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Clown In A Cornfield and Mermaid

Clown In A Cornfield (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Eli Craig; Writer: Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig, Adam Cesare; Stars: Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Aaron Abrams, Cassandra Potenza, Verity Marks, Vincent Muller)

A teenager and her father move to a fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge.

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Mermaid (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Tyler Cornack; Writer: Tyler Cornack; Stars: Johnny Pemberton, Avery Potemri, Nancy McCrumb, Rpbert Patrick, Tyler Rice, Julia Valentine Larson, Devyn McDowell)

A drug addicted Florida man finds a wounded mermaid and takes her home. When word spreads about his secret, he'll stop at nothing to protect her.

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