Clown in a Cornfield(2025) Movie Review

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Clown in a Cornfield is a 2025 horror movie directed by Eli Craig and starring Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Will Sasso and Kevin Durand.

The film begins in 1991 with a girl who is playing with a jack in the box. A clown pops out. She runs into the cornfield and gets attacked by something. Her boyfriend follows her and sees her bleeding. He gets killed by a clown. Cut to present day in Kettle Springs. Dr. Glenn Maybrook(Abrams) is moving to Kettle Springs with his daughter Quinn(Douglas). He is the new doctor in the town. There is an old creepy factory called the Baymen Corn Syrup Company which got burned down. A teen called Rust meets Quinn. He is a local and he is a little odd. He walks her to school where she meets the cool kids. They are Janet,Tucker, Matt, Ronnie and Cole(Carson MacCormac). She slots into their friend ground easily.

It's Founders Day in Kettle Springs. The group have a YouTube channel about a killer clown, Frendo.  Glenn meets the local Sheriff Dunne(Sasso). Quinn heads off to hang out with the cool gang. We discover that Quinn's mother died of an overdose and that is why they moved away.  Cole confesses that his sister died too and then they kiss. Glenn isn't happy about it. Tucker sees a clown at the front door. He sees a jack in the box in his house. The clown kills him. Cole's dad, Arthur(Durand) is the mayor of the town. He makes a speech at the Founder's Day parade. Someone wrecks the parade. Sheriff Dunne thinks that Cole and his gang did it. He throws them in jail. Matt is the next to find a jack in the box. The clown comes for him next.

Cole gives Quinn a jack in the box. They meet Rust who is hunting. He warns Quinn to be careful.  Cole takes her to a party where they meet Janet and Ronnie. They wonder where Matt and Tucker are. Cole and Quinn are getting closer but it doesn't happen. Something is up with Cole. A girl comes out of the cornfield. She is covered in blood. Everyone thinks that it is a gag. Matt's head comes flying out of the corn. They all realise that it is no joke. Frendo is coming for them all. Rust shoots at the clown and hits him. Quinn goes to take his mask off to see who it is. There are more than one. Lots of clowns emerge from the cornfield.

It seems as if all the adults in town are in on it. The doctor sees that Quinn is not at homeand he searches for her. The others are hiding from the clowns. Glenn gets caught by the clowns and they want him to help with the clown who was shot.  Rust meets the gang and he sets up a trap for the clowns. The group are going to call the police. They flag down a police car. Sheriff Dunne arrests Cole. The three girls have to reach a house with a phone. The clowns are after them. Janet gets killed by one of them. Glenn stabs one of the clowns in the neck. Quinn and Cole get caught by the clowns.  Mayor Hill is the leader of the clown gang. He tells them that he wants to keep the town old style. He hates the new generation. He will kill his own son. He reveals that he burned down the factory. He wants Cole gone. Glenn drives in and kills two clowns. The Sheriff is after Quinn. She ends up killing him. Rust saves Cole and they kiss. It turns out that they are gay(where did that come from?). The clowns are dead except one and they hit that with the car as they are driving away. The movie ends with Quinn leaving for college. There is a jack in the box in her car, but she tosses it away.

I was disappointed with this film. It didn't deliver. It was obvious that the town were in on it and it just felt silly when I heard their motive for the killings. The kids in it were obnoxious and I didn't care if they lived or died. It just wasn't anything special and I felt let down by it. I was looking forward to it but I wouldn't watch it again. I will give it a 4/10.

Orca (1977) Movie Review

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Orca is a 1977 thriller directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek and Robert Carradine.

A ship is at sea. They spot a shark and they want to capture it A diver falls into the water and a shark is coming. An orca kills it. A woman called Rachel Bedford(Rampling) is giving a lecture on the orca.She is an expert on them. In Newfoundland, a man called Nolan(Harris) is trying to catch an orca. He shoots a female and catches it but they end up killing it and it was pregnant. The male is upset. They throw the baby into the sea. The male orca is after them. It hits the boat. The crew try to move the dead female into the sea. The orca kills one of Nolan's crew. The other orcas mourn the dead female. Nolan contacts Rachel and she tells him that the orca has followed him.

A man called Jacob(Sampson) shows up. He is a hunter. He tells Nolan that the whale will remember what he did to the female. The orca sinks a boat. The local fishermen aren't happy. The fish are being scared away. Rachel tells Nolan that the orca wants to fight him in the sea. Nolan tries to draw it in. He says that he understands the whale's pain. He lost his wife and baby when they died in a drunk driver accident. The orca causes more destruction. The locals want Nolan to kill it. He decides to face it. Rachel warns him not to do it.

