When it comes to stupid horror movies, the memorable titles are the ones that don’t take themselves seriously and are willing to poke fun at themselves. This is where the 1988 movie loses points.
The plot is explained in full in the movie’s title. It’s literally about killer clowns from outer space. Their makeup looks like people wearing masks and they waddle around with these guns that put people in cotton-candy cocoons. If that sounds insane, this clown posse chases after a couple (or I think they’re a couple; it’s hard to tell because the young woman also seems to fancy a local cop, too) and put them through some strange obstacles.
In one scene, the young woman (Suzanne Snyder) decides to take a shower at the worst time and all these clown alien things come out of her toilet and put her inside a balloon. This sequence is followed by a car chase scene between a clown car and an ice cream truck.
Killer Klowns deserves a lot of credit for simply going for it. There is a lot of idiotic dialogue and situations the actors have to recite and endure, and their performances come off as poor because of it. The movie would be the perfect disasterpiece if it brought some meta humor to the table. Instead, we get a dumb movie with a killer theme song. (Seriously. I have already listened to that theme song by the Dickes a handful of times.)
So, watch Killer Klowns with the right crowd, and your own commentary will be the source of your entertainment.
Extras: The best thing about this release (available on April 24) is its bonus features. There are a lot of them, and they’re good. It’s almost like watching a bunch of extras that are equivalent to The Disaster Artist, where you care more for the material because of the heart that was put into making the project.
These supplements include audio commentary, an anatomy of the theme song (my personal favorite), an all-new documentary that highlights the filmmakers’ (brothers Stephen and Charles Chiodo), many interviews with the filmmakers and talent, bloopers, deleted scenes and a Blu-ray case with reversible artwork.
All movies can be purchased through mvdb2b.com or locally at Movie Trading Co.
PRESTON BARTA is a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Read his work on FreshFiction.tv. Follow him on Twitter @PrestonBarta.
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