A wide theatrical release is being planned for Eli Craig’s . Craig is known for directing the 2010 cult horror comedy hit Tucker & Dale vs.
Evil, which starred Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk. Following that, he made Netflix’s Little Evil, which was released in 2017 and stars Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly.
Now, per Deadline, Craig is working on a new horror project, Clown in a Cornfield. With the movie having recently been acquired by RLJE Films and Shudder, Clown in a Cornfield, which is produced by Smile’s Temple Hill, will get a wide theatrical release in the United States on May 9, 2025.
The film is based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare. It stars Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Aaron Abrams, Will Sasso, and Kevin Durand. “Clown in a Cornfield follows Quinn (Douglas) and her father (Abrams), who have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start,” Deadline’s description of the plot reads. “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.