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Tonight the people of Cove Crescent are in for a treat they’ll never forget. A grotesque parade of intergalactic, candy coloured, hooligan freaks are about to march their big red shoes through town leaving a twisted trail of death and destruction. Armed with flesh melting custard pies, lethal pizza, rabid balloon animals and laser firing puppet shows, they’re about to turn this town into a bizarre funhouse of murder and mayhem. They’re clowns, they kill people, they’re from outer space and they need feeding. So whatever you do stay away from the popcorn and don’t go near the candyfloss.
Directed, written and produced by The Chiodo Brothers, the special effects team behind Team America: World Police, Elf and Critters, Killer Klowns From Outer Space successfully mixes fifties b-movie weirdness with a late eighties sensibility. Highly inventive and colourful, Killer Klowns manages to trapeze from surreal humour to creepy, nightmarish horror-sci-fi. It’s all the fun of the fair, with a bit more blood and guts thrown in.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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I've loved this film since the first time I saw it almost 20 years ago.
It grabbed me right from the start when the superb theme tune by The Dickies kicked in. The clowns themselves are suitably menacing, they look like badly filled fancy dress costumes gone wild but when they show their teeth it's time to watch out. The line "they were travelling through outer space and stopped for something to eat" describes the plot succinctly and Cove Crescent is their chosen pit-stop.
John Vernon as the red-neck deputy Curtis Mooney is the only really bright light in the acting stakes. The special effects are not that brilliant but that suits the movie well, this is not an FX extravaganza but it is one of the best low budget comedy horror movies you will see.
Apart from the big-top space ship and low-grade plastic weapons there's also the klown kar, the klown women (looking as sexy as the stripper in Funny Man), popcorn that grows into monsters and custard pies that dissolve flesh; almost every aspect of the circus clown act is twisted into some fiendish device here.
If I had one complaint it would be the lack of any real extras, most notably the 20 minute "making of" featurette that appeared on the R1 DVD release many years ago is not included here. That grumble aside thanks to the Chiodo Brothers for making a movie that cheers me up every time I watch it and The Dickies for that brilliant theme tune.
It grabbed me right from the start when the superb theme tune by The Dickies kicked in. The clowns themselves are suitably menacing, they look like badly filled fancy dress costumes gone wild but when they show their teeth it's time to watch out. The line "they were travelling through outer space and stopped for something to eat" describes the plot succinctly and Cove Crescent is their chosen pit-stop.
John Vernon as the red-neck deputy Curtis Mooney is the only really bright light in the acting stakes. The special effects are not that brilliant but that suits the movie well, this is not an FX extravaganza but it is one of the best low budget comedy horror movies you will see.
Apart from the big-top space ship and low-grade plastic weapons there's also the klown kar, the klown women (looking as sexy as the stripper in Funny Man), popcorn that grows into monsters and custard pies that dissolve flesh; almost every aspect of the circus clown act is twisted into some fiendish device here.
If I had one complaint it would be the lack of any real extras, most notably the 20 minute "making of" featurette that appeared on the R1 DVD release many years ago is not included here. That grumble aside thanks to the Chiodo Brothers for making a movie that cheers me up every time I watch it and The Dickies for that brilliant theme tune.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
In the early nineties, my sister and I would regularly visit the video shop and hire out videos, on one saturday afternoon, we came across a curiously titled film in the horror section. We decided to rent it to see what it was like. To our surprise and delight it was the funniest film either of us had seen and we were hooked. We rented it out at least twice a month for two years until we moved out of the area. The video store eventually closed down and the video was lost from us forever, until now, that is. I hope that it is re-released if only so a new generation can marvel at its sheer brilliant badness. About the movie, well, it is a wonderfully funny tale about invading clowns who start to capture people from the local town and imprison them in candy floss cocoons. They are eventually defeated by the plucky hero and his girlfriend as is usually the case in these style films. I won't tell you how he defeats them, that will be left for you to find out. The clowns themselves are well made up and slightly creepy looking which adds to the film somewhat marvelously. There are rare moments of never before seen brilliance, I refer to the scene at the bus stop involving a clown, some people and shadows. All in all this, it must be said, is a bad film. The budget is almost certainly small, the acting bad at times and it wraps up rather too quickly. However this, unlike other films, makes it a truly great film to watch. You find yourself laughing at the film even though it is a horror. It is most definately a lads night in with a few beers and a pizza type of film. It is most definately not a arm round shoulder to protect your girlfriend type of film. Enjoy and a crack open a bottle of beer while you do!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By bantacd
Format:VHS Tape
The type of film video was made for.The plot has "Killer Klowns" land in a small American town, where they proceed to cocoon the residents in candy floss and make imaginative use of their over sized footwear.
A great low budget, highly imaginative horror flick that sorely merits a DVD discovery.
A great low budget, highly imaginative horror flick that sorely merits a DVD discovery.
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Amusing
I first watched this film when I was a child found it very amusing but obviously didn't understand it! Read more
Published 6 days ago by leleb
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bought for a friend
I bought this for a friend for Christmas.
She played it on xmas day and apparently her, her mum and dad and her granddad all loved it!
She played it on xmas day and apparently her, her mum and dad and her granddad all loved it!
Published 13 days ago by sofluffy
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful!
Directed by Stephen Chiodo, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is one of those films that doesn't require much explanation given its title. Read more
Published 14 days ago by D Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wierd horror - the reason why clowns are scary !
I saw this movie for the first time many years ago - still gets me smiling. There are clowns from outer space and off course, their space ship looks like a circus tent - and on it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by solander.dk
5.0 out of 5 stars
a True Classic.
This movie has it all. cheesey, fun music; cheesey dead-pan acting, cheesey but hilarious costuming and a rioutous plot line. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andy Rimmer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliantly brilliant film with a brilliant plot and brilliant...
If you heard about this movie then you know it has a cheesy title. That's what this movie is: cheesy. But it's just such a brilliant film! Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Emilia Nogueras Corral
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some fun to be had, but mainly boring
Killer Klowns is sort of a homage to paranoid sci-fi movies of the 1950's (or perhaps just accidentally so as it features similarly poor production values), but lacks the shlock... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Inspector Gadget
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excelent!
Movie is excellent funny and smart!
I just simply love it!
Could have been some more extra material in this DVD or the original poster on the front of the cover. Read more
I just simply love it!
Could have been some more extra material in this DVD or the original poster on the front of the cover. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sune Jakobsen
5.0 out of 5 stars
pure quality horror cheese!
Great film one of my best in over 1000 dvds for top horror cheese! buy it you wont be disappointed
Published 16 months ago by C Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
I ordered this DVD for my son as a Christmas present. The price was really good and we received it very promptly. Thank you.
Published 17 months ago by D. Walker
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