Re: question about the thing in children of the corn January 24, 2008 at 11:59 PM #19889 VessParticipant Thankfully, I forgot about any of the wretched films, but in the story, it’s He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Essentially, one of the local pagan deities who populate every village in King’s writings (even if he does use a total of five locations…)