(Next to the “Terrifier” films, a movie like this one never comes near the danger zone.) If AI made a slasher film, it would look like “Clown in a Cornfield.” ...

How basic and hipster dumb and derivative is the SXSW slasher movie “Clown in a Cornfield?” Like many a slasher film before it, the movie is trying to launch its own iconic masked killer.

Levy gingerly asked him about “The Day the Clown Cried.” Levy knew the film, Lewis’ unreleased Holocaust movie, was likely to be a touchy subject for the legendary funnyman. Even so ...