A Creepy Corn Maze Awaits on the ‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Activation

Clown in a Cornfield is a million-dollar title—so eerie, so evocative, and so completely descriptive of Eli Craig‘s horror movie, which hit theaters earlier this yr. It’s headed to Shudder and AMC+ August 8, however even for those who’ve been ready to catch it on streaming, there’s a lot to scream about with its San Diego Comedian-Con immersive expertise.

Why? Nicely, for one factor, it’s a haunted corn maze—and regardless that it’s indoors, it’s nonetheless darkish and spooky as you’d count on. The queue drops you proper into Kettle Springs, Missouri because the Founder’s Day parade is getting began, you then enter via a clown-mouthed doorway for a stroll via the stalks.

Preserve your ears peeled for the sounds of comically giant footwear, horn honks, and even a chainsaw firing up—and finally you’ll attain the escape room on the finish, the place Frendo places a countdown clock in your possibilities of survival. Right here’s a gallery of pictures, although it was arduous to snap images contained in the maze itself.

For these questioning, this isn’t the type of hang-out the place monsters seize you, although the really useful age of 13+ feels about proper for the scare degree. That mentioned, when you “survive,” you find yourself at a enjoyable carnival pop-up themed round not simply Clown in a Cornfield but additionally different Shudder and AMC+ horror titles. There, you possibly can play video games for tickets that’ll rating you sweet and (non-alcoholic) slushie drinks.

Whereas the corn maze did provide reservations earlier this week (verify Shudder on Instagram and X), your finest wager now that SDCC is in full swing might be braving the every day standby line. It’ll be open immediately, July 25, and tomorrow, July 26, from noon-8 p.m. on the Hilton Gaslamp, Entrance Entrance Grass Garden (search for the staircase with the Clown in a Cornfield indicators), 401 Ok Avenue, San Diego.

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