However, they certainly scare me now as an adult, especially after seeing great horror movies like Terrifier and its sequels, which propelled the smiling sadist Art the Clown into the mainstream.

This week’s new release Clown in a Cornfield comes to theaters occupying an unusual position in the horror landscape. The movie is based on a YA novel aimed at teenagers, and, well, it shows: It ...

The National Institute of Health even estimates more than 50% of adults worldwide ... slasher thrills with icky body horror, McCloy’s struggle with the clown costume taking over his body is ...

Groce said his clown persona is versatile, which allows him to alternate between horror clowning and the traditional, humorous style. "I do things for children who are sick or children in need.

Based on Adam Cesare’s popular young adult horror novel, the film appears to lean heavily into both the rural setting and the killer clown iconography that has proven successful for the horror ...

Clown costumes and “symbols of terror” have ... Stephen King, the modern master of horror stories, told the Bangor Daily News in his home state of Maine that he suspected these clown stories ...