Isaac Chroner (John Franklin) signaling to murder the adults in the original film.
Isaac Chroner was the leader of the death cult in Children of the Corn. A crazed religious fanatic, he is the main antagonist of the films. His second-in-command was the jealous Malachai Boardman. And on his side his little sister jillian she played as jillian may franklin john's daughter
Portrayals
He has had several different actors portray him, including John Franklin in the movie series and Preston Bailey in the made-for-TV remake. Franklin's portrayal is the most popular because of his GHD. GHD is a disease that is the reason for his short stature, high voice and young appearance. When he played the twelve year-old Isaac, he was actually 23, but nobody noticed it, because his GHD made him look like a child.
Character Biography
Isaac Chroner was a boy preacher who came to Gatlin. According to the script, when he was twelve years old, he led the children of the town in a massacre of all the adults and then resumed a place as leader of the remaining orphans. Eventually, the children completely converted to his way of thinking, and murdered their own parents at his will. It was around this time. that he made the prophecy, that He Who Walks Behind the Rows will awaken, when the daughter of the original chosen and the son of the original chosen provide a new generation of the chosen children. He orders, that any child over the age of nineteen be killed and forbids leisure or playing games. However, by the end of Children of the Corn, Isaac becomes power-hungry, and is struck down by his own God. After the events of the first film, the children of Gatlin manage to bring him into hiding, while preserving his status in critical care. By his daughter jillian to help him as his little sister to help him better And I Check His Xrays i Witness His Diagnose She's Worried About Him i Have NIghtmare About Isaac Her Own Brother As Her FatherI I THought He Gonna Die I Started To Srceam And Crying And Gasp And Breakdown When diagnosed, it was found that he had suffered two fractures to the head which required stitching, that his ankles and wrists were severely bruised, his
Isaac Chroner in the 1984 film.
arm joints were torn, and he'd shifted two plates in his back. He fell into a coma and woke up nineteen years later. He was determined to resurrect the forgotten religion, but couldn't successfully pull off all that was required of him, being weak and unwilling to meet the harsher demands of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. When he challenged He Who Walk Behind The Rows' demands, he was killed. In the 2009 version, Isaac is nine years old.
In Stephen King's original short story, Isaac is nine years old and has no last name. His birth name, however, was William Renfrew, which he dropped in favor of the biblical name Isaac.