ScreenRant interviews Clown in a Cornfield director Eli Craig, author Adam Cesare, and stars to celebrate the movie’s premiere at SXSW 2025.

Despite largely being associated with children's entertainment, people have a deep-rooted fear of these painted performers, so, naturally, quite a few horror movies have made good use of that over the years.

The first reactions are in for new horror movie Clown in a Cornfield after its premiere at SXSW – and viewers are full of praise for the slasher comedy with a twist. Directed by Tucker & Dale vs. Evil helmer Eli Craig,

With an absurdly bold title like 'Clown in a Cornfield', writer-director Eli Craig's latest film offers much more than the title suggests.

Clown In A Cornfield is a great stab at the early aughts sensibilities, aesthetics, and comedy that we haven't seen executed this well in a while. The post SXSW 2025: ‘Clown In A Cornfield’ Is The Closest We’ve Gotten To Early Aughts Slasher appeared first on But Why Tho?

Clown in a Cornfield feels like the kind of movie you'd find playing on tv in the middle of the night that makes you scared to leave your bed.