Written by Carter Blanchard And Eli Craig
Directed by Eli Craig
Cole: "Sorry about tonight, Quinn."
Quinn: "Oh, it's okay. Don't worry about it. You know, except for the clowns trying to kill us and all. That kind of sucks."
An unexpected one for Pride Month would be this movie. Yeah, I was surprised too about this one. I mean, it's a horror slasher with a clown named Frendo who loved killing teenagers and there's a gay love story in the mix.
The reason why I'm emphasising the gay storyline was not only was it genuinely unexpected but it worked very nicely in a slasher movie that's pretty funny. As long as you're not expecting anything groundbreaking, you're in for a good time.
This movie had a grieving father, Dr Glenn Maybrook (Aaron Abrams) and his daughter, Quinn (Katie Douglas) move to the strange town of Kettle Springs. All the adults are either hostile or straight up weird. Fortunately for Quinn, the townspeople in her age group are more friendly.
It didn't take Quinn long to befriend social media pranksters, Cole (Carson MacCormac), Janet (Cassandra Potenza), Ronnie (Verity Marks), Tucker (Ayo Solanke) and Matt (Alexandre Martin Deakin). They're a decent bunch of teenagers who quickly brought Quinn up to speed about the town's Founders Day custom and local mascot, the clown Frendo.
As the movie progressed and Quinn and her father clashed over the former's new friend group, Frendo was also dispatching of that friend group. Frendo made sure they were inventive with the body count method and Frendo was also more than one person. There's a reason why the adults are off in this movie.
It's because all of them are Frendo, notably the Sheriff Dunne (Will Sasso) and Cole's conservative father, Arthur Hill (Kevin Durand). The latter's willingness to murder his own son definitely added to the tension as the few survivors of the movie banded together to take down the Frendo circus, once and for all.
Going back to the gay love story, it's between Cole and outcast Rust (Vincent Muller). It's nicely handled, added a bit of depth to both characters and didn't detract from the main story. It was also an interesting subversion as I assumed the love story was supposed to be between Quinn and Cole. Then again, so did Quinn before she became aware of Coleand Rust.
- This movie's based on a book of the same name by Adam Cesare. It has two sequels. Expect the same with this.
- Frendo would leave little Jack in the boxes as a calling card for his victims. The last scene set up the inevitable sequel.
- Standout music: Dummy's What Do I Owe? and Mother Mother's Get Out Of The Way.
- Chronology: Flashbacks to 1991 Kettle Springs, Missouri as well as the present day. Quinn and her father are from Philadelphia.
I didn't go with huge expectations but I gotta say that I enjoyed Clown In A Cornfield. It doesn't do anything to reinvent the wheel with the slasher but it's fun, got some inventive kills, a nicely handled love story and room for further exploration.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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