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Average Rating:
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Ridiculously camp! Deliciously horrible! Welcome back to the 80's!
Somehow, this film kept eluding me for years until I finally got it from Amazon two decades after it was made. Of course it is a cheap, campy, ridiculous B-movie... but it is very enjoyable at the same time.
A spaceship looking like a circus tent lands on a small town. Aliens looking like monstrous clowns go on a rampage, attacking everybody and putting them on cotton candy cocoons from which they feed.
Unbelievable? Yes. Improbable? Yes. With lots of unexplained twists? Yes. Some bad acting? Yes. Some cheap effects? Yes. Terribly dated? Yes.
...But STILL very funny to watch. And the clowns are nicely done. Only during the 80's a film like this could be made.
Recommended for what it is.
The DVD comes with an impressive array of extras:
-Deleted scenes
-Trailer
-Five featurettes (no less!)
-Interviews
-Photo gallery
-Storyboards
-Early films from the Chiodo Brothers
-Audio Commentary
-Bloopers
...And the copy I bought from Amazon comes with nice a 3D cover on the top of the original DVD case.
Sadly, it does not come with English subtitles (why not?). Only French and Spanish.
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No Ice Cream
It's definitely not the smartest, or scariest b-movie ever, yet if you consider that this will be one of those you sit around with a bunch of friends to make fun of the corny effects, it's definitely an enjoyable watch.
Saw this originally on either USA or HBO ages ago, and it definitely holds up years later to be one of the silliest premises ever for a "scary" movie.
In line with Troma Troupe videos (will not buy those though) it's definitely one to watch only when you really want to see a good - BAD movie.
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Killer Klowns dish up Killer B
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!*
After 70+ reviews you may come to realize we go through many phases during the course of a year. Sometimes we have an appetite for action that can only be quenched by the likes of Seagal or priemer Norris which can last months at a clip. Other times we seek b comedy and sci-fi features. However for the last month we have been all over the world of b horror. We grew up on it so it holds a certain level of sentimental value in addition to many laughs with a few scares sprinkled in. Horror is what really built the strong foundation our b enterprise sits upon. While viewing week after week b horror one title came to mind that is absolute classic: Killer Klowns from Outerspace. We decided it must be done with immediate urgency and were very happy with our decision.
The film starts out at the local make out spot in an anytown USA type area. We have our two main actors Debbie and Mike getting ready for some sweet action until they're interrupted by what appears to be a huge comet. As the bright orange ball flies through the sky Debbie decides they should go check it out much to Mikes protest. This guys trying to unload here and she wants to go see where the comet landed. As Mike thinks he must figure if he goes with her to check it out he has just bumped his potential of getting laid up into the 90% barrier, so he goes along with it. Now we cut to some old farmer who is a dead ringer for chuck as he see's the same comet. He gets all happy times because he figures he can charge people to see the comet thus earning him enough money to buy a set of teeth. He tells his old lady he'll be back, grabs the bloodhound, and treks through the forest. As he walks he comes upon a huge circus tent. So he's poking around while his dog lags behind. As the dog sits there barking at the tent one of the Klowns scoops him up in a net forcing the old man to have a huge freakout. While in full panic mode another Klown comes from behind and shoots him with his ray gun turning him into a cotton candy corpse. Moments later our Mike and Debbie stumble upon the tent and wonder what is going on. She's freaked saying something is wrong but idiot Mike thinks the circus has come to town but decided to set up shop in the middle of the woods. He talks her into going inside where they realize they're in a UFO. They stumble upon all the cotton candy and see that there are bodies inside. Like complete wackbags they start yelling which get them attention from the Klowns who chase them out of the ship shooting popcorn at them.
