The Season's Children

The Season's Children (advertised as Stephen King's The Season's Children) is a 1983 American supernatural slasher film based upon Stephen King's 1975 short novel of the same name. Directed by Ted Miesen, the film's cast consists of Todd Powell, Judy Hickman, Don Lawson, Ashley Lane, and R.S. Johnson. Set in the fictional town of Carterville, Minnesota, the film tells the story of a malevolent entity referred to as "The Man Who Cometh Upon The Town" which entices the town's children to ritually murder all of the county's adults, as well as the couple driving across the country to ensure a season of success.

Plot
The film is set in the fictional town of Carterville, Minnesota The seat of fictional Mockingbird County, Minnesota and a community suffering from pollution. To fight pollution, the townspeople, as well as the people of the county, turn to prayer to ensure fresh air. However, 8-year-old Timothy Kriber takes all of Mockingbird County's children and indoctrinates them to a religious cult based upon a bloodthirsty deity called "The Man Who Cometh Upon The Town". Jacob, and his subordinate, Hezekiah, lead the children in a revolution, murdering all the adults in Mockingbird County as human sacrifices. However 4-year-old Ezra and his 5-year-old sister Sarah, were uninvolved in the sacrifices, meaning they unattended the cult.