Fear of clowns, or coulrophobia, has always been a phobia for some people. A few movies explored this fear but it was the 1990 adaption of Stephen King’s IT novel that really propelled the sub-genre forward. Thereafter, the number of films featuring creepy and downright evil clowns began to gradually proliferate to a point where there is now a silly over-saturation of clowns in horror. Here are just a few examples:
Night of the Demon (1957) reviews and overview
The Premonition – USA, 1975 – reviews
Wacko – USA, 1981 – reviews
Poltergeist – USA, 1982 – reviews
GhostHouse – Italy, 1988 – reviews
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) reviews and overview
Clownhouse – USA, 1989 – overview and reviews
IT aka Stephen King’s IT – TV mini series, USA, 1990 – overview
Carnival of Souls (1998) reviews and overview
Drive-Thru – USA, 2007 – reviews
Zombieland – USA, 2009 – overview and reviews
Stitches – UK, Ireland, 2012 – reviews
All Hallows’ Eve – USA, 2013 – reviews
Gingerclown (2013) reviews and overview
Space Clown – USA, 2013 – overview
Clown Kill aka Lock In – UK, 2014 – overview
Coulrophobia – UK, 2014 – reviews
Theatre of Fear – UK, 2014 – reviews
Kruel – USA, 2015 – reviews
The Legend of Wasco aka Clownface – USA, 2015 – reviews
Loon – USA, 2015 – overview and reviews
Poltergeist – USA, 2015 – reviews
Bedeviled – USA, 2016 – reviews
Clowntergeist (2016) reviews and overview
ClownTown – USA, 2016 – overview
Creepy Clowns: The Lunatic’ler – USA, 2016 – reviews
HIM – USA, 2016 – overview
Joker’s Poltergeist – USA, 2016 – reviews
Killjoy’s Psycho Circus – USA, 2016 – overview
The Night Watchmen – USA, 2016 – reviews
Sorority Slaughterhouse – USA, 2016 – overview and reviews
Terrifier – USA, 2016 – overview and reviews
Another Evil Night – USA, 2017 – overview
The Basement (2017) reviews and overview
Circus Kane – USA, 2017 – reviews
Crispy’s Curse (2017) preview with trailer
Haunted Maze – USA, 2017
IT – USA, 2017 – reviews
Ripple – USA, 2017 – overview
Slaw – USA, 2017 – reviews
Balloon – India, 2018 – reviews
Camp Blood 7: It Kills (2018) reviews and overview
Clown Motel Massacre – USA, 2018 – overview
Gags the Clown – USA, 2018 – reviews
Ghost of Camp Blood (2018) reviews and overview
Crepitus – USA, 2018 – reviews
Cleavers: Killer Clowns – UK, 2019 – overview and reviews
Clown – USA, 2019 – review
Clown Doll aka Joker Clown – UK, 2019 – preview
Clown Fear – USA, 2019 – reviews
Clownado – USA, 2019 – reviews
Hipsters, Gangsters, Aliens and Geeks (2019) preview
IT: Chapter Two – USA, 2019 – reviews
It Hungers – USA, 2019 – overview
The Jack in the Box – UK, 2019 – with more reviews and release news
Joker – USA, 2019 – reviews
Kill Giggles – USA, 2019 – now with first trailer
Scare Attraction – UK, 2019 – overview and reviews
Murdershow – Canada, 2020 – preview
Psycho-Therapy – USA, 2019 – reviews
Samhain – USA, 2020 – preview of new comedy clown horror
Shriekshow – USA, 2020 – preview of new horror anthology flick
Terrifier 2 (2020) preview
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