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Isaac

Isaac Chroner is a character who is featured in the 1977 Stephen King novelette Children of the Corn. He was also featured in the 1984 film adaptation where he was played by John Franklin. Franklin reprised the role in the 1999 sequel Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return.

Isaac (11 years old in the film, 9 in the novelette) takes all of the children in Gatlin, Nebraska into the cornfields and indoctrinates them into a religious cult based around a bloodthirsty deity called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows". He and his subordinate Malachai Boardman lead the children in a revolution, murdering all of the adults in town as human sacrifices.

Isaac and Malachai have a falling out and Malachai takes over, ordering for Isaac to be sacrificed. Isaac warns Malachai that sacrificing him will break their pact with He Who Walks Behind the Rows and the children will be severely punished. During Isaac's sacrifice, a supernatural light appears and devours him.

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