Director: Eli Craig
Cast: Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks
Clown in a Cornfield is a 2025 American horror-thriller directed by Eli Craig, blending slasher tradition with sharp social commentary about small-town America. A teenage newcomer arrives in a decaying midwestern community only to face a masked menace that the locals can barely explain — or survive.
What is Clown in a Cornfield about?
Quinn Maybrook moves with her father to Kettle Springs, a once-thriving small town that never recovered from economic collapse. The community still clings to Frendo, a cheerful clown mascot that once symbolized the town's prosperous cornfield-based factory. But as Quinn tries to find her footing among a deeply divided youth culture — old-timers who worship the past versus teens who despise it — something wearing Frendo's grinning mask begins hunting the young people of Kettle Springs one by one. What starts as local legend escalates into real bloodshed, forcing Quinn and a handful of survivors to confront not just a killer but the rotten mythology that enabled it.
Cast & crew
Director Eli Craig previously helmed the cult horror-comedy Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Katie Douglas leads the film as Quinn, bringing a grounded intensity to a character who must think fast under pressure. Aaron Abrams plays her father, grounding the family dynamic. Carson MacCormac, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Bradley Sawatzky, Vincent Muller, and Ayo Solanke round out the ensemble of Kettle Springs teens caught in the chaos.
Context & significance
Horror has long used the American Midwest as a canvas for anxieties about isolation, economic decline, and the danger of nostalgia weaponized by older generations — and Clown in a Cornfield leans hard into that tradition. For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, the film's themes of generational conflict and communities clinging to a faded past carry real resonance: the tension between those who idealize what was and those demanding something new maps onto experiences many Iranian-Canadians and Iranian-Americans navigate daily. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can follow every twist in their preferred language.
Where & how to watch
Clown in a Cornfield is available now on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.