Coulrophobia runs rampant in this out-of-this-world alien invasion flick. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is by far one of the strangest b-movies ever made. It's essentially an alien invasion horror film where the aliens look like clowns and utilize the likes of cotton candy and some impressive shadow puppets to abduct their victims. The fact that they are clowns sets the film up for a bombardment of puns, almost too many puns, to the point where your head gets sore from all the facepalms you perform on yourself while watching it.
Also, because they're clowns, their victims think they won't do any harm and don't realize what's happening until it's too late. This troubles me, because these clowns are fucking ugly! I don't care how much fun they are, if they don't look like nice clowns, don't stay to see what they do next!
Killer Klowns is like a movie adaptation of a Saturday Night Live skit: it's fun in small doses, but as a feature the gag runs pretty thin. I think the problem is like what other b-movies suffer from: it's self aware. It knows it's a big joke and doesn't take itself seriously. Too bad really, because seeing one of those fugly clowns drink a gelatinized human wrapped in cotton candy with a crazy straw is quite a sight to behold.
Final Mark: 2.5/5
EXTRA CRAP
The Good: You have to admire the director's ambition to put together a bat-shit crazy idea.
The Bad: It ends with a pie in the face. *facepalm*
The Ugly: Imagine people with a clown fetish watching this film...
Food of Choice: Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes
Drink of Choice: The Cotton Candy
Useless Trivia: There's a scene in a bathroom that the director wanted to rival the Psycho shower scene. His version includes a toilet. *facepalm*
Favourite Quote: Curtis Mooney - I made it through Korea I can make it through this bullshit!
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