I hated the first two Killjoy movies, and was expecting Kiljoy 3 to be even worse. So imagine my surprise when I found it to be the best of the series by a significant margin, and that it was reasonably good. It is not perfect, the human acting is rather poor with the characters clichéd and the dialogue rather cheesy. The effects are also on the cheap side, the film drags at times, and apart from the nice final scene some of the second half is rather dumb and unsatisfying, a longer length might have helped. However, the camera work is better than the amateurish mobile-phone-shot-like camera work of especially the second film, and the make-up for Killjoy and Batty Boop is quite good I thought. The story is not exceptional as such but it is much less derivative and I think less predictable than the previous two, and Killjoy is at his least annoying here, actually having some witty one-liners and some signs of a menacing presence. Batty Boop is the character who steals the film though, in fact all the minions are welcome touches. All in all, I was surprised by this. It is not a great movie, but considering the awfulness of the first two movies it is saying a lot when I say this was the best of the series. 5/10 Bethany Cox
17 Reviews
Can't keep this clown down
lone-wolf-00718 June 2013
What essentially hurt the Killjoy movies was the first 2. Part 1 was awful and 2 wasn't much better. Killjoy 3 turns this around and does what the franchise should have done with to begin with. Gone is the urban setting. Gone is the shoestring budget. Gone is the horrid script. Gone is the annoying main character. This one actually makes Killjoy ghoulishly demonic and semi menacing. The story evolves around Killjoy being resurrected once again but not told the victim he is to kill. So in turn he and his newly formed minions are trapped in a mirror which serves as a portal to their world. The mirror gets delivered to a house a group of kids are house sitting and as you can guess they get sucked into Killjoy's world. Full moon seemed to set out and make a decent Killjoy movie which they did. Is it great? No but its entertaining. Killjoy's minions are also a welcome addition (especially Batty Boop) and add some to the movie. Granted this is for fans of the genre or fans of full moon but it works in its own way. 5 out 10. Hopefully these movies keep going this route. It seems Killjoy can't be kept down.
There's more
kosmasp30 August 2018
Maybe if you watch enough movies with one specific character in it, you get accustomed to them and the character. But I do believe (and I guess many on imdb feel the same), these kept getting better - haven't seen Part 4 and 5. But since they got some money (the first one obviously had no budget and no real sets), they actually did something.
I wouldn't call the movies particularly good, but casting Killjoy was pretty sweet. So from part 2 and on it's the same guy behind the mask/make-up. And he is quite charismatic. He's funny and has gravitas, which shine through. Some of the jokes have been overused (though most of them were in part 2), but with the addition of some "Puppets" (same studio that did Puppetmaster so there you go) this gets even weirder ... and I guess funnier. More budget, more imagination and still a lot of death
I wouldn't call the movies particularly good, but casting Killjoy was pretty sweet. So from part 2 and on it's the same guy behind the mask/make-up. And he is quite charismatic. He's funny and has gravitas, which shine through. Some of the jokes have been overused (though most of them were in part 2), but with the addition of some "Puppets" (same studio that did Puppetmaster so there you go) this gets even weirder ... and I guess funnier. More budget, more imagination and still a lot of death
Decent
EnjoyablePresence21 October 2011
Killjoy 3 is a worthwhile view if you're a fan of clown-related horror films. Killjoy is wacky, uses a lot of tricks and has many one liners, similar to Freddy Krueger at his silliest. There are also 3 other bad clowns that are pretty fun, too. However, all this wackiness among the characters makes very little of the film scary. It will remind you greatly of the Joker from Batman joking around with his goons.
The "normal" characters are pretty boring, though, as are most scenes that don't take place in the clown world. The film starts to get dumb at the end when the characters try to defeat Killjoy... though the final scene is a nice touch. Not as great as It or Killer Klowns from Outer Space, but satisfying.
The "normal" characters are pretty boring, though, as are most scenes that don't take place in the clown world. The film starts to get dumb at the end when the characters try to defeat Killjoy... though the final scene is a nice touch. Not as great as It or Killer Klowns from Outer Space, but satisfying.
Do not watch this garbage, you will thank me! I promise!
poeticjustin13 January 2011
This is hands down the absolute worst movie I have EVER seen in my entire life. I can't even fathom how the other person that reviewed this could possibly have anything good to say. I went into this expecting a short, bloody, funny, cheesy, horror film with some entertaining blood and guts. What I got instead can be described as "Stephen King's IT: The after school special. If the horrible acting in the first 10 minutes doesn't convince you this movie is the worst thing you'll ever watch... just wait. Honestly, I think this movie would entertain a 3 year old, and they would not be scared. Pitiful and just God awful. Please save yourself and do not watch this video. It has nothing to offer. NOT funny, NOT scary, NOT Gory, zip, zilch, nada, Nothing, The end.
