hristi_vasilev
Clown is directed by Jon Watts and produced by Mac Cappuccino, Cody Ryder and Eli Roth. It brings us the story of Kent McCoy (played by Andy Powers) who is hosting a birthday party for his son. He hires a clown but unfortunately the clown ends up accidentally going to a different party. Luckily Kent finds an old clown suit in the basement and puts it on and goes to the party himself. After the party, Kent falls asleep in the suit and the next day finds that he can not take it off and notices that the body suit, wig and nose all begin to fuse with his body. Having no other choice he leaves for work wearing the costume.After a few attempts at taking the costume off Kent goes to his wife (played by Laura Allen) and she tries to remove his fake nose. While doing that they notice that the skin on the nose is starting to peel off too. With no other choice he goes to the hospital. There he starts to show some sings of strange behavior and starts developing a strong sense of hunger. After researching a bit he finds out that (mild spoiler) it is not actually a costume but it's the skin of a demon and the only way to satiate his hunger is to devour kids. (end of mild spoiler)I'm not the biggest fan of killer clowns but the direction that this film took was very pleasant and intriguing. The acting was decent and camerawork was ok but could be better. At the start it felt a bit cliche and cheesy but it started to pick up as the plot progressed. The gore was awesome as well which was surprising for me since I rarely point out gore in films. The pacing was very well too.However I do think that this movie could have been done much better. I enjoyed it yes but not as much as I wanted to since I really loved the premise of it. It was a fresh take on killer clowns and I really wish it was better since it was obvious that a lot of effort was made on it. But even with it's faults it is definitely a movie that you should watch.
the_real_Doc_Justice
I have a weakness for Roth-related material. He's an easy target for most, who usually haven't seen much of his work if any, so for the many times he surprised me the right way, I tend to be attentive and overlook the flaws.Overlook this whole movie. It doesn't even try to have an "oldie 80's look", it just takes every trick in the book. Jump scares are lame, the orchestra hits will often get you to understand you were supposed to be scared a second ago. The score is AWFUL. Barely daytime TV movie level.The acting is terrible. Sure they're not helped by the scooped in dialogue, which managed to steal a few smiles from me as I wondered which awful truism would come out of the next open mouth. And as most of the action is as predictable as your average informercial, oh they do walk the walk and talk the talk.The clown, is, well, a clown. No real effort is made, for example when he tries to take off his wig and fake nose, the scene is one of the most ridiculous that comes to mind. Worse, it feels like the guy thinks he's smart and clever grimacing his way through it. Yet any slap scene from any soap drama the world over has more convincing violence than that.As I'm a jerk, I'll go on with the wife, a breeze of vapor, I wonder how many takes were necessary for her "My husband would never do anything like that" delivery, wich had me rewinding and replay several times over to be believed, and all the scenes poor Stormare desperately tries to get a pulse from her, and desperately tries to get done with his stupid, convoluted explainatory text. I hope Stormare got away with most of the budget with his Christopher Lloyd impression, he deserved it.And the kid. Oh the kid. I could bet that the scene of his first main appearance, where he's just sitting at the kitchen table, took serveral takes as he kept sending stares at the camera. I don't know if it was the case but it really felt that way. Most of his lines are dubbed as his facing away or backlit.The action, the gore? Nothing but bloody prothesis of little kids limbs! Yeah! How's that for fun? It fills the running time, with stupid kids running around the clown until quick snacking scenes are suggested.Any attempt of cleverness in direction is ill thought and awfully done. The very few decent scenes towards the end, you have seen the exact same ones in older, better movies.A waste of time. For children maiming afficionados only. And people who feel wise at guessing stuff.
Michael Ledo
Kent (Andy Powers) is a real estate agent running late for his kid's birthday party, one where the clown canceled out. At a client's home he discovers a clown suit in a chest. He puts the suit on and sure enough he selected "the cursed" clown suit, one that requires the sacrifice of little children. I hate it when that happens.The film had a few good horror scenes, but was mostly drama filler, poor Kent lamenting in his suit.The film had good scene changes, i.e/ Eli Roth did a professional job with the mechanics of shooting, scene lead ins, etc. but needed to up the horror aspects.Great final kill scene.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
