The brand new creepy clown film Clown in a Cornfield is already giving critics one thing to speak about past its goofy tone and the insane quantities of gore. The movie had its debut on the SXSW pageant this yr, and it is set to launch nationwide on Might 9. Nonetheless, early screenings have confirmed that the newest “killer clown” function is a large hit with critics. By the point of writing, it sits at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, an excellent rating for a slasher horror film.
Clown in a Cornfield relies on Adam Cesare’s novel of the identical title, which received the 2020 Bram Stoker Award within the class of Finest Younger Grownup Novel. The movie is directed by Eli Craig, who co-wrote the script with Carter Blanchard. It stars Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Will Sasso and Kevin Durand, amongst others. RLJE Movies and Shudder are answerable for distribution, which signifies that Clown in a Cornfield will possible make its streaming debut on the horror-exclusive platform someday sooner or later.
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The horror comedy follows younger Quinn Maybrook, a young person who has moved together with her father to the city of Kettle Springs. At first, nothing appears off concerning the place, and Quinn rapidly makes new pals. The issue is that, throughout a city celebration, the city mascot Frendo the Clown makes an look, and he isn’t precisely all enjoyable and pleasure. He is extra into slashing and dicing misbehaving teenagers. However, do not anticipate Clown in a Cornfield to be identical to some other “clowns are evil” film.
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Fellow reporters at ScreenRant caught up with Cesare and Craig on the New York Metropolis premiere of the movie, the place every of them supplied their inspiration for the e book and the film, respectively. Cesare, who managed to show the younger grownup horror novel right into a e book collection, mentioned that Frendo’s origins stem from his love of slasher films:
“I simply love slashers. Actually, I actually simply needed to do what would a clown slasher appear like? Clown slashers are few and much between aside from the apparent ones, however we have no clown mass slashers aside from Michael [Myers] on the very starting of Halloween.
“So it is like, let’s have a look at that, and what would that appear like if it may be a depressionary clown? It is actually working from extra of a tutorial sense of eager to do a clown slasher, proper?”
Craig supplied his inspiration for adapting Cesare’s eerie imaginative and prescient to the large display. The director, whose earlier movies embody horror comedies Tucker & Dale vs. Evil and Little Evil, mentioned that he was impressed by the upsetting imagery of a creepy clown in entrance of a cornfield:
“Yeah, I identical to the colour palette. The colour palette of a clown in opposition to a inexperienced cornfield is simply meant. It is good. And typically, should you guys watch the movie, you may see it’s a must to cease and catch one body of a clown that you do not actually know is there. And you may see a bit of crimson hair simply protruding from behind a stalk of corn. It’s extremely creepy.”
Supply: ScreenRant
Clown in a Cornfield
- Launch Date
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Might 9, 2025
- Runtime
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96 Minutes
- Director
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Eli Craig
- Writers
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Eli Craig, Adam Cesare, Carter Blanchard
- Producers
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Georges Bermann, Wyck Godfrey
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Katie Douglas
Dr. Glenn Maybrook
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Katie Douglas
Quinn Maybrook
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Carson MacCormac
Cole Hill
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Cassandra Potenza
Janet Murray
