A cursed clown suit turns a loving father into a psycho killer in a new horror film
Clown, based on a fake trailer that a TV veteran
Jon Watts made a few years back. Producer
Eli Roth helped develop it into a feature and the trailer for the completely real version is online, and it looks pretty scary to me.
Although Watts is a newcomer to feature film-length directing, the movie has an impressive pedigree behind it, with
Andy Powers,
Peter Stormare,
Laura Allen and
Elizabeth Whitmere starring and
Robot and Frank scribe
Christopher D. Ford providing the script.
The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year and is still waiting for distribution. Seems like a perfect fit for SXSW or Fantastic Fest in the coming year.
Check it out below.
When a father finds an old clown suit in his attic, he gives it a spin to brighten up his son’s sixth birthday party. Laughs soon turn to screams, however, when the suit refuses to come off. Before long, he finds himself mysteriously transforming, plagued with murderous impulses that he can’t control.
