Teenaged Quinn isn’t exactly thrilled that she has to move to Kettle Springs with her dad. It’s a small, run-down town and, worse yet, their new house doesn’t have internet. What’s left to do but befriend a youth gang that even the local sheriff has put out a warning about? A welcome change is presented by the urban legend of a killer clown, the former mascot of a recently incinerated corn syrup plant . . . Eli Craig is back with a vengeance: In CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL, SLASH 2010), he tips his cap to the high art of slasher gore without falling into the trap of a stale rip-off. On the contrary, following in the genre’s footsteps proves a lot more interesting when it’s done in oversize clown shoes! (Amadeus Mader)