Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father 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.

Cast

Katie Douglas

as Quinn Maybrook

Aaron Abrams

as Dr. Glenn Maybrook

Carson MacCormac

as Cole Hill

Vincent Muller

as Rust Vance

Kevin Durand

as Mayor Arthur Hill

Will Sasso

as Sheriff Dunne

Cassandra Potenza

as Janet Murray

Verity Marks

as Ronnie Queen

Ayo Solanke

as Tucker Lee

Alexandre Martin Deakin

as Matt

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/clown-in-a-cornfield-movie-review-when-tradition-kills-literally/ "Clown in a Cornfield is a pleasant surprise in the 2025 horror landscape. It starts off rather generically - a conservative town, a group of rebellious teens, a masked kil...

Chris Sawin

Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, Clown in a Cornfield follows 17-year-old Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams) moving to Kettle Springs, Missouri. After the passing of Quinn’s mother the previous summer, Kettle Springs had an opening for a family docto...

CinemaSerf

Ok, so there’s not much original about this cornfield chopper, but I think that’s the point. It sets itself up right from the start as more of a parody of so many other films of the genre, and I really quite enjoyed it. Of course we have to start with the daughter/father relationship that’s reeling ...

Chandler Danier

I haven't read the book. I'm kind of an idiot. I liked the title. I liked the movie. I think that's how it works. The phone thing was funny. There is gore. There are clowns (spoiler)....

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