Clown (2014)

I really liked this - Im a big fan of horror and this film delivers - a spooky clownsuit is donned by the main character and he cant remove it - and the suit....takes over......creepy premise the back story of "the Kloyne" is almost believable. The best thing about this movie is that it doesnt take itself too seriously. Watch out of the attempted suicide scene - its absolutely priceless.

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

The movie started out well, more of a comedy that rather quickly became somewhat of a gore fest. The film did seem to meander and had a lot of filler. But overall compared to most of the horror movies today this rated a bit above average. They did a pretty good job of making the clown truly evil and scary looking.

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.