Fear of Clowns (2004) (V)

Director:

Kevin Kangas

Writer:

Kevin Kangas

Release Date:

28 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil has a new face!

Plot:

An artist with coulrophobia ("fear of clowns") is stalked by a murderous clown resembling one of the ones she paints. |

Plot Keywords:

Evil Clown | Painter

Cast

Jacqueline Reres	...	Lynn Blodgett (as Jacky Reres)
Mark Lassise	...	Shivers the Clown
Rick Ganz	...	Tuck Reed
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Darla Albornoz	...	Mediator
John Patrick Barry	...	Officer Patrick
Steve Carson	...	Cop with children
Jed Duvall	...	Happy Clown
Judith Furlow	...	Gale
Steven Gleich	...	Marty
Rich Henn	...	Cop 3
Paul C. Kangas	...	Sean
Frank Lama	...	Detective Peters
Patrick T. McGowan	...	Mr. Parrish
Lauren Pellegrino	...	Amanda
Christopher Lee Philips	...	Osbourne
Jack Porter	...	Nicholas
Carl Randolph	...	Bert
Andrew Schneider	...	Phillip (as Andrew C. Schneider)
Bill Stull	...	Veteran Police Officer
Ted Taylor	...	Heston
Lisa Willis Brush	...	Julie

Directed by
Kevin Kangas

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kevin Kangas

Produced by
Joel Baker	....	executive producer
Michelle Baker	....	executive producer
Rick Ganz	....	producer
Kevin Kangas	....	producer
Jeff Kipers	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Chad Seiter

Cinematography by
David Mun

Film Editing by
Harvey Glatman

Casting by
Jane Toppan

Special Effects by
Doug Ulrich	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Paul C. Kangas	....	visual effects

Stunts
Steve Carson	....	additional stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Carson	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Scott Ennis	....	producer consultant

Production Companies

• Marauder Productions (presents)
• Kangas Kahn Films (in association with) (presents)

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Snp

Other Companies

• Flying Kitten Publishing  soundtrack publisher
• Integration Entertainment  producer's representative

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some nudity and brief language

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Marauder Productions

Movie Connections:

References Gladiator (2000)

Soundtrack:

Goodbye

A Review of the Director for the Director

Hey,

I've seen a lot of posts where you defend the hell out of this flick, but I've got to tell you, you can't blame shoddy writing and extremely poor directing on a lack of budget. I was on board to see a movie that looked like crap but had all the basic elements OK, because that's what a low-low budget film normally has. But this "film" is a piece of crap.

Here's the complaints:

ON WRITING: You claim to have a definitive love of horror films, specifically Halloween and Alien, yet you completely ignore the structure of these scripts. Each great horror film has its foundation in a strong psychological subtext (I.E. repression and return of the repressed, male/female archetypes and the overthrow of such, infiltration of boundaries, etc.). Your film has people talking in circles with crap lines like "Have you ever been spanked by a clown?". If childhood trauma were at the heart of the film, why not draw us more into it? Instead, you do what every other hack in this business does: you write B.S. dialogue that makes no sense because you don't have the first clue as to who your characters are.

In addition, the reason that this film is not scary is because you explain EVERYTHING. What's scarier: a psycho-killer who walks around in a mask killing for no reason and with no remorse or a psycho-killer who sits around saying, " Get BETTER, Get BETTER."? This is why Carpenter, Craven and Scott are geniuses, and well, you have this as your crowning achievement.

ON DIRECTING: Have you ever heard of the 180 degree line? You jump all over the place with mismatched reverse shots, and ever-changing screen direction, leaving us as an audience unable to settle. And since you've asked repeatedly why the editing is bad, I have one question: Do either you or your editor know what a beat is? There are no dramatic moments in this film because you are constantly cutting away from them. What could have been a nice introductory scene between your two protagonists becomes a confusing mess because you cut the living daylights out of it.

This "film" has no sense of mood or character whatsoever. I think the character that actually went deepest was Shivers, and that should say something about where your focus was. In your extremely self-important and self-indulgent "making of" segment, I found your attitude toward your actors appalling. First of all, DO NOT DIRECT A RESULT! This is the first rule of working with actors, taught in the most basic of classes. When you stood there and said to Mark something like, "I want to see a mixture of agitated and hungry" or something to that effect, my heart broke for all of the people who had to work under such conditions. And at one point you were yelling at people, and saying to the actors, "I just want to finish this f--- ing scene and go home." What does that say to them about your level of support, when they're the ones bleeding on film for you. Shame on you, my friend, shame on you. And on a sidenote: if the makers of the camera that you shot with won't let you release their name or logo in your "making of", doesn't that say something about the film?

Rent the movie "Overnight". You might learn a thing or two about the path you are traveling. That is, if you ever do get a shot, which I highly doubt. You should go into another field, or at least take some classes on writing, directing and working with actors.