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Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
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.
ITV News
6 days ago
- ITV News
Blind and partially sighted people invited to ‘Try a Train' in Preston to build travel confidence
Blind and partially sighted people are being invited to take part in a special train journey event in Preston to help boost confidence and independence when travelling by train. The 'Try a Train' event, organised by Lancashire Sight Loss Council (SLC), will be held at Preston Rail Station on Thursday, 5 June. The free-event aims to provide an accessible and supportive environment for passengers to familiarise themselves with station layouts, board a train, and experience a return journey to Lytham St Anne's. The event is being run by and for blind and partially sighted people, with sighted guides and trained staff on hand throughout to offer assistance. It forms part of a wider push to make public transport more inclusive and to mark 200 years since the birth of the modern railway. Steph Syson, a volunteer with Lancashire Sight Loss Council, said: 'The thought of going on a train journey when you are blind or partially sighted can be such a daunting prospect, and often the anxiety of it all will prevent many from travelling. "This event will be great for people who are apprehensive. I'm especially looking forward to familiarising myself with the layout of the train – it will really help with the anxiety I sometimes feel around travel.' The day is being delivered in partnership with Community Rail Lancashire and supported by Thomas Pocklington Trust, which funds Sight Loss Councils across the UK. Katie Douglas, Accessibility and Inclusion Officer at Community Rail Lancashire, said: 'Try the Train is a fully funded programme designed to help people travel more independently. "We've supported over 300 people across the Northern network so far, and we're really pleased to be working with Sight Loss Councils this year to offer even more inclusive opportunities.' Passengers will meet at Preston Station at 10am and return around 3.30pm.
Forbes
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Horror Comedy ‘Clown In A Cornfield' Gets Digital Streaming Date, Report Says
Scene from "Clown in a Cornfield." The hit horror comedy Clown in a Cornfield is reportedly coming soon to digital streaming. Directed by Eli Craig ( Tucker & Dale vs. Evil ), Clown in a Cornfield is based on hit young adult novel by Adam Cesare. The film opened in theaters on May 9. 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.' Rated R, Clown in a Cornfield is expected to arrive on digital straming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, June 10, according to When to Stream. While the streaming tracker is typically accurate with its PVOD reports, When to Stream noted that the film's studio, RLJE Films, has not announced or cornfirmed the digital release date of Clown in a Cornfield and it is subject to change. When Clown in a Cornfield arrives on PVOD, it will be available to purchase or rent on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube. Prime Video currently has the film available for pre-order for $24.99, which will also be the film's purchase price. Since digital rentals are typically $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent Clown in a Cornfield for a 48-hour period for $19.99. Clown in a Cornfield has earned $6.3 million from North American theaters and $257,000 internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $6.5 million to date, per The Numbers. Director Eli Craig said in a Zoom conversation before the film's release that the production budget for Clown in a Cornfield was 'significantly less' than $10 million. Clown in a Cornfield received a 73% perfect 'fresh' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 124 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.' Audiences gave Clown in a Cornfield a 61% 'fresh' rating on RT's Popcornmeter based on 500-plus verified user ratings. Clown in a Cornfield, which also stars Kevin Durand, Carson MacCormack and Will Sasso, is expected to arrive on PVOD on June. 10.
