Clown in a Cornfield

Some fun intergenerational warfare, clever genre nods and a generally sharp script enliven what could have been a bog-standard slasher movie.

It’s like, I dunno, an awful Eighties slasher movie.

It's kind of goofy, but it's not scary... I enjoyed it enough.

After the whole clown in a cornfield conceit, director Eli Craig's comic slasher doesn't have anywhere to go but down.

Craig keeps things fast and loose, and the 96-minute running time ensures the story never overstays its welcome.

Fun, to be sure, but feels about as substantial as a corn puff.

A graphically violent and snarky teen slasher.

Even if Frendo never does emerge from that cornfield again, like some twisted alternate ending to Field of Dreams, a fun time was had with this familiar but still well-executed slasher that will undoubtedly be nightmare fuel for those with coulrophobia.

It isn’t anything great or enduring, but it has a good heart and director Craig keeps things hopping.

Some fans of the book Clown in a Cornfield might be disappointed by the movie's tonal changes to this horror story about serial killings done by a mascot clown. The self-aware comedic revisions mostly work well, thanks to the movie's appealing cast.