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With creatures, haunted houses, and bloodthirsty clowns, it's one of the quintessential scary clown movies to watch on Halloween. While clowns are meant to be funny, many find them terrifying. The best scary clown movies tap into that fear, chilling horror fans to the bone.
Whether they have a comedic spin or straight-up horrifying intentions, scary clowns remain horror icons. Commercial breaks and lower production values aren't enough to prevent a few made-for-TV horror films from being as good as theatrical films. 1. Silliest. Cheezo, Bippo, & Dippo - Clownhouse (1989) Your Rating. Rate Now. Leave a Review.
In this 1988 horror-comedy classic, the evil extraterrestrials employ inventive ways of killing their victims, such as encasing them in cocoons fashioned from cotton candy. This Encyclopedia Britannica Pop Culture list explores the lives of 10 famous clowns.
The evil clown, also known as the creepy clown, scary clown or killer clown (if their character revolves around murder), is a subversion of the traditional comic clown character, in which the playful trope is instead depicted in a more disturbing nature through the use of horror elements and dark humor.
According to psychologists, coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) is a common phobia that often strikes children, and can continue well into adulthood. With the the upcoming release of Stephen...
A surprising history of the creepy clown. As the panic about evil clowns continues to build, Fiona Macdonald finds that the dark side of the modern circus entertainer goes back to ancient Rome.
The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “ Terrifier 2 ” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and...
The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary. You aren’t alone in your fear of makeup-clad entertainers; people have been frightened by clowns for centuries. Linda Rodriguez McRobbie. July...
The scariest clown movies of all time: 'Poltergeist,' 'Killer Klowns From Outer Space,' 'It,' and more.
Even though clowns are creepy (irrational fear of clowns is so common that there's even a word for it: coulrophobia) we have a cultural fascination with them. Clowns both real and fictional...