Clown in a Cornfield

Film Review: Clown in a Cornfield subverts slasher genre tropes as much as it embraces them

Having already dipped his toe in the comedy/horror field with both Little Evil and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, writer/director Eli Craig dives confidently headfirst into the cornfield for a meta slasher of sorts that subverts expectation as much as it plays into tropes of the genre.  With a title like Clown in a Cornfield,…

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Interview: Director Eli Craig on the metaphors and mayhem of his slasher flick Clown in a Cornfield

Looking for a fresh start, Quinn and her father move to the quiet town of Kettle Springs. They soon learn the fractured community has fallen on hard times after losing a treasured factory to a fire. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning clown emerges from the cornfields to…

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