2014 · horror · thriller
Clown
Directed by Jon Watts1h 39m2014
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
Our read: Clown (2014) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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“You want gnarly body-horror when a dad's clown suit becomes an unstoppable curse.”
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