Clown in a Cornfield Movie Review

Movie Analysis & Review

Clown in a Cornfield, released on 08 May 2025, is an Horror, Mystery, Thriller film (Released) with a runtime of 96 minutes. Produced by Temple Hill Entertainment, Rhea Films, Protagonist Pictures, Thundersnow Pictures, 1821 Pictures, Hercules Film Fund in United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg. Directed by Eli Craig, the movie features performances by Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Bradley Sawatzky, Vincent Muller, Ayo Solanke. The film had a budget of $1.0 million and grossed $5.3 million.
Plot Summary: Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Bradley Sawatzky, Vincent Muller, Ayo Solanke
Crew: Petersen Harris (Producer), Georges Bermann (Producer), Jim Heber (Casting Director), Marty Bowen (Producer), Eli Craig (Director), Wyck Godfrey (Producer), Puneet Chawla (Script Supervisor), Sabrina Pitre (Editor)
Director: Eli Craig

Overview of Clown in a Cornfield

Release Date: 2025-05-08
Runtime: 96 min
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Status: Released
Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: $5,269,735
Production: Temple Hill Entertainment, Rhea Films, Protagonist Pictures, Thundersnow Pictures, 1821 Pictures, Hercules Film Fund
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg
Certification (IN): N/A
OTT Providers: N/A
Keywords: small town, based on novel or book, slasher, killer clown, evil clown, independent film
External: IMDB

Story & Plot

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.

Trailer

Reviews

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"Clown in a Cornfield is a pleasant surprise in the 2025 horror landscape. It starts off rather generically – a conservative town, a group of rebellious teens, a masked kil…

Chris Sawin: Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, Clown in a Cornfield follows 17-year-old Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams) moving to Kettle Springs, Missouri. After the passing of Quinn’s mother the previous summer, Kettle Springs had an opening for a family docto…

CinemaSerf: Ok, so there’s not much original about this cornfield chopper, but I think that’s the point. It sets itself up right from the start as more of a parody of so many other films of the genre, and I really quite enjoyed it. Of course we have to start with the daughter/father relationship that’s reeling …

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