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I know for a fact that I'm missing some. I just cant think of the titles. Tell me the ones that im missing if you know them, kay?

Yeah, nothing of any real cinematic significance comes to mind.  Here are a few titles for your list, though:
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Killer clowns seem to be relegated to second-tier horror and anthologies.  It is just kind of hard to take them serious as villains (and I grew up less than a mile from John Wayne Gacy's house!).  There were numerous episodes of Tales From the Crypt/Darkside that featured evil clowns.  And there are lots of movies where the clowns are simply mean or pushed to violence, like Fellini's La Strada, Vulgar, The Chase, or Lon Chaney's Laugh, Clown, Laugh.  There are certainly a lot of freaky movies that encompass the broader circus-carnival category.  Of those, Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre is my favorite.

Voted for IT, best killer klown...er, clown movie by a mile.  Too bad they blew the ending with the spider thing in the cave.

I guess the "real life" scariest flick here is Clownhouse, considering what went down with Salva and his underage stars...

Another one for your list is Bill Rebane's obscure slasher Blood Harvest (aka. Nightmare, aka. The Marvelous Mervo), in which Tiny Tim - yes, that Tiny Tim, tiptoe through the tulips Tiny Tim - plays an (almost) evil clown.  That's a wild one, though to be honest, the best part of it is Cari Salochek's abundant nudity.

I guess the same could be said for most slasher flicks of the era.

Killer Clowns from Outer Space. Because they did it right and it's a classic.

Heh, ya think I should put in the 1989 Batman?

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No, the Joker is a joker, not a clown.

Difference.

Quote from: daveblackeye15 on May 15, 2007, 02:41:54 PM
No, the Joker is a joker, not a clown.

Difference.

I know. I was joking. Pun intended.

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED comes to mind.

Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on May 15, 2007, 03:19:47 PM
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED comes to mind.

Thats an older movie, isnt it?

What was CLOWNHOUSE about, I think I remember it - If it is what I think it was ... I liked it.  :thumbup:
But KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE gets my vote.
VULGAR aw,man I dont want to think it right now. I just had lunch. Devildogs and Milk.

Clownhouse was about some little boys (aged about 8 to 13 I'd guess) in their home alone for some reason when some nutjobs wearing clown getups break in and, well, you know...

It's not a bad movie, though it is overshadowed by the surrounding scandal.

Oh wrong movie then. I was thinking about funhouse ... I think.

Cecil B. DeMille's THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952) features Jimmy Stewart as a killer clown named "Buttons".  :teddyr:

Scariest part: this won the "Best Picture" Oscar that year.

BLOOD HARVEST(1987) with Tiny Tim as a psycho clown. TINY TIM!!! That's scarey in itself!

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Killer Klowns From Outer Space, the undisputed king of Killer Clown flicks, of course.

Quote from: RCMerchant on May 15, 2007, 05:58:51 PM
BLOOD HARVEST(1987) with Tiny Tim as a psycho clown. TINY TIM!!! That's scarey in itself!

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Wow! Haven't heard of that one. I'll have to track it down sometime.

So are older movies not allowed?  :question:

 I agree with Mr.Briggs....Chaney is pathetic,vengeful,and sadistic in HE WHO GETS SLAPPED(1924),and it's a GREAT movie...! If your not into silents...you should try them some time! You may be surprised. :thumbup:

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Killer Klowns from Outer Space gets my vote also. Stephen King's IT was a little drawn out for my taste.

I just read about the Salva scandal, pretty nasty. . . 

yea if you're curious I'm the one who voted for Vulgar... I'm one of the only people I know who loved it

Quote from: SaintMort on May 16, 2007, 04:04:11 PM
yea if you're curious I'm the one who voted for Vulgar... I'm one of the only people I know who loved it

Iv'e seen this movie for sale on the $2.00 rack of used videos at our local Video store,and been debating on buying it...NOW I must see it! Is it really that disgusting? What's it all about?  Saterday...I WILL BUY IT! :teddyr:

Quote from: Mr. Briggs Inc. on May 16, 2007, 05:28:10 AM
So are older movies not allowed?  :question:

Thats not it, ive just never seen it, so i dont know what its like. Ill just take your word for it and put it up.

Quote from: ghouck on May 16, 2007, 02:36:34 PM
I just read about the Salva scandal, pretty nasty. . . 

What is the salva scandal?

He molested - or at least attempted to - one of the young male actors in Clownhouse (the lead if I'm not mistaken), and ended up in the clink for a while.

Probably the reason there were no little kids (though lots of homoerotic overtones) in Jeepers Creepers...

Link - http://www.nndb.com/people/659/000058485/

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Yeah, big surprise...

Clowns scare the living spit out of me.  But He Who Gets Slapped kicks ass.

I haven't seen all of those, but out of the group that I have seen the Killer Clowns from Outer Space is the best overall.  That being said it was made to be funny, and that looses a few points in my book.  SICK was pretty awesome with some really funny parts and terrible acting, but got a little boring at times.  This was also true of Fear of clowns.  They are all gold though.

Quote from: glenntastic on May 19, 2007, 07:20:21 PM
I haven't seen all of those, but out of the group that I have seen the Killer Clowns from Outer Space is the best overall.  That being said it was made to be funny, and that looses a few points in my book.  SICK was pretty awesome with some really funny parts and terrible acting, but got a little boring at times.  This was also true of Fear of clowns.  They are all gold though.

Yea, at one point I was going to buy FEAR OF CLOWNS but a friend told me that it was pretty slow.

I hated Fear of Clowns and S.I.C.K. but one of them was so bad I had to buy it to show other people how awful it truly was

that film was S.I.C.K.

I love films that look like I could have made it in my backyard (which I guess explains the obsession with troma flicks)

this movie is so good i watched it almost 29 times.

I put my vote for Killer Klowns from out Space.  I'm not super huge on the clown thing, I just think they are creepy at times. 

Yep you forgot "House of a 1000 Corpses" too ...

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Capitan Spalding

However, Killer Klowns From Outer Space is just classic.

Why they never made a sequel I'll never know, they hinted at one in the extras but that was several years ago.

How could it not be Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

It might change if they ever make a Twisted Metal movie.

I voted for IT. I just have a soft spot for those made-for-TV King mini-series that used to appear in the 90s.

I've been searching clown movies and I need help with one. Does anyone know what movie it is where a scary big clown is luring people with his finger, like when you do that "Come here" technique, and I think he has something behind his back. I saw it a long time ago but cant remember. That's the only solid scene I remember from there. :/

Quote from: Cassandra on October 02, 2008, 03:08:49 AM
I've been searching clown movies and I need help with one. Does anyone know what movie it is where a scary big clown is luring people with his finger, like when you do that "Come here" technique, and I think he has something behind his back. I saw it a long time ago but cant remember. That's the only solid scene I remember from there. :/

That's probably a scene from either IT, where Pennywise beckons a kid over and he has a balloon, or from "Clownhouse"