Children of the Corn: Runaway

Children of the Corn: Runaway

Wherever they go, death follows.

R 2018 · 82 min · ★ 4.6 · Horror, Thriller

The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.

Directed by John Gulager · Written by Joel Soisson

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