SXSW in Austin is the perfect hub for genre filmmaking, particularly horror. The festival celebrates the unconventional voices of indie artists, and the spirit of independent filmmaking is alive and well in Clown in a Cornfield, a darkly comic, grisly slasher film based on the novel of the same name by author Adam Cesare. The film, co-written and directed by Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil), is one part an inventive slasher thriller and another part a commentary on contemporary generational divides.