Film

As the stunts get bigger and better, the framing gets duller and more convoluted.

Despite the very silly title, Clown in a Cornfield has the feel of a Texas Chainsaw slasher paired with the slapstick sentiment of Terrifier’s ridiculously costumed clowns who, without fail, wear size 100, squeaky clown shoes at every killing.

Josh Grossberg, a New York-based documentarian and journalist, has been on exhaustive search to find the “Holy Grail of cinema.”