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.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Clown in a Cornfield' director Eli Craig: Comedy isn't 'respected' in show business
Based on the novel by Adam Cesare, Clown in a Cornfield (now in theatres) has all the elements of a classic horror movie setup, including scared teens in a small town and a creepy clown. Directed by Eli Craig, starring Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac and Kevin Durand, it feels like we're leaning into the 1980s slash flick aesthetic. The story begins as Quinn (Katie Douglas) and her dad, played by Aaron Abrams, move to the small town of Kettle Springs. The community is facing a particularly hard time after the Baypen Corn Syrup factory burned down, which provided several jobs for the town's residents. When Quinn arrives she becomes friends with the local teen rebels who tell her the tale of Frendo the clown, the town mascot who's believed to haunt the cornfields surrounded the old corn syrup factory. But the threat of Frendo quickly becomes a very real fear. While Craig is largely known for his horror-comedy films, like Little Evil, he took Clown in a Cornfield as his opportunity to step into a more classic horror format. "I did have something to prove, I'm not gonna lie. I had something to prove to the world, because a lot of times people would be like, 'Oh, you just know how to do comedy,' and it's a belittling thing in show business," Craig told Yahoo. "Whereas I think it should be respected, because comedy is hard, but it's not [respected] in show business." "I've done this for a long time and I wanted to just take a bite out of horror and create a world, and have some big set pieces that are action-packed, really create the grittiness of a present day throwback, kind of '80s slasher movie. But then keep some of my tone, which has elements of comedy, where you give people a release valve after mayhem ... and destruction and horror." The first relationship that's really established in the film is between Quinn and her dad, with Douglas and Abrams dealing with father-teen daughter tensions after the death of Quinn's mother, which led to their move. Admittedly, sometimes Quinn can be quite rude to her dad, but there's also a lot of sarcasm between the two. "The chemistry came very naturally to us, because he honestly kind of reminds me of my own dad, and it's a sense of humour that I have with my own dad," Douglas said. "In the script, it's the two of them against the world. They're kind of all each other has at the moment where we meet them." "So it's obviously a very heavy, loaded situation, but I think those are some of my favourite scenes, because they also incorporate humour in a really raw way, in a really relatable way." Quinn also has a crush, Carson MacCormac's Cole, whose father, Arthur Hill (Kevin Durand), is the town's mayor. As we've seen in all of Durand's previous work, from Dark Angel to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, he's just an actor that completely immerses himself, and the audience, into his character. "I'm really attracted to opportunities where I can just set myself free and just go and play something different than me, because I get bored with me easily," Durand said. "There was a spectrum that I got to cover with this and in a short amount of time. It was a lot of bang for my buck in terms of the time that I was allotted in there, and the amount of play that I got to involve myself in. ... It was a really great, big, delicious meal. I love that challenge of, when I get into my obsessive realm and I won't leave a room until it starts to really make sense and sink in to my body." But a significant question for Clown in a Cornfield is how did Craig craft his version of a creepy clown, starting with what was provided in Cesare's writing. "Clown horror is basically a genre now, which makes me feel good, because if there was only one other great clown horror movie then I'd feel like I was pitted just against that," Craig said. "But I wanted this to be a unique clown, and so Adam Cesare, who wrote the book, gave us a lot of that backstory where he's this mascot ... for the whole town and that the town loves Frendo, and he's everywhere." "The one job everybody has at the factory, those jobs are gone, the factory is burned and decimated, and the American dream has become an American nightmare. And so that's the evolution I wanted Frendo to have, that he was this happy-go-lucky guy that now looks like it's he's not so happy or lucky anymore. And now he's this sort of washed up, angry, no longer hopeful ... villain." There's an added element in Clown in a Cornfield that links to youth and social media. While yes, a killer clown is certainly the big terror, the concept of being focused on social media and YouTube popularity becomes an interesting element in this horror story. "I think a lot of the movie is about youth and a generational divide, and I think the characters really encapsulate ... what it feels like to be a youth right now, and all the anxiety that comes along with having social media, and all the anxiety that comes along with just living in today's world," Douglas said. "I'm definitely one of those people that wants to tell a story that doesn't involve social media and stays away from cell phones and all those things, but this was just a problem that I had to embrace, because it's so much a part of the story, and it's a part of what these kids do," Craig added. "I don't like it when it's a part of the backdrop, I like it when it's a part of the storyline. And in this case, it's a part of the storyline that then has a great reversal moment, and I could use it to kind of elevate some humour and some comedy about people not getting what really happens."
