Clown in a Cornfield is a million-dollar title—so eerie, so evocative, and so perfectly descriptive of Eli Craig‘s horror movie, which hit theaters earlier this year. It’s headed to Shudder and AMC+ August 8, but even if you’ve been waiting to catch it on streaming, there’s much to scream about with its San Diego Comic-Con […]
Tucker & Dale Director Blames David Zaslav for Killing TV Spinoff
The 15-year anniversary of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil was earlier in January, and if you’ve been holding out hope for a follow up, director/co-writer Eli Craig revealed it almost happened. During an interview with Slashfilm about his new horror flick Clown in a Cornfield, Craig noted the would-be sequel “has died more deaths than the college kids [in the first […]
Clown in a Cornfield Lives Up to That Tremendous Title
Clown in a Cornfield is such a succinct yet evocative title for a horror movie. Your villain and your setting are right there, plus all the awful connotations your imagination can whip up regarding both. Eli Craig’s new slasher has a lot to live up to with a title like that, but the director of […]
Clown in a Cornfield’s Director on Making Meaningful (but Still Gruesome) Horror Movies
The name Eli Craig might not immediately ring a bell, but all genre fans know Tucker & Dale vs. Evil—Craig’s 2010 horror comedy about a pair of good ol’ boys who accidentally get pegged as killers, in a movie that pokes great fun at every cabin-in-the-woods slasher trope imaginable. Craig’s latest candidate for cult-classic status […]