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Clown in a Cornfield

  • 5.6 /10

  • 393

  • 74%

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.

Cast

Katie Douglas as Quinn Maybrook
Katie Douglas

as Quinn Maybrook

Aaron Abrams as Dr. Glenn Maybrook
Aaron Abrams

as Dr. Glenn Maybrook

Carson MacCormac as Cole Hill
Carson MacCormac

as Cole Hill

Vincent Muller as Rust Vance
Vincent Muller

as Rust Vance

Kevin Durand as Mayor Arthur Hill
Kevin Durand

as Mayor Arthur Hill

Will Sasso as Sheriff Dunne
Will Sasso

as Sheriff Dunne

Cassandra Potenza as Janet Murray
Cassandra Potenza

as Janet Murray

Verity Marks as Ronnie Queen
Verity Marks

as Ronnie Queen

Ayo Solanke as Tucker Lee
Ayo Solanke

as Tucker Lee

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 8, 2025

Production Companies

  • Temple Hill Entertainment

  • Rhea Films

  • Protagonist Pictures

  • Thundersnow Pictures

  • 1821 Pictures

  • Hercules Film Fund

  • RLJE Films

  • Shudder

Production Countries

  • United States of America

  • United Kingdom

  • Canada

  • Luxembourg

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $1,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $13,260,361.00

Runtime

  • 1.60 hrs

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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/clown-in-a-cornfield-movie-review-when-tradition-kills-literally/ "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 killer - but quickly finds its own identity through well-crafted social commentary and a strong execut…

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 doctor which caused the surviving Maybrooks to move from the big city to a small rural town. The loca…

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 from a tragedy, then they move to an old rickety house that really does need it’s chimney seeing to…