Clown in a Cornfield (2025): Cast, Plot, Release Date & Everything About the Sinister Slasher

Clown in a Cornfield (2025) – A Slasher with a Sinister Smile

🎈 “Welcome to Kettle Springs. Population: dwindling. Mascot: Frendo the Clown. Mood: absolute chaos.” 🎈

This spring, horror fans get their twisted treat in Clown in a Cornfield, a blood-soaked slasher based on Adam Cesare’s hit 2020 novel. Directed by Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) and making its theatrical debut May 9, 2025, the film delivers a disturbing yet darkly entertaining story of small-town decay and unrelenting terror—served with a killer clown twist.

🧨 The Setup: Small Town, Big Problems

Kettle Springs was once a thriving midwestern community. Now, it’s all but forgotten—until Frendo the Clown, the town’s long-retired mascot, returns. But Frendo isn’t bringing balloons and birthday wishes. He’s bringing death.

When Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams) move to town for a fresh start, they find themselves in the middle of a generational war. The adults are angry. The teens are restless. And someone has decided the best way to bring order back to Kettle Springs… is by unleashing Frendo in a murderous rampage.

🤡 Meet the Victims… and Survivors?

Katie Douglas leads the pack as Quinn, a resilient teen trying to outwit both the town’s twisted adults and its bloodthirsty mascot. Carson MacCormac plays Cole, the local with a chip on his shoulder. Add in horror veterans Kevin Durand and Will Sasso—as the ominous Arthur Hill and Sheriff Dunne—and you've got a stacked cast ready to either scream or slay.

The tension explodes when the town’s past comes back to haunt its youth, turning cornfields into killing grounds and making Frendo a new horror icon.

🎬 Behind the Screams

With a screenplay by Carter Blanchard and Eli Craig, and music by Brandon Roberts and Marcus Trumpp, Clown in a Cornfield nails the balance between classic slasher thrills and modern horror commentary. The film premiered at SXSW in March 2025, where early viewers praised its brutal kills, sharp social commentary, and eerie Midwest atmosphere.

Produced by Temple Hill Entertainment and distributed by RLJE Films and Shudder, the movie is poised to become this generation’s cult favorite slasher.

📅 Save the Date

🗓 In Theaters: May 9, 2025📍Where: Theaters nationwide and coming soon to Shudder

If you're craving blood, dread, and a clown you'll never forget—Clown in a Cornfield is the horror event of the spring.

And remember… in Kettle Springs, no one hears you scream in the corn. 🌽