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Clown in a Cornfield

2025 · 96 min

A gleefully mean small-town slasher that mixes grisly kills with wink-at-the-camera satire, keeping you tense and amused in equal measure.

Tagline: Are you a friend of Frendo?
Overview: 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.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
revenge
coming-of-age
isolation
corruption
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	7
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Eli Craig
Written by: Eli Craig, Carter Blanchard
Starring: Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Kevin Durand, Dylan McEwan, Aaron Abrams, Alexandre Martin Deakin, Vincent Muller, Will Sasso
Music: Marcus Trumpp, Brandon Roberts
Cinematography: Brian Pearson
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg
Languages: English

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