No sin is worth having to view this!
bernardlcrawford22 September 2020
Horrible abhorrent abominable appalling awful cruel disgusting dreadful eerie frightful ghastly grim grisly gruesome heinous hideous horrendous horrid lousy nasty scandalous scary shameful shocking terrible terrifying beastly detestable disagreeable execrable fairy fearful loathsome lurid mean obnoxious offensive repellent repulsive revolting sickie ungodly unholy unkind and completely and utterly UNORIGINAL!!!!
Are these good? No. Will they give you a few good chuckles and worthwhile death scenes here and there? Sure.
kevin_robbins18 May 2021
The entire Killjoy series is free on Tubi and I caught #3 last week. The series switches directors to John Lechago who did all 3 final Killjoy films. This film does transition from the first 2 and introduces side characters for Killjoy to leverage in his devious acts, some feel like Whimpy from Popeye and some feel like Harley Quinn from Batman but that all have a fun element to them. Yes, the storyline for this is bad but the antics of the characters is the real entertainment value. I actually enjoyed Killjoy 3 & 4 (review to come) more than I anticipated because of the introduction of these new characters. Are these good? No. Will they give you a few good chuckles and worthwhile death scenes here and there? Sure. I'd give this a 4/10 and recommend giving them all a viewing for fans of the horror genre.
It's Getting Better
ladymidath16 March 2023
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The first Killjoy was dull and it really slogged, the second one was better and the acting was stronger with interesting characters, even if they were a little cliched at times. This is the much better one in the franchise. The trick was, as with the second one, they decided to add humour. This one is really funny at times and the addition of Punchy, Freakshow and Batty Boop really did help. Trent Haaga reprises the role and he is definitely much better now that it is a little more comedic. Even though the film series started off slow, this is worth watching for a good horror comedy that features some pretty solid horror as well.
Campy Fun
ihatethis6316 October 2012
Does anyone NOT know that this is a low low low budget horror movie? OK good, that's out of the way. Now having said that, if you're still interested, you'll find that this film is a weird, campy, good time. The clown characters are charming in their own demented way and Trent Haaga is perfect as the lead demon clown, Killjoy. If you're looking for a bloody slasher type movie, this isn't it. There are funny gruesome killings but they are almost secondary to the set-up. This has a heavy fantasy element to it. I guess the best way to describe it would be horror/fantasy/comedy. I think it would have played out even better with a longer running time but they did the best they could with the budget they had, I'm not complaining. It has many faults but it's mindlessly fascinating and I enjoyed it. Looking forward to part four.
For what it's worth
Zombieland27 December 2010
Warning: Spoilers
I have to say, I am judging this movie based off what it is. Five years ago when "Hustle and Flow" came to theaters people spoke highly of it....why? Because it was a movie about a low-life pimp that had dreams of becoming a famous rapper, with key songs like "Whip that trick" and "Hard out here for a Pimp"......so taking all things into consideration, it was a good movie because when you are telling a story like this, they did the very best they could, and Terrance Howard's performance was captivating.....moving now to a smaller scale...a much smaller scale.
Killjoy 3 was a third installment to an extremely sup-bar horror series made by one of the most industrial sup-bar production companies of all time. It's no secret, Full Moon's Charlie Band is more of a good business man than a good filmmaker. His budgets are usually 100K, and they usually make 10 times that....smart guy. It was also a movie that did not feature a single name actor. Yes I know Darrow Ingus has worked in movies for decades, yes I know Spiral Jackson is a young and up and coming actor, yes I also know Trent Hagga is an established writer....but I only know that after looking every single one of them up on multiple sites, and if I wasn't reading their names off the stationary as we speak, then I still wouldn't know how to spell them! To make a long story short, for as many strikes as this movie already had against it, it was good.
The story was eh...the duologue was pure, but the execution by directed John Lechago was well done.
The make-up, I give an A+ obviously the best feature in the movie was the work done on Freakshow, Batty, Punch, and the name character himself. The blood on Zilla after he gets beat up by Punchy is also very well done, as he is on the floor coughing up blood.
