
this entity surface form:
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return