Children of the Corn Quotes

Malachai Boardman Shut your mouth, Isaac!

Burt What the hell is going on here? What are you, crazy?! What do you think you're doing?!

Amos My passage. It's my birthday.

Burt You've got a pretty sick way of celebrating it, pal! Listen, I don't--

Rachel Silence, interloper! Your presence does profane this holy place. He will reckon with you.

Burt That's terrific. I don't know who "He" is, but maybe He'd like to discuss the medical side of what's going on here with me.

Amos It's as it should be.

Rachel Amos!

Amos It says it is written.

Rachel Speak no more to him! He is an unbeliever.

Isaac Behold, a dream did come to me, and the Lord did show all of this to me.

Corn-Children Praise God! Praise the Lord!

Isaac A time of tribulation has come. A test is at hand... the final test.

Malachai What has the Lord commanded?

Isaac In my dream the Lord did come to me, and He was a shape. It was He Who Walks Behind the Rows. And I did fall on my knees in terror, and hide my eyes, lest the fierceness of His face strike me dead! He told me all that has since happened; He said, "Joseph has taken his things and fled this happy place, because the worship of Me is no more upon him. So take you his life, and spill his blood, like water upon the earth! But let not the flesh pollute the corn; cast him instead upon the road!

Malachai And so it was done. Joseph the Betrayer was cast out!

Isaac And He Who Walks Behind The Rows did say, "I will send outlanders amongst you: a man and a woman. And these outlanders will be unbelievers and profaners of the holy. And the man will sorely test you, for he has great power, even greater than that of the Blue Man!

Corn-Children The Blue Man! Yes, the Blue Man!

Isaac And just as he was offered up unto Him, so shall be the unbelievers!

Malachai Make sacrifice unto Him! Bring Him the blood of the outlanders!

Corn-Children Praise God; praise the Lord! Praise God! Praise the Lord...!

Taglines In their world adults are not allowed... to live.

Job Don't worry, Mister. You'll be safe here. Isaac and Malachai don't know about this place.

Burt Enough! Who are Isaac and Malachai?

Job Isaac started the whole thing. He's a boy preacher who came to this town three years ago. At nine-years-old back then, he had a charming way that appealed to all the kids and teens like us to follow him with his own teachings of the bible and of the Old Testiment. But me and Sarah thought he was just plain weird.

Burt Stanton Any religion without love and compassion is false! It's a lie!

Isaac Don't just stand there! Seize him! Punish him! The Lord has chosen me as the bringer of His word and the giver of His laws! Disobedience to me is disobedience to Him! Do it now, or your punishment shall be a thousand deaths, each more horrible than the last!

Malachai They are tired of your talk, Isaac. I've shown them what I can do. Cut the woman down. Put Isaac in her place. We shall see how the Lord favors you.

Malachai Boardman Get him! Stop him! Kill him!

Taglines And a child shall lead them...

Malachai Boardman Seize her!

Malachai Boardman Outlander! Outlander! We have your woman!

Taglines An adult nightmare.

Vicky What do you want?

Malachai We want to give you Peace. Seize her!

Job I wish Isaac never came here.

Sarah But he's always been here, just like He Who Walks Behind The Rows.

Burt Stanton What, did you rewrite the whole thing, or just the parts that suit your needs?