Last updated on September 12th, 2025 at 02:38 am
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Follows Quinn (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams), who 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. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
RLJE Films and Shudder distribute in the US. Director Eli Craig was quoted saying: “I’m thrilled to partner with RLJE and Shudder to release this insanely fun, action, horror, comedy where we always wanted it to be seen — in theaters! As always in my movies, there’s a deeper theme about the collision of perspectives and ideals that leads to utter mayhem. It was fun in this one however, to let the horror thrills take the lead while the comedic absurdity that I can’t help but see in life, brings a bit of levity.” (11/25/24)
Sales company Protagonist Pictures were quoted saying: “With chills, memorable set pieces and messy mayhem aplenty, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD will be sure to electrify both young horror audiences and fans of the classic slasher movies.”
The film’s producers were quoted saying: “We love Eli Craig’s brand of scary fun and are thrilled to be working with him on this terrifying slasher adaptation that is both timely and timeless.”
Directed by Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs Evil, Little Evil).
Based on the 2020 YA novel with the same name by author Adam Cesare.
StudioCanal released Clown in a Cornfield in Cinemas in Australia and New Zealand on May 8, 2025.
RLJE Films and Shudder released Clown in a Cornfield in Theaters on May 9, 2025.
Elevation Pictures released Clown in a Cornfield in Theaters in Canada on May 9, 2025.
Entertainment Film Distributors released Clown in a Cornfield in Cinemas in the UK on June 6, 2025.
RLJE Films and Shudder released Clown in a Cornfield on PVOD on June 10, 2025.
Clown in a Cornfield premiered on Shudder on August 8, 2025.
RLJE Films released Clown in a Cornfield on 4K UHD SteelBook, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 9, 2025.
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