Now Mike and Debbie run to the police station where they ask for help from officer Dave Hansen, who looks like a mix of Chris Hansen and William Zabka, and happens to be debbie's old flame. They tell them about their encounter with the klowns which forces Hansen out to the scene of the crime. Once they get out into the woods the tent is gone forcing Hansen to believe Mike and Debbie may have been doing a few batties. He decides to cuff Mike and bring Debbie home. Now throughout the film we have a lot of homo erotic tension between both Mike and Hansen. They have constant one liners to throw back and forth causing many laughs throughout the film. As Mike being brought down to the station they stuble upon a group of people watching one of the Klowns but on a shadow puppet show. Among this group are the Terenzi brothers in their ice cream truck. As they watch to show the Klown makes a shadow puppet of a dinosaur which eats the crowd in one of the worst special effects ever. Pure genius! The Terenzi brothers freakout and Mike runs out of the car to pair up with them while Hansen gets up to the station to rasle up some back up. Once at the station he see's one of the Klowns and opens fire. The shots have no effect on the klown as he steps close until he's shot in the nose. He starts spinning around in a very trippy special effects disaster ultimately killing him. Hansen now knows how to stop the Klowns and gets the gang together to find the tent and take them out. Once the whole crew gets there they make a plan of attack by sending the Terenzi brothers their own way to look for the klowns. As the rest of the crew searches they are met by roughly 20 klowns and hop up on some blocks to escape. They are being surrounded until the Terenzi brothers comes busting through the wall in their ice cream truck. They are then forced to fight a giant called "Klownzilla" which officer Hansen kills buy smashing its nose with his police badge. They have a big gay group hug and the credits roll.
Once the ending came we looked at each other and said, this films got it. It is essentially the definition of campy b horror that anyone can enjoy. Well almost anyone. We saw a couple bad reviews that panned the movie really hard. What were you expecting from a film titled "Killer Klowns from Outerspace?" Did you think this would be an oscar worthy film? For you who panned this film you need to get over yourselves. Films like this are what keeps the movie business interesting. Who needs a serious movie with big name actors all the time? Not us, not Sid. It had just the right amount of terrible acting, laughable special effects, and great looking clowns. If you love b horror then this one has it all.
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These Clowns Are Funny, Terrifying, and Diabolical
Please don't be put off by the title. After you`ve seen "Killer Klowns from Outer Space," you'll understand why it is a cult classic. A dark comedy, this film is both humorous and terrifying, and there are scenes that are simply grotesque. Many people are afraid of clowns and this movie will only reinforce that fear. Hollywood has capitalized on this fear by making numerous movies where the killer was a clown. The alien creature in Stephen King's "It" assumed the appearance of a clown. The maniac in "House on Sorority Row" was obsessed with striped balls, jack in the boxes, and clowns; he even masquerades as a clown.
The theory purposed by "Killer Klowns" is that these aliens visited our world many years before and hence were the basis for our modern circus clowns. A theory that is both silly and grotesque along with many other elements of the film. Citizens of a small community are encased in pink cocoons that resemble cotton candy, but it is an acidic substance that dissolves flesh into a liquid that can be slurped through a straw. These clowns remind me of spiders that wrap their victims in webs and then liquefy their organs so they may be sucked through a straw-like proboscis. This should have been emphasized in the movie.
"Killer Klowns from Outer Space" has an extremely high body count. (An entire town is practically depopulated.) There are numerous - and grotesque - death scenes. This movie was released towards the end of the famed slasher frenzy that dominated the eighties. In fact, it serves as a great parody for both slasher and invasion films. I highly recommend it for hard core fans of horror, like myself, and fans of the slasher frenzy era.
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Wild ride of campy fun
Ok this is the disclaimer: For B movie lovers this is easily a 4 star film for the film lovers that want quality and enormous budgets it is a 2 star film.
Why the disclaimer because this movie is by far not a GREAT movie but is great at being ridiculous, laughable and completely over the top and like no movie ever made.
Aliens crash land on earth to collect humans for their inquenchable thirst of blood. Soon the town is being told of the strange aliens that have landed and they are being described as Klowns. It doesn't take long and the Klowns are in town creating havoc in a circus variety way. Typical horror movie fair the resistance begins against these Klowns from another world. You get the idea.
"B" movie lovers will have to have this as part of their collection because of the many gags that are pulled off in this film. Such as wrapping people in cotton candy cocoons, drinking their blood with silly straws, shadow puppets that kill, pies in the face that kill you, and a space ship in the form of a circus tent. These are just some of the many strange killing devices in this insane movie.
The more "normal"(I am the abnormal which love ridiculous cinema) movie lover may want to rent this first and see if it a film of their liking, because the plot is fluid but clowns killing people in zany ways may not be your ideal movie experience. Normal movie fan you have been warned, but I do encourage everyone to see it at least once to say you have had the "experience". B movie or campy classic lover BUY IT NOW for this price it needs to be in your librairy right next to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Gymkata.
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