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A group of men decide to mess with a peer by kidnapping his wife during a costume party to delay his signing of an agreement that would demolish an old farm in order to build apartments. One of the men is the former beau of this particular man's wife too, which complicates matters a bit, since he's never forgotten that. The idea is to have everyone at this party in clown suits so that it's not obvious who the perpetrators are and it works quite well. In fact, the scene with the actual kidnapping is kind of creepy, that is, if you don't care much for clowns. Once the deed is done though these men begin to turn on each other and a lot of it has to do with the woman they've kidnapped. One who fancies himself a "lady's man" causes the most problems because he's a drunken lout that has little in the way of inhibitions. John Candy is also here as a mild-mannered Joe Average, one who is always the butt of jokes because he's always stuffing his face. The real action doesn't come until about the last half hour or so and it's obvious there's someone whose not "one of them" stalking them, also dressed in a clown suit. And then the fun begins. This is not a top-notch film but it has a certain odd atmosphere to it, and I've always kind of liked it. I won't call it a great film but I think it's still fairly entertaining and beware, it's not just some lame teen slasher flick, it's a little up from that. 6 out of 10.
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