Eli Craig

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Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As diehard fans of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Leonard and Jessie are always rooting for writer-director Eli Craig, whose latest blood-stained outing is called Clown in a Cornfield. It's very different in tone, and its satiric point is muted until the climax. You can see it now in theaters. We also spoke to Eli about his unusual upbringing, living mostly with his brother and dad in Oregon, but casting an eye on the fight for success that made his mother, Sally Field, an enduring star.

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0:29.2	Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton. You're listening to Malton on
0:39.9	movies. And our guest today made a movie that we are so crazy about. We have become full-time
0:47.0	proselytizers. It's true. It's called Tucker and Dale versus evil. And if you don't know it,
0:53.1	well, you ought to. You really ought to. It's one of our
0:55.7	favorite movies. And so we've now known you for a few years, but haven't gotten to see you in
1:00.2	a while. And so it's really nice to catch up a little bit. His name is Eli Craig. And I...
1:07.4	The writer and director. Yeah. And has a new movie called Clown in a Cornfield that all of the South by Southwest craziness around that movie brought me so much joy.
1:19.6	Well, me too. So thank you for having me. This is amazing. Thank you guys.
1:26.6	I can't imagine seeing it with, I didn't get to see it with an audience. So thank you for having me. This is amazing. Thank you guys.
1:31.2	I can't imagine seeing it with, I didn't get to see it with an audience.
1:33.4	Certainly not with the Austin, Texas.
1:36.7	Which is its own magical.
1:42.7	It is, it is a sort of a magical experience. You've got to gut check yourself. Like, is this how everybody's going to see the film?
1:44.8	Yeah.
1:45.1	Or is this just the crazy Austin, Texas vibe here?
1:48.6	But, yeah, it was an incredible time, incredible screening.
1:52.2	Now we've had a couple of them, so I can validate that these elements that I really wanted
1:57.1	to work in the film are working for an audience in multiple locations. So that's nice.
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