Clowns?
 

Avenger gave me this idea...

What movie clown freaked you out the most?


I'm trying to remember the name of the movie in which a little girl died and her favorite clown doll was supposed to be buried with her, but the guy that owned the funeral parlor took it and gave it to his little girl...It was possessed or just evil and it kept saying something weird...I Know the name of the movie, I just can't think of it and now it's bugging the hell out of me...I can't remember what the doll was saying either...Any help?:)

I'm not sure what film you're talking about Bloodrayne. I keep thinking about that Twilight Zone episode with Telly Savalas, but I know that's not it. Maybe it will come to me.

As for clowns that freaked me out...Pee Wee's Big Adventure. That freakin' clown was evil. Also, Clownhouse used to scare the crap out of me too.

I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question either, but it got me thinking. Why is it that clowns are so so damned scary, or at least portrayed as such? After all aren't they supposed to comical?

Maybe to little kids, those clowns seem huge, with those giant clothes and humongous feet...The kids are forced to "Go up to the clown, honey"...and have to look up into that big, skull-white face, with huge eyes and enormous red mouth...Hmmm, I'm not really sure why they'd be scared, but it seems some are and it's quite apparent that many carry that experience/fear with them into adulthood...then they make movies about them...Stephen King is terrified of clowns...LOL

I think that's precisely why. When you take something that's supposed to make kids laugh, then turn it on its head and make it evil, it becomes scary.

Then tell me why "Ice-cream Man" sucked so bad...LOL...BTW Avenger, I think "Clownhouse" was the movie I was thinking of

Well, it's just a formula. It depends upon who's hands it is in as to whether or not it will suck. Remember Dolls? That was a good one.

I don't remember any talking clown dolls in Clownhouse, but maybe there's another film by that name. The one I'm talking about is an older Victor Salva film. It involves asylum escapees who kill some clowns, borrow their outfits, and terrorize some kids trapped in a house with them.

DEFINITELY not the same movie...But, I do think the title has the word "house" in it...or maybe "clown"...Damn, this sucks

IT always scares me
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I thought about it and I think I got it...I know for a FACT that the clown doll was saying "Burial" in a slow "REDRUM" sort of way...It was demanding to be buried like it should have been and I'm ALMOST positive that the movie was called "Ghosthouse"...


Help me out here Avenger, Ritualistic, one of you guys confirm this for me...:)

i dont kno i've been trying to remember a movie i saw and loved when i was 4, it was something to do w/ electrical cords attacking the nanny in the attic! all i kno is i loved that movie! but as far as clowns go IT was the scarriest. i dont kno about u but if a clown came out of the drain when i was takeing a shower i'd not only be pissed but i'd have a heart attack too!!!!

I do believe that would be one of the Amityvilles...The one with the dad's spirit stuck in the lamp...I forgot what that one was called, too...I think it was Part 3, "The Evil Escapes"...Damn, I'm really getting old:D

Bloodrayne is this it..?? U mentioned Ghosthouse.. this ring a bell..?? http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/...=1&rid=1211946

Sure sounds like it to me....

Ghosthouse

As all horror fans know: Beware of the clown.

Starring: Lara Wendel, Greg Scott, Mary Sellers, Ron Houck, Martin Jay, Kate Silver, Donald O'Brien, Kristen Fougerousse

Director: Umberto Lenzi (as Humphrey Humbert)

Running Time: 90 minutes

Horror

Greg Scott plays Paul, a ham radio operator who receives a peculiar message through his radio: there are pleas for help, screams and peculiar background music. Paul finds the message startling, but is even more concerned when the message repeats at the same time the following night. Using his computer, he works out where the source of the message is and takes his girlfriend Martha (Lara Wendel) to find it. On arrival, they discover that the messages are coming from an old and creepy isolated abandoned house.

At the house, Paul and Martha meet a group of four students, who have parked their camper at the house and have been looking around inside. One of the students is indeed a ham operator and one of the voices in the radio message sounded like him, but no-one in the house actually sent the message - the students haven't even put their aerial up yet. Paul and Martha stay at the house with the students, and it is not long before strange things start to happen. It seems the house has a history involving gruesome murders, an apparently possessed child, and a demonic clown doll - and the killing is about to start again.

"Ghosthouse" is an Italian-made, shot in the US, classic low-budget B-movie that shouldn't work. Most of the effects are abysmal, the cast is dire, and the plot is full of holes. Everything looks cheap, from the fake stuffed bat hanging from the house to the bomb-shelter crypt of the little girl. And the haunting "nursery-rhyme" music is just plain irritating. However, although the film is every bit as bad as it sounds, it makes for surprisingly good entertainment - some of the scares really are scary, the failings of the film are funny rather than disastrous, and that creepy music lingered in my head for hours after the movie ended. Utterly bad but greatly entertaining.

It's Got: The Clown. Music that is unforgettable (no matter how hard you try).

It Needs: Just about everything, although if it had everything it wouldn't be the same.

Alternatives: Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Candyman.

Summary: Wonderfully abysmal low-budget B-movie shocker - not to be missed by fans of the genre. May appeal to the wider audience because it provides a howling good laugh. For entertainment value it's more like 7/10. 4/10


Thanks, Ritualistic...I thought I had it right that time...
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Nobody mentioned that clown doll with the long ass arms and legs, that dragged the kid under the bed in Poltergeist...That was a little freaky...

Now that clown is creepy, I completely forgot about that.. LOL I love when they redo the scene in Scary movie II ha ha funny shit

my answer is defi - fucking- nitely IT. had a nightmare about being attacked by clowns in the shower after the first time i saw it (5yrs old). scared of clowns for 6-7 years. scary ass disturbing shit.

IT was the freakiest. I like Killer Klowns alot though.

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NO! GET IT AWAY!

Thank you for showing the pic of IT.

yah i saved the pic to my harddrive, it brings back scary, good memories

CLOWNS SCARE ME!!!! not a big fan of clowns. but tend to make an exception for a few like the one at the fire company cuz i know him and the make a wish clowns cuz they really helped my friend out b4 she passed away

Damn, did Pennywise screw up everybody's head or what?...No one seems to be able to even remember any others...

who wouldn't have nightmares about pennywise ?! did like krusty the doll going psycho on homer in a simpson's halloween special. oops sorry... that made me laugh not cower away !

Clowns never scare me:D

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IT gave me countless nightmares. I still don't like clowns.

It doesn't seem that there are very many "clown" movies...There's a new one coming out...I don't think he'll be able to hold a candle to Pennywise, though:)

I loved IT Pennywise was the SHIT. And yeah I remember the clown in Poltergeist I think I was about 8 or 9 when it came out and that freaked me out. Of course I love clowns or I wouldn't have this.

And this is on the inside of my arm

Clowns are really creepy. But, my favorite clown movie is Killer Klowns from Outerspace.

I went to my Doctors office before, for an appointment, it was the first time I had ever been there, and he had pictures of clowns EVERYWHERE. I thought I was going to have a fucking heart attack. Plus he looked like an ex pornstar. He wasn't really that great.