ClownTown

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ClownTown

Released Sep 30, 2016

1h 26m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Some friends get stranded in a seemingly deserted town and find themselves stalked by a gang of violent psychopaths dressed as clowns.

Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

It's all as generic and pointless as it sounds, with tyro filmmaker Nagel unable to muster up the sort of visceral thrills that a John Carpenter or Wes Craven would have been able to deliver in their sleep.

Oct 3, 2016

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Arguably less scary than "Big Top Pee-Wee."

Sep 29, 2016

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

It won't take long for genre fans to recognize that the movie is as dreary as it is derivative.

Sep 29, 2016

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

If you plugged a bunch of generic horror movie concepts into a machine and let robots make a movie from the results you got, it would be ClownTown.

Rated: 1/5

May 12, 2023

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Dominic Griffin

Spectrum Culture

...maybe some years hence, Clowntown could be a therapeutic instrument designed to help poor coulrophobics overcome their deepest fear, once again allowing them the childlike joy that's eluded them at birthday parties and circuses.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 17, 2019

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

It's best to consider ClownTown more of a horror/thriller parody. Its generic by the numbers approach to terrors in the wood would be slightly more tolerable.

Rated: 2/10

Sep 29, 2016

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PSYLOCK

This movie is bad, very bad but thats what I like about it. The acting was poor, the scares were cheap but I don't think it wanted to make the next Hills Have Eyes or Texas Chainsaw. It just wanted to make an enjoyable movie and I did enjoy it. It got me laughing at the dialogue and the acting. If you want to see a bad movie that can make you laugh, ClownTown is for you.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/23

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Chris M

They use the same "inspired by real events" fake tagline a lot of crap movies use. The real event is that strange thing when people dressed as clowns and stared at people for no reason in 2014. The real clowns never killed anyone. So this load of bullshit is just to sell tickets to a shit movie. Another reason to be wary of when a horror movie uses "inspired" by true events. The pacing was awful. Plus it's not like the phone was stolen to lure them into a trap. If the phone was so important to her, she wouldn't be that clumsy or remembered long before they were miles away from the diner. It's not a total failure but I'd only recommend it if you have nothing else to do.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/11/22

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Audience Member

One of the worst movies I have ever seen! The storyline is poor, the "acting" is awful... What a waste of time!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Terrible acting by the non clowns however the clowns are what made it for me! They deserve 5 plus stars! Beautifully acted by them, the subtle movements were the most terrifying! The non clowns were so bad I was rooting for the clowns!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Low budget indie horror. Looked like a professional film so they must've used a good camera. The story wasn't unique: 2 couples take a short cut via a small town and get picked off (2 survive). The acting was very very bad and it was plainly evident that they were amateurs. That really took away from the viewing experience. It wasn't very scary as the jump scares were amateur-ish and the rest of the film just didn't feel creepy. Overall not horrible but not ok either.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Well first I have more clown stuff than this. Maybe next time they could call me for props. I was a little sad I didn't get to see much clown stuff in a movie called Clown Town.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Synopsis

Some friends get stranded in a seemingly deserted town and find themselves stalked by a gang of violent psychopaths dressed as clowns.

Director: Tom Nagel
Producer: Jeff Miller, Brian Nagel, Tom Nagel
Screenwriter: Jeff Miller
Distributor: ITN Distribution
Production Co: Millman Productions, Steel House, Zorya Films
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m

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