‘Children of the Corn’ Actor — Slapped With Restraining Order

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Courtney Gains — who starred as a psychotic teenage killer Malachai in “Children of the Corn” — is allegedly wreaking havoc in his real life too … his ex-girlfriend obtained a restraining order against the guy claiming he’s threatening her life.

Kelley Marie Pospisil — who says she dated Gains for 2 years –filed court documents begging the judge to keep the 46-year-old actor at least 100 yards away from her at all times.

In the docs … Kelley says Gains has been sending her threatening text messages since they broke up … writing things like “Don’t think I won’t go find your ass. Just keep it up b**ch.”

K.M.P. says Gains is using Facebook to track her down through her friends … and fears “his escalating behavior is going to get worse.” She also claims Gains confessed to her that he was abusive towards past girlfriends.

Kelley states, “I am scared that [Gains] may be following me or stalking me … [his] behavior is terrifying and making me fearful of my life.”

We reached out to Gains for comment — but no luck.

A hearing is set for August 21.