Based on the Bram Stoker Award-winning horror novel by Adam Cesare, the slasher movie Clown in a Cornfield is slaughtering its way into theaters nationwide on May 9, 2025.

RLJE Films and Shudder have released the Red Band trailer for Clown in a Cornfield this morning, which introduces a brand new killer clown to the world of horror cinema: Frendo.

Everyone is a friend of Frendo. And Frendo loves killing his friends. Get a taste of the killer clown’s murderous rampage by watching the bloody slasher’s official trailer below.

Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) directed the movie adaptation of the young adult slasher novel, which was published by HarperCollins in 2020 and spawned two sequels.

Clown in a Cornfield will world premiere at SXSW on March 10, 2025.

Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), Carson MacCormac (Shazam!), Aaron Abrams (Hannibal), Will Sasso (The Three Stooges), and Kevin Durand (Abigail) star.

Here’s the new plot synopsis: Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. 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. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.

The Clown in a Cornfield movie is said to be a “harrowing, savage, heart-pounding adaptation,” with director Eli Craig recently promising “an insanely fun, action, horror, comedy.”

Carter Blanchard and Eli Craig adapted the first novel in Adam Cesare’s trilogy. The most recent book, The Church of Frendo, released last year, with a fourth on the way.