Director: Stephen Chiodo
Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson
My Rating: Liked It
When The Amityville Horror remake came out on DVD in 2005, my mom bought me it for christmas. She bought it from Sam's club and it came with a free movie. For some odd reason that movie was Killer Klowns From Outer Space. I was naive back then. I laughed at the ridiculous title and premise of the free movie I had received and put it on my movie shelf to collect dust for many years. Throughout the following years I began to realize during my constant perusing of the internet that Killer Klowns was actually a pretty well respected cult classic. After viewing, I completely understand why.
On paper this movie should be absolutely terrible, but it really is B-movie gold. First of all, the costume designer deserves high praise because the "Klown" suits, especially the faces, are pretty brilliantly realized. And this movie is chalk full of zany and goofy moments: the killer shadow puppet, the human puppet, the mini-klowns, etc, etc. It's one of the many reasons why the 80's will always be my favorite time in movies. Campy special effects from 80's horror movies are so pleasing to me, because creativity really shines in these moments. If horror is your bag and you like not-so-serious movies, I'd definitely give Killer Klowns From Outer Space a shot. The free movie I put off for so long happened to be much, much better than the main attraction it came with!