Disciples of the Crow (1983)

Directed by

John Woodward

Genre

horror fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rated

18

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children in a rural town form a violent religious cult and kill the adults. A couple passing through encounters the cult and must try to escape.

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What happens

Disciples of the Crow is a 1983 American supernatural short film directed by John Woodward. It is the initial installment of the Children of the Corn film series. The film contains themes of religious fanaticism, violence and mysticism, while the ending differs from the original story, allowing the characters to escape, but leaving a sense of anxiety and uncertainty. Disciples of the Crow is a condensed but atmospheric adaptation of 1977 short story by Stephen King, focusing on the horror and religious madness of child cultists. The film won a Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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