Clown in a Cornfield Corn Maze Pop-Up

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 12 months. It’s headed to Shudder and AMC+ August 8, however even in the event you’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 though it’s indoors, it’s nonetheless darkish and spooky as you’d anticipate. The queue drops you proper into Kettle Springs, Missouri because the Founder’s Day parade is getting began, then you definately enter by means of a clown-mouthed doorway for a stroll by means of the stalks.

Maintain your ears peeled for the sounds of comically giant footwear, horn honks, and even a chainsaw firing up—and ultimately 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 photos, although it was arduous to snap pictures contained in the maze itself.

For these questioning, this isn’t the kind of hang-out the place monsters seize you, although the advisable 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 (examine Shudder on Instagram and X), your greatest wager now that SDCC is in full swing might be braving the every day standby line. It’ll be open in the present day, 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 Okay Road, San Diego.

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