The Crying on the Outside Kind
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
directed by Stephen Chiodo
rating: 2 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Another midnight movie that isn’t a horror film, Killer Klowns isn’t even a comedy. The plot, such as there is, depends upon townspeople taking the threat of aliens seriously, and then doing all they can to destroy a clown mothership with an ice cream truck. But the individual vignettes simply don’t do justice to the silliness of the entire enterprise, comprised of deeply stupid re-imaginings of every trick in a clown’s playbook - shadow puppets, balloon animals, bouquet of flowers - into deadly weapons to use in the fight against earth’s unbelieving suckers. I didn’t see It when I was a kid, so maybe the impact of these Technicolor stooges is lost on me, but I’ll leave it to Insane Clown Posse to parse the soundtrack for posterity.
directed by Stephen Chiodo
rating: 2 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Another midnight movie that isn’t a horror film, Killer Klowns isn’t even a comedy. The plot, such as there is, depends upon townspeople taking the threat of aliens seriously, and then doing all they can to destroy a clown mothership with an ice cream truck. But the individual vignettes simply don’t do justice to the silliness of the entire enterprise, comprised of deeply stupid re-imaginings of every trick in a clown’s playbook - shadow puppets, balloon animals, bouquet of flowers - into deadly weapons to use in the fight against earth’s unbelieving suckers. I didn’t see It when I was a kid, so maybe the impact of these Technicolor stooges is lost on me, but I’ll leave it to Insane Clown Posse to parse the soundtrack for posterity.
posted by NPK at 2:15 PM
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