Killer Klowns from Outer Space

1988 "It’s Craazzy!"
6.2| 1h28m| PG-13| en
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Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

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Micitype Pretty Good
Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
AEthan1998 Before Stephen King's It, there were aliens who look like clowns! This movie has everything! The casting, the 80s special effects, the soundtrack, and more! The Chiodo Brothers did a fantastic job making this movie! You'll have a crazy good time for watching this movie!
a_chinn The Chiodo Brother's cult classic is mostly a cult classic because of it's clever title and goofy premiss, but what actually ends up on screen isn't all that funny, scary, or clever. The story is basically the same as "The Blob," with a folksy townsperson, Royal Dano, discovering aliens in the nearby woods. Instead of discovering a blob in the woods, Dano discovers a spaceship in the form of a circus tent with the aliens the form of giant clowns. Both films primarily focus on group of teens who are the only one who know what's really going on. A major difference between the two films is that "The Blob" had a young Steve McQueen as the lead teen saving the town (though he was playing a 28-year old teenager), but in "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" there's no one of McQueen's level of charisma (but honestly there's only a handful of actors who can even come close to McQueen levels of cool). However, in the film's favor, there are a couple strong character actors in supporting roles, with John Vernon as a town sheriff and the above mentioned Royal Dano as an old coot. There's also a before-he-was-famous Chris Titus in a small role. Overall, in the spirit of Roger Corman showmanship, "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" features a title and poster that grabs the audiences attention much more so than the actual film, but it's not that bad of a film and is moderately entertaining.
Leofwine_draca KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE is a cheesy, campy, B-movie horror flick of the 1980s that fits in well with the fellow likes of NIGHT OF THE CREEPS and THE BLOB. The story is simplicity in itself and concerns a troop of aliens who arrive on Earth disguised as the creepiest-looking clowns you'll ever see; their job is to go around town and kill and capture as many humans as possible. Truth be told, this is a film which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and the human characters are very much left in the background. However, it's still a lot of fun, particularly triumphing in terms of the set design and excellent look of the villains themselves. Expect rubbery gore scenes, lots of vivid bright colours, John Vernon hamming up a treat, and lots of sheer weirdness on display.
SimonChowdhury I honestly can't fathom all these stellar reviews, especially considering the potential charms of actually enjoyable B-Movies (i.e. Miami Connection, No Retreat No Surrender).This film is utterly boring and didn't make me laugh once within the first 40 minutes (I stopped it after that). A total waste of time.I find it impossible that only a quarter of the written reviews here are poor ratings. Here's mine. Hope I saved at least one person some time.Now onward, in my search for better B-Movies.