Clown (2014)

Wonderful Movie

So much average

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Clown is directed by Jon Watts and produced by Mac Cappuccino, Cody Ryder and Eli Roth. It brings us the story of Kent McCoy (played by Andy Powers) who is hosting a birthday party for his son. He hires a clown but unfortunately the clown ends up accidentally going to a different party. Luckily Kent finds an old clown suit in the basement and puts it on and goes to the party himself. After the party, Kent falls asleep in the suit and the next day finds that he can not take it off and notices that the body suit, wig and nose all begin to fuse with his body. Having no other choice he leaves for work wearing the costume.After a few attempts at taking the costume off Kent goes to his wife (played by Laura Allen) and she tries to remove his fake nose. While doing that they notice that the skin on the nose is starting to peel off too. With no other choice he goes to the hospital. There he starts to show some sings of strange behavior and starts developing a strong sense of hunger. After researching a bit he finds out that (mild spoiler) it is not actually a costume but it's the skin of a demon and the only way to satiate his hunger is to devour kids. (end of mild spoiler)I'm not the biggest fan of killer clowns but the direction that this film took was very pleasant and intriguing. The acting was decent and camerawork was ok but could be better. At the start it felt a bit cliche and cheesy but it started to pick up as the plot progressed. The gore was awesome as well which was surprising for me since I rarely point out gore in films. The pacing was very well too.However I do think that this movie could have been done much better. I enjoyed it yes but not as much as I wanted to since I really loved the premise of it. It was a fresh take on killer clowns and I really wish it was better since it was obvious that a lot of effort was made on it. But even with it's faults it is definitely a movie that you should watch.

Hello, Eli? Mr. Roth? Why did you make this movie? It wasn't scary or even remotely unnerving. In the trues sense of the word, it was a flop--like the noise a clown's oversized shoe would make on asphalt. This clown should have perished in a circus fire like the one they had in Hartford, CT over 35 years ago. The premise of the movie: 100% predictable. Direction: Misguided. Lighting: There wasn't any. Sound: Loud then low, low then loud. Acting: Like a crappy comic book. If you enjoy wasting your time or if you are just curious and want to see if this film could be fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000, then watch it. If you are expecting an Ed Wood masterpeice, you will be let down. If you couldn't tell, "I HATED THIS MOVIE!"

I'm a little shocked to be honest. Reviews said that this movie was boring, predictable, and awfully acted. I have no idea why after seeing this hidden gem. I mean, sure, it's got a few clichés and the gore isn't that crazy or visible, but it delivers a story that is at the same time something I've never seen yet pulls from all sorts of stories, I can't really describe it. The acting was fairly solid, and I had a good time, I did know the ending but it was spoiled to me so I guess I can't speak for how predictable it is entirely, but I think for the effects alone (involving the clown's appearance), which look practical, it's worth a watch. Try it out, it's not nearly as bad as the rating implies

Am I the only one who appreciates this film as a dark comedy? The premise is straight out of a cheesy campfire story. A haunted clown suit which possesses people with an 'ancient evil'. I mean come on, how can you not see this as a silly satire of horror movies in general?There's loads of darkly comic transitions and juxtapositions, such as the wife telling Jack that 'daddy will be home tonight' followed by transition to him shooting himself in the head. Then the whole suicide scene following that in which you don't want the wife to come in and disturb his decapitation.Having watched a lot of David Lynch recently I have started to rethink what 'bad acting' really is. I honestly think that the awkward set up and exposure of the child actors to their inevitable demise is purposeful. People don't seem to be getting that this is really a black comedy and this technique of ridiculous set up to murder is part of what makes it funny. take that irritating kid playing online games for example, we don't see him being killed but we see his heart being thrown at the TV screen, it's silly. The problem is that people lower their expectations for horror films unless it's so obviously 'arty'. This film has a brutal sense of humor and it isn't cheap in it's jump scare approach unlike the majority of modern schlocky horrors out there.