 "Ignore all of the bad reviews..." | 2009-10-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A70BFMK1YG37Q |
| about this movie. Those people are obviously uptight with no sense of humor. This movie is fun and ridiculous but creepy at the same time. It's a great low budget film and is a cult classic. It deserves 5 stars. In no other movie will you find clowns uglier and scarier than in this movie. |
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 "Total 80s!" | 2009-09-20 |
| - Reviewed By slickjik |
| Yep. Hard to tell if it is serious or what. Closer to the serious part. Because the clowns are kind of eerie. Brings back memories of girls with big hair!!! |
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| "Excellent service!" | 2009-08-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2YOJZSZD33NTD |
| Product was shipped quickly and came in perfect condition! I have no complaints at all. This was for a present and my friend was so happy I was able to find this old fun movie! |
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| "Welcome to the most bizarre circus in town" | 2009-07-11 |
| - Reviewed By jt85812132 |
Released in 1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space gives you a 50's style drive in quality that nothing can match. It is simply one of the most bizarre films (in a good way) I have seen in my history of film watching. It's one of those movies that's best seen after midnight on tv during those countless hours of strange programming. Thanks to some stellar b writing by Charles & Edward Chiodo we have been given one of horror/sci-fi's best b efforts to date.
We start off when a group of aliens, that resemble earth's version of clowns, land in the town of Crescent Cove. Once they have landed in the middle of the woods the ship takes the form of a circus tent. Our main characters Mike and Debbie are out on a date and stumble across the hidden tent. Since they think it's strange that a circus is held in the middle of nowhere they decide to check it out. While they're poking around they run into our giant headed clown friends that shoot at them with a popcorn bazooka, barely escaping.
Once back into town they go to the police with their strange discovery but kid hating Sgt. Mooney thinks they're on drugs pulling some prank. Shortly after the clowns make their way through Crescent Cove and begin capturing the townspeople turning them into cotton candy cocoons. Once it becomes known something's wrong Mike and friends take action by going back to the tent for a final showdown with the aliens. Unfortunately they have to face a hidden giant clown, but manage to get out alive.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space has everything I look for in a campy b movie. It really is one of the essentials sitting high on my list of films in the category of "so bad it's good." I couldn't imagine someone watching this and not getting a kick out of it. Just by looking at it you'd have to know to expect nothing more then a over the top horror-comedy. I 100% recommend this one to the fans in the world of b. Odds are you've seen it already, but if not then check it out as soon as possible.
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| "Gives a new meaning to "big top"." | 2009-06-26 |
| - Reviewed By xterminalx |
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Stephen Chiodo, 1988)
It's now been over twenty years since the initial release of Stephen Chiodo's Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and you know what? It's still just as wild a ride now as it was back in the day. I grant you, while I can't imagine anyone finding it not funny, the film has an extra edge for me because I absolutely loathe clowns. You may not get the scare factor if clowns don't do anything for you, but if you believe they're evil and must be destroyed, you must check this one out. Big time.
Do you need a plot summary? I mean, pretty much everything you need to know is in the title of this movie. There are Killer Klowns. They come from Outer Space. You can probably infer from the fact that the movie is longer than two minutes that they don't crash land or show up in the middle of the Gobi Desert. So there are a bunch of humans around for the Klowns to prey on, and some of them band together to stop the Klowns. In other words, your typical Killer Klown movie. Cotton candy guns? Check. Klown Kar? Check. Spaceship? Check. What more do you need?
This is a silly movie, and if you go into it expecting the next incarnation of Citizen Kane, you're bound to be disappointed. I mean, come on, it's a movie called Killer Klowns from Outer Space. If you don't see the cheese factor writ large, you're going to hate this. But oh, if you are fond of the promise contained in the name, you will find many things to enjoy here. There's some half-decent acting (and a wonderful turn from John Vernon, probably best remembered these days for Animal House), cheap-but-effective special effects, and most importantly, a good number of laughs. If you have somehow missed this one over the years, check it out posthaste. *** ½
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| "Craaaaaazzzzzy!!!!!!!!!!" | 2009-04-30 |
| - Reviewed By mwarren122 |
Oh man, is this one ever entertaining. I watched this the same day I saw Clownhouse, and boy, was this much better! Killer Klowns is a crazy movie, very funny (the clowns are hilarious and very cool) at times, sometimes spooky at times, and just inspired lunacy the whole way through.
Right from the start, the cheesy, campy and downright cool 80's theme for this movie sets the tone, and it gets more campy and enjoyahble from there. The movie borrows many campy elements, monsters coming down to eat lifeforms, something like a mend of old horror movies, only with the actual intention to make you laugh. It makes the movie hilariously enjoyable and absurd, instead of just making you laugh at how stupid it looks. Of course, the plot absolutely rules as well. I mean, what's cooler than alien clowns that wrap their victims in cotton candy to drink, color the walls a circus color, use a human for a marionatte, and can eat people with their shadows? That's right, nothing!
So what makes the humor cool? Well, the exploding, acidic pies are just plain cool, and when a clown puts the cherry on top of the pile of acidic pies, that's funny. When you see a frail old man, pathetically yelling at the circus tent to give him back his dog, that's funny. When you see a fat clown drink one of his victims through a straw, that's funny. Oh, and the comedic duo that drives the ice cream is hysterical to watch, there so oblivious, comical, and stupid they are worth more than one genuine laugh. And the sets are cool to look at, and especially when they are decorated. It ends well too, as the every good guy dies is tiring and as lame as a glittering happy ending in these kind of slasher films.
Simply put, watch this movie, and prepare to have some laughs. The way that this movie does with the horror genre is just great.
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