One expert believes the public might be desensitized to creepy clowns following the release of two “It” movies based on Stephen King’s 1986 novel and starring the fiendish clown, Pennywise.

“Clown in a Cornfield” will never be ranked among the classics of our time, but there are aspects of it that are worthy of admiration. Based on Adam Cesare’s 2020 novel of the same name, it ...