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Horror Comedy ‘Clown In A Cornfield' Arrives On Streaming This Week
Frendo the Clown in a scene from "Clown in a Cornfield." Clown in a Cornfield — a horror comedy from the director of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil — is coming to digital streaming this week. Directed by Eli Craig, Clown in a Cornfield opened in theaters on May 9. The summary for the movie reads, 'In Clown in a Cornfield, Quinn (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams) 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.' Clown in a Cornfield is based on Adam Cesare's book of the same name. The movie also stars Kevin Durand, Carson MacCormack, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Ayo Solanke, Vincent Muller and Will Sasso. As confirmed by a listing on Prime Video, Clown in a Cornfield arrived on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, June 11. In addition to Prime Video, Clown in a Cornfield will be available for purchase for PVOD for $24.99 on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home and YouTube. Since PVOD rentals are typically $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent Clown in a Cornfield for 48 hours for $19.99. Naturally, with the word 'clown' in the title of Clown in a Cornfield, Eli Craig knew that it would make fans think of the murderous Art the Clown from director Damien Leone's Terrifier horror hits. As such, Craig made a conscious decision to avoid the unrated horror and gore route of Leone's movies by trusting his own instincts by creating a line that he — and Frendo the Clown — should not cross. 'My gut is the line and sometimes I go to the point where I feel like I'm testing my own gut, where I can't really watch something myself,' Craig said in a Zoom conversation prior to the release of Clown in a Cornfield. "With Terrifier 3, I had to watch the film in little segments to study it and I realized, 'Oh wow, Damien Leone is a master.' I wanted to look at how he was doing in-camera special effects. [At the same time] I had to disassociate what I was seeing to process it. I had to think about the process of how he did stuff so I wouldn't puke.' However, Craig, added, he made sure to take full advantage of what an R rating allowed. 'I feel like I've hit the mark where most people are going to go, 'Ooh!' and start turning away, but then I'm done,' Craig explained. 'I have these moments that may be a little shocking, but there's just a touch of humor in it as well that makes it tolerable. 'I want to have the kills be quite real and a little bit shocking, gritty and brutal, but also have a touch of playfulness to them,' Craig added. 'They're not brutal to the point of being sickening, though. That's the line for me. I'm not interested in making a sickening movie. I want to make a fun movie that has kills in it.' Clown in a Cornfield has earned $7.2 million in domestic ticket sales and more than $532,000 internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $7.7 million to date. Craig said the production budget for the film was 'significantly less' than $10 million. The film also earned a 74% 'fresh' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 136 reviews, while audiences gave it a 59% 'rotten' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 500-plus verified user ratings. Clown in a Cornfield arrives on PVOD on Tuesday.
Forbes
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
When Is Horror Comedy ‘Clown In A Cornfield' Coming To Streaming?
Frendo the Clown in "Clown in a Cornfield." RLJE Films/Shudder Clown in a Cornfield — a horror comedy from Tucker and Dave vs. Evil diector Eli Craig — is new in theaters. When will the movie be available to stream at home? Rated R, Clown in a Cornfield opened in theaters on Friday. The summary for the film reads, 'In Clown in a Cornfield, Quinn (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams) 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.' Based on Adam Cesare's acclaimed book of the same name, Clown in a Cornfield also stars Kevin Durand, Carson MacCormack and Will Sasso. The screenplay for Clown in a Cornfield was adapted by Craig and Carter Blanchard. Clown in a Cornfield is an RLJE Films and Shudder release. The first stop for the film in the home entertainment marketplace will be on digital streaming via premium video on demand. Generally, it takes about three weeks to a month before RLJE Films releases arrive on PVOD. For example, the Nicolas Cage horror thriller Arcadian opened in theaters on April 12, 2024, and arrived on PVOD 19 days later, on May 1. More recently, RLJE Films' sci-fi horror thriller Ash opened in theaters on March 21 and made its debut just over a month later on April 22. If Clown in a Cornfield follows the same pattern, viewers can expect the film to arrive on PVOD anytime between May 27 to June 10, since new films are generally released on digital streaming on Tuesdays.' When Clown in a Cornfield debuts on PVOD, viewers will be able to purchase or rent the film on PVOD on such digital platforms as AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube. Since Clown in a Cornfield is an RLJE Films and Shudder production, Clown in a Cornfield will debut on streaming video on demand on Shudder. Shudder, of course, is a horror film and television series-based streaming platform that has first hosted other RLJC Films productions. Previously, there was about a three-month window between the time RLJE's Arcadian debuted in theaters on April 12, 2024, before it debuted on Shudder on July 12. In additon, the RLJE horror comedy Bloody Axe Wound opened in theaters on Dec. 27, 2024, and arrived on Shudder just shy of three months later on March 21. If Clown in a Cornfield follows that same pattern, then viewers can expect the film to debut on Shudder sometime around Friday, Aug. 8. Clown in a Cornfield is new in theaters.
Forbes
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Clown In A Cornfield' Reviews: Is Horror Comedy Making Critics Smile?
Frendo the Clown in "Clown in a Cornfield." Clown in a Cornfield — a horror comedy from Tucker & Dale vs. Evil director Eli Craig — is new in theaters. Rated R, Clown in a Cornfield opens in theaters nationwide on Friday. The official summary for the film reads, 'In Clown in a Cornfield, Quinn (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams) 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.' Clown in a Cornfield also stars Kevin Durand, Carson MacCormack, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Ayo Solanke, Vincent Muller and Will Sasso. Based on Adam Cesare's acclaimed book of the same name, the screenplay for Clown in a Cornfield was written by Craig and Carter Blanchard. As of Thursday, Clown in a Cornfield has earned an 84% 'fresh' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 73 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film reads, 'Clown in a Cornfield doesn't reinvent the corn maze, but its clever insights, subversion of expectations and solid foundation help slash its way to the top.' The RT Popcornmeter score, which features verified user ratings, is still pending. Among the top critics on RT who gives Clown in a Cornfield a 'fresh' rating is The Wrap's Rafael Motomayor, who writes that the movie 'may not rewrite the rules of the genre, but it does deliver a lean, mean, fun killer clown movie with wide-audience appeal that speaks loudest to Gen Z.' Nick Schager of The Daily Beast also gives Clown in a Cornfield a 'fresh' rating, writing on RT, 'If its fondness for stock formulas and scares means that it's not shocking, it also knows how to play the hits — and, of course, to deliver on its promise of killer clowns in cornfields.' The San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle signs the praises of the director Eli Craig, writing in his review on RT, 'Craig is so in command of the movie's tone that he can have a character say, 'It's like we're stuck in some awful '80s slasher movie,' without diminishing the genuine terror of clowns in cornfields.' Among the top critics on RT who give Clown in a Cornfield a 'rotten' rating is Owen Gleiberman of Variety, who writes, 'The film, in its trivial way, exudes a dyspeptic downer vibe, the result of everyone in it being so testy and unpleasant.' Jake Wilson of The Sydney Morning Herald also gives Clown in a Cornfield a 'rotten' review, writing, 'There's nothing wrong with using a teen horror movie to comment on the generation gap, class relations and the decline of the US manufacturing sector. But it helps if the plot isn't so cluttered with half-realized ideas.' Barry Hertz of the Globe and Mail also gives the film a 'rotten' review on RT, writing, 'Clown in a Cornfield takes far too long to reveal its big conceit, which is itself neither especially clever nor subversive. The whole idea represents a spurt of fresh blood when it should be a gushing geyser.' Clown in a Cornfield opens in theaters nationwide on Friday.
