Coulrophobia [kool-ruh-foh-bee-uh]

noun

1. an abnormal fear of clowns.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space is one of those movies that has the mythic reputation of being so bad that they are good. Perhaps, I have no sense of discernment whatsoever, but after having finally gotten around to watching this film, I have realised that it is not so much that the film is poorly constructed, but rather that it is in only too successful in achieving the creation of a ludicrous and absurd carnivalesque nightmare, befitting  a troupe of murderous buffoons from galaxies unknown. 

Policeman Curtis Mooney is angry. Beset by young out-of-towner students, making out, drinking and clowning about, his small town peace is being disturbed by this new…

Hoop-Tober film #1

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Horror films in the 80's birthed a prodigiously talented roster of creative film professionals into the world. Frank Darabont, Dean Cundey, Kathryn Bigelow, Renny Harlan, Shane Black, to name a few, all started in or got their break in horror films. Many of them transitioned into more respectable fare in the 90's and beyond and helmed numerous blockbusters and Oscar winning films. For most, but not all, their talent was evident even in the lowest budgeted 80's horror's.

In the earliest years…

Killer Clowns from Outer Space is a peculiar horror comedy that isn't quite as bonkers as its title would have you to believe. Aliens arrive in a small town via a spaceship that looks exactly like a circus tent. Their goal? to take all the townspeople and turn them into intergalactic cotton candy snacks. After most of the town is taken, it's up to a ragtag misfit group of young adults to take the fight to the Alien clowns.

Going into this film I was expecting a bat-shit crazy time. Instead the films wonderfully campy story it played itself far too safe. One of the biggest complaints I have with the film is the poor lack of humour. Other then…

Killer clowns, from outer space. Holy shit!

No, Curtis Mooney, its not clowns its klowns.

Don't ask me why. Maybe Ed Boon and company had something to do with it? Well, I didn't see Sub-Zero or Scorpion running around so my only guess is that the misspelling of the word is merely an ode to how dastardly dumb but ridiculously brilliant this movie is.

I mentioned in one of my other reviews about my family's weekly trip to Blockbuster (RIP) when we were kids. Each family member got to rent their own movie; I was a twisted child and always rented shitty Friday the 13th sequels. One time my Dad rented this weird little movie for the whole family. We…

After being fascinated by the idea of this film for several years, I finally sat down and watched this film. I wasn't expecting it to be genuinely good, but I was hoping that it would have enough charm or there would be enough bits and pieces that I would like. In that regard, I would say that this film is a moderate success. There were enough individual scenes that I liked enough to keep me entertained, however the second half of the film didn't have as much character as the first half.

Unless you are under the age of 13, this movie will not scare you in any way, however there are moments in the film that almost grasp something…