You might be wondering if "Clown in a Cornfield" is at least scary. No, it's not, and it's not trying too hard to be. The murders are served up as over-the-top comedy set pieces, designed to make the audience cheer the mayhem.

With an absurdly bold title like 'Clown in a Cornfield', writer-director Eli Craig's latest film offers much more than the title suggests.

Clown In A Cornfield' is 'Scream' for the digital era: a dark horror comedy unafraid of slaughtering its darlings.

Based on the popular series of books by Adam Cesare, Clown in a Cornfield is a teen focused slasher. Taking place in the fading Midwestern town of Kettle Springs, Clown in a Cornfield sees teens stalked and murdered by a killer dressed as the town mascot,

The upcoming movie "Clown in a Cornfield" premieres on Monday at South by Southwest. Director Eli Craig and actress Katie Douglas stopped by the Good Day Austin studios to talk about the movie.

Despite largely being associated with children's entertainment, people have a deep-rooted fear of these painted performers, so, naturally, quite a few horror movies have made good use of that over the years.

Clown in a Cornfield feels like the kind of movie you'd find playing on tv in the middle of the night that makes you scared to leave your bed.