Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

Children of the Corn: The Gathering is an American horror film of the psycho-thriller subgenre. It is the fourth film in the Children of the Corn film series and was directed by Greg Spence. It was produced by Stephen Berger for Dimension Films and was released direct-to-video on October 8th, 1996. It is based on concepts originally developed by author Stephen King who wrote the short story "Children of the Corn", which first appeared in the March, 1977 issue of Penthouse magazine. The story was later collected in the anthology novel Night Shift. The film stars Naomi Watts, Karen Black, Jamie Rene Smith, Mark Salling and William Windom. The film takes place in Nebraska and involves a child preacher named Josiah, who had been wrongfully murdered, and whose spirit possesses the local children into becoming the instrument of his revenge against the people who killed him. The children assume the identities of the dead children from the town's past, and attempt to resurrect Josiah from the dead.

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