COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 21-“KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE”

In honor of the witching season, we’ll profile a new Halloween-centric title every day throughout the month of October.

WE’LL GIVE YOU A STICK, YOU’LL GIVE IT A LICK.

Article by Adam Mast

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (PG-13)-1988

If you have a perpetual fear of clowns, this 80’s B-movie  will probably do nothing to cure you of that particular phobia. Beyond creeping you out though, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE is bound to make you laugh with it’s bizarre and undeniably campy spirit.

This is an ultra low budget gem from the Chiodo Brothers. These thrifty filmmakers would go on to work on the likes of ELF and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, and as great as those movies are, there’s something a little extra special about this movie.

In KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, clown-like aliens come to Earth via a big top spacecraft from another planet. It seems that these particular clowns have a craving for human blood so, they set out to wreak havoc on a unsuspecting small town in effort to quench their insatiable thirst. Standing in their way are a cute girl, her endearingly goofy boyfriend, a cop from the girl’s past, and a pair of nitwit ice cream truck drivers.

Will our fearless heroes be able to stop these monsters from consuming a whole town? Will you the terrified viewer be able to resist laughing and singing along to a brilliant theme song by punk rockers, The Dickies?

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE is weird, there’s no doubt about it. But the thing is, it’s so damn creative! The Chiodo Brothers’ clown designs are pretty incredible and furthermore, these crafty storytellers mount some pretty great site gigs with very little money. Highlights include a cotton candy cocoon sequence, a scene in which a Killer Klown uses a human as a puppet, a chase through a creepy circus tent, and a shadow puppet bit that you’re not likely to forget.

This cult classic is certainly played for laughs, but again, if you have a fear of clowns, this movie is guaranteed to freak you out. It sits alongside IT and CLOWNHOUSE as the definitive creepy clown movie.

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN:

October 20th- “Horrorfest 2015” – Click Here
October 19th- “HOCUS POCUS” – Click Here
October 18th-“The Exorcist”– Click Here
October 17th-“Prince of Darkness”– Click Here
October 16th- “The Omen” – Click Here
October 15th-“Dawn of the Dead”– Click Here
October 14th- Student Bodies”–Click Here
October 13th-“Habit”–Click Here
October 12th- “The Twilight Zone” – Click Here
October 11th- “Creepshow” – Click Here
October 10th-“Shaun of the Dead“-Click Here
October 9th-“Invasion of the Body Snatchers”– Click Here
October 8th-“The Final Girls”–Click Here
October 7th-“Something Wicked This Way Comes”–Click Here
October 6th- “We Are Still Here”–Click Here
October 5th-“Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn”–Click Here
October 4th- “Phantom of the Paradise“-Click Here
October 3rd-“Poltergeist“-Click Here
October 2nd-“The Babadook“-Click Here
October 1st-“John Carpenter’s The Thing“-Click Here

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Adam Mast

Adam Mast has been a lifelong film enthusiast dating back to age 6 when his parents took him to see a little movie called JAWS at a drive-in theater in Northern California. This would lead him to several writing stints for various publications and outlets. Mast would also have a hand in several film projects of various shapes and sizes. In 2014, Mast would join forces with colleague John Pugh to create Cinemast.net as a means discuss film from a fan and analytical perspective. Together, Mast and Pugh would also create the 501 (C)(3) nonprofit, Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah (FMASU) in 2017. FMASU’s mission is to encourage, inspire and educate filmmaking talent and to preserve film history. Adam currently resides in southern Utah with his amazing wife, Tonja, and their four wonderful children.

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