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A brand new picture from Clown in a Cornfield showcases one in all Frendo’s many victims. The 2025 slasher film, which was directed by Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil), relies on the 2020 younger grownup novel of the identical title by Adam Cesare. It follows excessive schooler Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) shifting to the small city of Kettle Springs, Missouri, the place a killer dressed because the native Baypen corn syrup manufacturing unit mascot, Frendo the clown, begins murdering youngsters. The Clown in a Cornfield launch kicks off on Might 9.

ScreenRant can now share an unique first-look picture from Clown in a Cornfield. The picture options each parts of the horror film’s title, because it focuses on a scared teenager trying off into the gap whereas hiding in a cornfield, not realizing that Frendo is hiding within the corn simply exterior her peripheral imaginative and prescient. Take a look at the full-size picture beneath:

ScreenRant can even share an unique touch upon the film from Eli Craig. He reveals that he “almost passed on the film” however was satisfied to tackle the mission by his mom, who stated that “clowns are about to have a big comeback.” Learn his full quote beneath:

I nearly handed on the movie and did not make it. However on the day I needed to resolve, I used to be having espresso with my Mother and he or she stated she thought I ought to simply dive in and do it. She stated, “Clowns are about to have a big comeback.” She could not have been extra proper.

What This Means For Clown In A Cornfield

It Is Balancing Each Horror And Comedy

The sinister nature of this new picture emphasizes the truth that the brand new horror-comedy doesn’t skimp on the horror side of its style crossover. This stability could also be one motive the film has received over so many critics, incomes a solidly Contemporary rating of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. That rating was aggregated from writeups by 66 completely different critics, together with ScreenRant’s personal Graeme Guttman, who reviewed the film out of SXSW. Learn an excerpt from his 7 out of 10 Clown in a Cornfield assessment beneath:

Like discovering the remake of Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath on the USA community in the course of the night time, you might come throughout Clown in a Cornfield on Shudder and resolve to place it on. You received’t remorse that call. Higher but, see it in a theater should you can. This one feels prefer it’s made for a crowd like that, one the place everyone seems to be having enjoyable laughing on the movie, squirming on the gore, and laughing at themselves for getting swept up in it within the first place.

The picture additionally highlights simply how a lot 2025’s Clown in a Cornfield embraces traditional slasher tropes. The shot in query is harking back to the long-lasting scene within the seminal 1978 slasher Halloween the place Michael Myers’ masked face slowly seems within the darkness behind a distraught Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). By steeping its horror within the iconic imagery of the subgenre, this could assist the comedy factor come from a extra grounded place that makes it stand out much more.

The Film Strikes Throughout A Nice Time For Clowns

Whereas it was introduced that Eli Craig had boarded Clown in a Cornfield in late October 2022, simply weeks after Terrifier 2 – which options the killer Artwork the Clown – turned a shock smash hit, it appears doubtless that Craig’s dialog together with his mom in regards to the resurgence of clowns came about earlier than that film turned successful, proving his mom’s prescience. Contemplating the truth that the 2024 sequel Terrifier 3 turned an excellent greater hit, grossing $90.3 million in opposition to its $2 million finances, the brand new slasher is debuting at a time when audiences are completely primed to embrace clownish killers.

Clown in a Cornfield

7/10

Launch Date

Might 9, 2025

Runtime

96 Minutes

Director

Eli Craig

Writers

Eli Craig, Adam Cesare, Carter Blanchard

Producers

Georges Bermann, Wyck Godfrey

Katie Douglas

Dr. Glenn Maybrook

Katie Douglas

Quinn Maybrook