The acting, the best performance obviously goes to the name character, Trent Hagga returned as Killjoy only to improve upon the character, in a lot of ways he reminded me of the Dark Knight's Joker. The Proffesor holds his own as well, with a high authoritative presence, you can tell we are looking at a seasoned actor. I must say, out of all the characters in the movie, Zilla is the only one I actually wanted to see stay alive, of course we all knew it would be Sandy. Spiral Jackson really made me like this character as I could see him coming back for a fourth installment: Killjoy 4, Zilla Revenge!
Killjoy 3 was a third installment to an extremely sup-bar horror series made by one of the most industrial sup-bar production companies of all time. It's no secret, Full Moon's Charlie Band is more of a good business man than a good filmmaker. His budgets are usually 100K, and they usually make 10 times that....smart guy. It was also a movie that did not feature a single name actor. Yes I know Darrow Ingus has worked in movies for decades, yes I know Spiral Jackson is a young and up and coming actor, yes I also know Trent Hagga is an established writer....but I only know that after looking every single one of them up on multiple sites, and if I wasn't reading their names off the stationary as we speak, then I still wouldn't know how to spell them! To make a long story short, for as many strikes as this movie already had against it, it was good.
The story was eh...the duologue was pure, but the execution by directed John Lechago was well done.
The make-up, I give an A+ obviously the best feature in the movie was the work done on Freakshow, Batty, Punch, and the name character himself. The blood on Zilla after he gets beat up by Punchy is also very well done, as he is on the floor coughing up blood.
The acting, the best performance obviously goes to the name character, Trent Hagga returned as Killjoy only to improve upon the character, in a lot of ways he reminded me of the Dark Knight's Joker. The Proffesor holds his own as well, with a high authoritative presence, you can tell we are looking at a seasoned actor. I must say, out of all the characters in the movie, Zilla is the only one I actually wanted to see stay alive, of course we all knew it would be Sandy. Spiral Jackson really made me like this character as I could see him coming back for a fourth installment: Killjoy 4, Zilla Revenge!
An example of how to revitalize a movie franchise.
morganzax14 August 2017
Killjoy 3 is in my top 10 horror film lists for many reasons. John LeChago is the first reason, Written and Directed, he brought a whole new aesthetic to the Killjoy universe it desperately needed.
New characters like Punchy the Hobo Clown (The Behemoth) Played by Al "Mr. Outrageous" Burke, a dimwitted juggernaut who loves bunnies and speaks "carnie." A comic relief and bad-ass brawler also, this is what you do to make your movies better, create fun characters!
Freakshow the Mime played by Tai Chan Ngo, another creative character(s), he also has an undeveloped twin attached at his side! His twin can launch at his victim and drain them of blood, it's bloody horrifying, and he never says a word so you never know what he's thinking!
Batty Boop (The Succubus) played by Victoria De Mare, the sexiest demon in movies I've ever seen. Absolutely loved her in this movie, silly and sassy, great character! Wish she had more to do in the movie.
Killjoy (The Demon Clown) played by Trent Haaga, his performance in this movie made it a success, perfectly cast for this role, especially since he was in the last movie and it was way below par. The small bits and jabs by Killjoy are great!
The combination of the Writing, Directing, and cast made this movie a glowing example of how to do it better! And with the low budget no less, creativity is the key, and actors who can sell the characters on screen!
New characters like Punchy the Hobo Clown (The Behemoth) Played by Al "Mr. Outrageous" Burke, a dimwitted juggernaut who loves bunnies and speaks "carnie." A comic relief and bad-ass brawler also, this is what you do to make your movies better, create fun characters!
Freakshow the Mime played by Tai Chan Ngo, another creative character(s), he also has an undeveloped twin attached at his side! His twin can launch at his victim and drain them of blood, it's bloody horrifying, and he never says a word so you never know what he's thinking!
Batty Boop (The Succubus) played by Victoria De Mare, the sexiest demon in movies I've ever seen. Absolutely loved her in this movie, silly and sassy, great character! Wish she had more to do in the movie.
Killjoy (The Demon Clown) played by Trent Haaga, his performance in this movie made it a success, perfectly cast for this role, especially since he was in the last movie and it was way below par. The small bits and jabs by Killjoy are great!
The combination of the Writing, Directing, and cast made this movie a glowing example of how to do it better! And with the low budget no less, creativity is the key, and actors who can sell the characters on screen!
