(sigh) Lionsgate is just plain bad. i've seen over 10 independent horror movies from Lionsgate and NONE of them have been good. This one is no exception. i really think Lion needs to preview these movies before they decide to distribute them. Because fear of clowns is more than another crapfest.
The movie starts out. Some woman paints paintings of a clowns. evil clowns. she gets them put on display at an art museum by the most horribly acted art director in the history of movies. She finds out her neighbors were brutally murdered to which she surreptitiously raises an eyebrow as she talks to a young detective who often appears as if he was on his way to the beach and got called in for work. She shows her feelings and caring with such great dialogue as "sorry, but i have to get to work, here's my card" proving once again that you don't have to show emotion to be an actor.
An older man wants to pay the girl to draw a painting of his father who was a clown in a good light showing him happy. he offers her 10,000 dollars but she declines. Because after all, she doesn't paint clowns. she paints EVIL clowns. big difference. but eventually she concedes when he offers her double that amount and she goes off to paint. Oh, there's also a side story with evil moustache man (her ex-husband) who has his stick-in-butt lawyer tell her he wants everything, and might just get it too during the divorce including custody of a child who's in the movie for exactly 35 seconds.
Of course though, snidely whiplash hires an assassin to kill her and believe me when i tell you, this guy's the worst assassin i've ever seen in my life. he opens the door (no gloves), waits for her to look around the house a bit, turns to face her when she's across the hallway and begins to monologue. wow. can i hire this guy? apparently not because the painting lady has a new stalker boyfriend who jumps the killer and she picks up the gun and after he surrenders, shoots him. good job! you ruined your lead of figuring out who hired him and took a life! yay life lessons! but oh, thank heavens, the assassin's conversations with the husband were recorded by the assassin for...some...reason and they have enough to arrest him. but uh oh, the ex-husband also releases a dangerous clown to kill everyone around her to get to her (i know. it doesn't make any sense) including the woman's clone, the art director (thank god), and a random Asian policeman (the only good kill in the movie by the way).
the shirtless clown who carries a horrible plastic axe eventually tracks her down to a movie theater who no one happens to be in but 3 people, kills them all, and then chases the two main characters around the theater like an episode of scooby doo. the policeman catches up and the clown, who had been psychotic up until this point, surrenders and goes with the police calmly. best ending ever.
The movie is awful and i mean awful. The plot is retarded, the killer doesn't make any sense, it's incredibly boring, and pointless. low budget does not excuse this crapfest. i could write a much better script than this. the characters were dull, lifeless, and made you wish for their early demise. On the other hand, some of the characters you knew so briefly you didn't get a CHANCE to hate them. But anyway, stay away from this movie unless you enjoy losing brain cells. and your money. and your time.
Fear of Clowns gets 1 snidely whiplash impersonator, out of 10.
The movie starts out. Some woman paints paintings of a clowns. evil clowns. she gets them put on display at an art museum by the most horribly acted art director in the history of movies. She finds out her neighbors were brutally murdered to which she surreptitiously raises an eyebrow as she talks to a young detective who often appears as if he was on his way to the beach and got called in for work. She shows her feelings and caring with such great dialogue as "sorry, but i have to get to work, here's my card" proving once again that you don't have to show emotion to be an actor.
An older man wants to pay the girl to draw a painting of his father who was a clown in a good light showing him happy. he offers her 10,000 dollars but she declines. Because after all, she doesn't paint clowns. she paints EVIL clowns. big difference. but eventually she concedes when he offers her double that amount and she goes off to paint. Oh, there's also a side story with evil moustache man (her ex-husband) who has his stick-in-butt lawyer tell her he wants everything, and might just get it too during the divorce including custody of a child who's in the movie for exactly 35 seconds.
Of course though, snidely whiplash hires an assassin to kill her and believe me when i tell you, this guy's the worst assassin i've ever seen in my life. he opens the door (no gloves), waits for her to look around the house a bit, turns to face her when she's across the hallway and begins to monologue. wow. can i hire this guy? apparently not because the painting lady has a new stalker boyfriend who jumps the killer and she picks up the gun and after he surrenders, shoots him. good job! you ruined your lead of figuring out who hired him and took a life! yay life lessons! but oh, thank heavens, the assassin's conversations with the husband were recorded by the assassin for...some...reason and they have enough to arrest him. but uh oh, the ex-husband also releases a dangerous clown to kill everyone around her to get to her (i know. it doesn't make any sense) including the woman's clone, the art director (thank god), and a random Asian policeman (the only good kill in the movie by the way).
the shirtless clown who carries a horrible plastic axe eventually tracks her down to a movie theater who no one happens to be in but 3 people, kills them all, and then chases the two main characters around the theater like an episode of scooby doo. the policeman catches up and the clown, who had been psychotic up until this point, surrenders and goes with the police calmly. best ending ever.
The movie is awful and i mean awful. The plot is retarded, the killer doesn't make any sense, it's incredibly boring, and pointless. low budget does not excuse this crapfest. i could write a much better script than this. the characters were dull, lifeless, and made you wish for their early demise. On the other hand, some of the characters you knew so briefly you didn't get a CHANCE to hate them. But anyway, stay away from this movie unless you enjoy losing brain cells. and your money. and your time.
Fear of Clowns gets 1 snidely whiplash impersonator, out of 10.