2025’s Most Exciting Slasher Clown in a Cornfield Ends A 15-Year Trend

Clown in a Cornfield looks like a perfect adaptation of the novel but the slasher ends a trend for its director, Tucker & Dale Vs Evil's Eli Craig.

February 28, 2025 · 1 min · 64 words · Michelle Wilkins

Released in 2020,Clown in a Cornfieldis a YA horror novel by author Adam Cesare.

LikeTucker & Dale Vs Evil,Little Eviltook a classic horror setup and turned it into comedy gold.

Tucker & Dale Vs Evilwas an instant classic, but Craigs next movie had a similarly smart central conceit.

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However,Clown in a Cornfields trailer promises a serious, scary slasher storyin line with the books tone.

Frendo the Clown holds a chainsaw aloft in Clown in a Cornfield trailer

Frendo holding his hand over a teenager’s mouth in Clown in a Cornfield

An old man looking scared in Clown in a Cornfield

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