Demons, Clowns and College Girls...Oh My!
wildsidecinema10 March 2011
When Band first announced that a third entry into the Killjoy franchise would be going into production I was a bit dumbstruck, why make Killjoy 3 when a new Trancers or Subspecies would have been guaranteed money in the bank? A new Puppet Master or Demonic Toys I can see as puppets have always been Full Moon's true cash cow but Killjoy? Boy was I wrong! Killjoy 3 was no masterpiece of horror, that's for sure, but I'll be damned if it wasn't creepy, sexy fun! Not only was Trent Haaga's Killjoy in rare form but the additional demonic clowns created by writer/director John Lechago (Blood Gnome & Bio-Slime) were genius! This time around we get a lumbering Emmett Kelly style clown dubbed "Punchy the clown," a scary mime and his parasitic sibling dubbed "Freakshow" and, last but certainly not least, a scorching hot succubus clown covered head to toe in body paint named "Batty Boop." Each clown brings its own distinctive look and abilities to the film but the most impressive power wielded by any of them was Batty Boop's amazing ability to cause my pants to spontaneously tent.
It's obvious Lechago was working on a low budget which is no surprise but he still managed to do a damn good job creating a wickedly entertaining sequel. The way Killjoy 3 is written one needn't watch the first two films in order to get their bearings as everything you really need to know about the character is made available to you in this installment. The dialog, outside of a few flat performances, was believable, the CG was fun and appropriate and the special effects make-up and gore were gruesome; this was an enjoyable B-movie romp with more positive than negative to look forward to.
If you're a fan of the first two Killjoy films, you'll want to grab this as it's the best of the series. If you've never seen a Killjoy film but you're interested in checking this out, be sure to rent.
It's obvious Lechago was working on a low budget which is no surprise but he still managed to do a damn good job creating a wickedly entertaining sequel. The way Killjoy 3 is written one needn't watch the first two films in order to get their bearings as everything you really need to know about the character is made available to you in this installment. The dialog, outside of a few flat performances, was believable, the CG was fun and appropriate and the special effects make-up and gore were gruesome; this was an enjoyable B-movie romp with more positive than negative to look forward to.
If you're a fan of the first two Killjoy films, you'll want to grab this as it's the best of the series. If you've never seen a Killjoy film but you're interested in checking this out, be sure to rent.
Yet another solid and amusing entry
kannibalcorpsegrinder10 September 2016
House-sitting for a professor, a group of friends receive a magical mirror containing Killjoy and his brethren of demonic clowns inside who lure them within to torture and kill them forcing them to find a way of stopping the creatures from satisfying their urges.
This one here was quite the enjoyable and impressive entry in the series. One of the better features here is the fact that this one carries on the series' utterly funny and twisted mangling of the traditional clown torments that are featured throughout here. There's plenty of utterly demented clown puns and sight-gags that are present which are just the right side of morbid to be hilarious while managing to go for a rather frantic series of encounters which are truly demented and somewhat chilling as well, from the one-sided boxing match between the clown and one of the group, the spiraling stairway that keeps twirling around in on itself and the whole dinner basting sequence that features the clowns lavishing her with all sorts of broth and vegetables in preparation for a feast makes this seem like a truly demented and disjointed killer clown effort. Likewise, the finale in their dimension where it goes for the seduction of the group by the two clowns, the different brawling tactics over the dinner preparations of their friend while the whole affair descends into a massive fight with their super-powerful weapons being utilized in a demented yet rather silly manner. With all these providing this one with some solid and rather fun gore effects for the different kills, these here make this one quite an entertaining blast that works well in holding off the few minor flaws here. The biggest issue with the film is that it really doesn't seem to have any kind of coherent plot line present, tending to go bouncing around from scene to scene without much connection between them. Once the mirror arrives and the kids are aware of the creatures within it, they don't tend to do anything which really sets it up from the beginning of how the film begins bouncing around without any sense of coherence and it's quite a goofy set-up to have this carry on throughout the whole film. The other rather big problem with this one is the rather obvious goofy and cheesy time throughout here, from the outrageous creatures, the set-up in the clown's dimension and the wacky action that ensues here doesn't really have a universal appeal in which will allow everyone to get into it easily. It's mostly for the fans of these particularly goofy and cheesy types of efforts only who will get these types of efforts. These here are what hold it back.
Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Brief Nudity.