The orca is waiting. Orca destroys Nolan's house. It bites off the leg of his friend. Nolan is ready to fight. Rachel goes with him and Jacob does too. The orca is ready to go. It leads them to a certain spot where there is ice. Everyone is nervous. One of the crew gets knocked into the water and killed. Nolan hits it with a harpoon. Jacob is the next to die as ice falls on him. The ship hits an iceberg and starts to sink. The orca strands Nolan on a piece of ice. Nolan slips into the water and the orca kills him. Rachel is left and the orca goes on its way, having satisfied its revenge.

This was a fun film with an impressive cast. I was actually on the side of the orca here. It was right to want vengeance! There were some good scenes in this one and creature features are always enjoyable! This is entertaining and well worth your time. I will give it a 5/10.

Brainscan Movie Review

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Brainscan is a 1994 horror/sci-fi movie directed by John Flynn and starring Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith and Amy Hargreaves.

Michael(Furlong) is a teen who lives on his own when his father is away for work. His mother died in a car crash and his leg was mangled. He has nightmares about it. He likes loud music, horror movies and video games. He gets into trouble at school for showing his horror movies to others in a group so the principal tells him that if he wants to show anything in the future, he will have to give it to him and he will see if it is suitable. Michael has a best friend called Kyle(Jamie Marsh) and he tells Michael about a new game called Brainscan. Michael doesn't think that it will be anything great but he orders it.

 

Michael spends his time spying on his neighour, Kimberly(Hargreaves). She knows that he is watching her. Kyle wants to play Brainscan but Michael insists on trying it first. He has to call a number to get the game. Meanwhile, there is a murder in the neighbourhood. Michael sees the police there, led by Detective Hayden(Langella). He tells Michael to go home and stop looking at the crime scene. Michael receives the first disc of the game. He starts it. The first stage is that he has to think like a killer and see a murder. He is instructed by a voice which tells him that he has to break into a house and kill a man. He is told to take the guys foot as a trophy. Michael wakes up from the game and thinks that it was intense. 

He tells Kyle about it. Michael finds out that there was a murder for real and it is exactly the same as the killing in the game. He goes to the crime scene and meets Detective Hayden again. The cop sends him away. Michael searches for the severed foot and he finds it in the fridge, He calls the Brainscan phone number but it isn't available. The game calls him. He asks the person on the phone what it going on. A man comes out of the game. He is called the Trickster(Smith). He tells Michael that he committed the crime himself. He tells him that there was a witness and he has to kill them. Michael takes the foot into the woods and tries to bury it. A dog discovers it and runs off with it. Michael gets it back and buries it.

Kyle calls to see him and he wants the Brainscan game. Michael refuses. The Trickster appears again. He wants him to play the second disc. Michael says that he is going to the police but he ends up playing the game again. This time, he films himself. He wakes up and he watches the video. He sees himself leaving and he finds a bloody trophy in the fridge once again. Kim calls to see if he is ok. The Trickster comes back and tells him that Kyle knew things about him and he could have been dangerous. Mike is upset as he has killed his best friend. Hayden calls to see him. He is suspicious. The Trickster gives him another cd and tells him to watch it and find a clue that he missed.

Hayden finds some burnt stuff in the fireplace and he takes it with him. Michael plays the game again. He goes to the crime scene to find something that he left behind. The police are there and Trickster diverts them so that Michael can look. The principal catches Michael and he is going to get the police but he gets killed before that can happen. Michael runs off. The Trickster wants him to kill Kimberly next. Michael doesn't want to. He decides to turn himself in but doesn't. He goes to Kimberly but can't kill her. Trickster shows up and he tries to stab him. Trickster swallows Michael. He becomes evil and he is going to kill Kimberly when she tells him that she loves him and that she has been watching him too. Trickster comes out of him. Hayden shows up and shoots Michael.

Michael wakes up. The game wasn't real. He meets Kyle and they go to a party. He looks for Kimberly and he asks her out. She says maybe. They kiss. Michael goes to see the principal at school. He gives him Brainscan so he can look at it. Trickster appears and he laughs. The film ends with the dog bringing the severed foot from earlier to Michael's house.

This film was okay. I didn't think that it was very good really. Furlong didn't show any acting skills at all. The whole thing just didn't work for me. The idea was pretty good but the execution was not. I was disappointed. I will give this a 4/10.