It is time to meet a…Clown in a Cornfield in the teaser trailer to the new film based on Adam Cesare‘s award winning novel.

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.

Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Aaron Abrams, Will Sasso, and Kevin Durand star in the film co-written and directed by Eli Craig, the visionary genius behind Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.

Clown in a Cornfield will make its world premiere at the SXSW Festival on March 10, followed by a nationwide theatrical release on May 9 from RLJE Films and Shudder.