This one here was quite the enjoyable and impressive entry in the series. One of the better features here is the fact that this one carries on the series' utterly funny and twisted mangling of the traditional clown torments that are featured throughout here. There's plenty of utterly demented clown puns and sight-gags that are present which are just the right side of morbid to be hilarious while managing to go for a rather frantic series of encounters which are truly demented and somewhat chilling as well, from the one-sided boxing match between the clown and one of the group, the spiraling stairway that keeps twirling around in on itself and the whole dinner basting sequence that features the clowns lavishing her with all sorts of broth and vegetables in preparation for a feast makes this seem like a truly demented and disjointed killer clown effort. Likewise, the finale in their dimension where it goes for the seduction of the group by the two clowns, the different brawling tactics over the dinner preparations of their friend while the whole affair descends into a massive fight with their super-powerful weapons being utilized in a demented yet rather silly manner. With all these providing this one with some solid and rather fun gore effects for the different kills, these here make this one quite an entertaining blast that works well in holding off the few minor flaws here. The biggest issue with the film is that it really doesn't seem to have any kind of coherent plot line present, tending to go bouncing around from scene to scene without much connection between them. Once the mirror arrives and the kids are aware of the creatures within it, they don't tend to do anything which really sets it up from the beginning of how the film begins bouncing around without any sense of coherence and it's quite a goofy set-up to have this carry on throughout the whole film. The other rather big problem with this one is the rather obvious goofy and cheesy time throughout here, from the outrageous creatures, the set-up in the clown's dimension and the wacky action that ensues here doesn't really have a universal appeal in which will allow everyone to get into it easily. It's mostly for the fans of these particularly goofy and cheesy types of efforts only who will get these types of efforts. These here are what hold it back.
Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Brief Nudity.
Just keep laughing
nogodnomasters5 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This movie has the the makings of a 1980's cult movie. The colors were exceptional. 4 kids house sit for a professor when they get a mirror, a portal between 2 worlds delivered at their door. The other world had a Forbidden Zone quality to it. The professor shows up and they form a rescue party to go into the mirror to save a student being basted for supper.
Far better than the first two. Good cult film.
Parental Guide: Corny dialogue, sex, nudity, f-bomb.
Far better than the first two. Good cult film.
Parental Guide: Corny dialogue, sex, nudity, f-bomb.
Better than part 1, slightly worse than part 2
zmoviefan5 April 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I liked the movie. Trent Haaga and Victoria DeMare obviously were having fun with their roles and they were the best actors of the bunch in my opinion.
I do wish there had been a larger body count and some gore. What there was, was passable. I do understand this is a low budget flick so I forgive the non-gore, although Killjoy's make up was pretty cool. Another plus: the image/colors looked really, REALLY good on my HDTV. Some scenes reminded me a lot of Nightmare on Elm Street, but I can forgive that too.
Kudos for getting Mr. Haaga back! I've watched all 3 films now, my favorite still part 2, followed by this sequel and in last place the first one.
I would definitely watch part 4 if there is another sequel :-)
I do wish there had been a larger body count and some gore. What there was, was passable. I do understand this is a low budget flick so I forgive the non-gore, although Killjoy's make up was pretty cool. Another plus: the image/colors looked really, REALLY good on my HDTV. Some scenes reminded me a lot of Nightmare on Elm Street, but I can forgive that too.
Kudos for getting Mr. Haaga back! I've watched all 3 films now, my favorite still part 2, followed by this sequel and in last place the first one.
I would definitely watch part 4 if there is another sequel :-)
the 3rd one is better then the 1st one
jacobjohntaylor16 June 2017
This is a great movie. The first movie of Killjoy is very scary. This is scarier. This not has scary has Killjoy 2. Still this is very scary. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. This has great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This is scarier then The silence of the lambs could ever be. This is scarier then Friday the 13th V a new beginning. And that is not easy to do. This is scarier then Halloween resurrection could ever be. This is very scary. It is a must see. If it does not scary you no movie will. 4.8 is a good ratting. But this is such a great movie that 4.8 is underrating it. This is a 9. It is a great movie.
YOU HAVE A FEMALE NAKED CLOWN FOR ABOUT HALF THE MOVIE CAW CAW
AngryCrow19911 January 2021
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NEED I SAY MORE CAW CAW????
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WATCH IT CAW CAW
ALSO THEY CAPTURE A GIRL AND MAKE HER BECOME THE MAIN FEAST OF THE MEAL. THIS IS A VERY FUN FILM CAW CAW.
AND I HATED THE FIRST TWO MOVIES, YET I LOVED THIS ONE CAW CAW
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WATCH IT CAW CAW
ALSO THEY CAPTURE A GIRL AND MAKE HER BECOME THE MAIN FEAST OF THE MEAL. THIS IS A VERY FUN FILM CAW CAW.
AND I HATED THE FIRST TWO MOVIES, YET I LOVED THIS ONE CAW CAW
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