Clown

I just watched this movie last night. I'm a sucker for a good clown movie, I'm always searching for something that tops Penny Wise, which scared the crap out of me back in 1990. I will start out with I LOVED THIS movie. It doesn't top penny wise but it puts a good twist to the clown genre. It comes in at close 2nd place! The movie starts out fast, you get to grab all the details up front within the 1st 10 minutes. It actually gets pretty funny after right wards then it gets real from there on out. It does have 2 slow spots, it rolls pretty fast. The clown looks awesome! you get to see it develop throughout the movie, which is a nice slow burn. Its just not like BAM here it is... its a slow progression. It doesn't look like Bozo the Clown with blood, it looks like a real monster, which was awesome! I've read a lot of reviews on how parts of the movie are not realistic. I could see 2 parts, but you know, its a fictional movie. This does have a feel of a fast paced Sci-Fi channel movie in the beginning, but then it starts to rev up into a real movie. The ending is really predictable, but its a good ending, its not confusing, it ends on a good note. After you watch that movie, your clown phobia will def take new heights. If you want a good scare, with a few laughs, this is it for you. I watched it on a big screen, Oppo blue ray, with a nice surround sound. Oh man! it was great!!

I was really looking forward to Clown after seeing the trailer, the concept seemed pretty original and interesting and I liked what I saw. If you felt the same way, I would highly recommend that you give this film a watch. In the end it surpassed my expectations and left me feeling pretty disturbed. The acting from the leads is solid, Andy Powers especially is fantastic as Kent and carries the earlier parts of the film with a really good performance. Laura Allen is also very good as Kent's wife Meg whose journey through the film is in some ways as interesting to witness as his own. Some of the supporting cast are admittedly not fantastic, but that doesn't detract from the movie as a whole. The film is generally well-paced but suffers a little during the middle where it seems to stall, don't worry if you feel this way because it soon gets going again and when it does, it really does. Some of the scenes towards the end will stay with me for a long time. Clown is dark, disturbing, original and striking. One of the best horror films of recent years.

What a surprise, good story, good effects good acting, scary, this is a good movie. Sometimes someone thinks out of the box and creates a totally new story for something that exists a very long time. First there was Rare Exports (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143). A movie that showed a similar horror twist to the genesis of Santa Claus. In the same year, "SINT" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167675) had is appearance and tels the "true" horror story of Sinterklaas. You might even say "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" fits into this collection. For me "Clown" was very entertaining, just don't read the reviews with the spoiler for the greatest enjoyment.