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I tend to grade a movie on a different metric based on where it's coming from. It would be unfair to hold it to same standard as a big budget movie or a known director or production company with years of expertise under their belt. So with clown town I'm being a little more generous than others may be willing to be. Also I've recently seen Clown Motel and Him so those movies showed just how bottom of the barrel killer clown films can go. This film is fairly generic , it doesn't pave any new ground or contribute anything we haven't already seen . However there are some pretty competent moments scattered throughout for a first time director,writer,and producer. The clowns are fairly intimidating as they mostly wear greasepaint and old dirty clothes, rather than full on clown costumes . There are some legit jump scared and some fair gore scenes ,that at least didn't choose digital blood effects. So overall it's still a low budget regional indie horror film that's nothing new , but is very far from being the worst movie I've ever seen.

I tend to grade a movie on a different metric based on where it's coming from. It would be unfair to hold it to same standard as a big budget movie or a known director or production company with years of expertise under their belt. So with clown town I'm being a little more generous than others may be willing to be. Also I've recently seen Clown Motel and Him so those movies showed just how bottom of the barrel killer clown films can go. This film is fairly generic , it doesn't pave any new ground or contribute anything we haven't already seen . However there are some pretty competent moments scattered throughout for a first time director,writer,and producer. The clowns are fairly intimidating as they mostly wear greasepaint and old dirty clothes, rather than full on clown costumes . There are some legit jump scared and some fair gore scenes ,that at least didn't choose digital blood effects. So overall it's still a low budget regional indie horror film that's nothing new , but is very far from being the worst movie I've ever seen.

When a film called "Clowntown" bills itself as inspired by 'True Events' you know that you are in for a cult classic, or an absolute piece of trash. I'll refrain from saying which this film is but seeing the number of stars I've awarded probably gives the game away, just like the title of this film gives away what to expect. A group of friends (2 couples) travelling to a concert find themselves having to take a detour to a small town because of a lost mobile phone. The mobile phone is filled with personal information and identification. Upon calling the phone, a mysterious man gives the owner directions to the town where he will meet them. They head out to the small town and wait for the stranger who found the phone. As night falls, they discover that the town is, as the title of the film gives away, a town that is run by clowns. Imagine that instead of gang and gangsters, you have clowns and clownsters (I just made that word up). The clowns in the film terrorise the group, trying to kill them all off, one by one. The group must survive and escape. Why are clowns terrorising a town - it is never really explored. This is basically a slasher film that looks pretty but does not have heart or a brain. There are loads of plot holes and silly concepts, that many in fact that I was annoyed from the start of the film. As well as being a slasher film this nodded its head to other horror films by using lots of cliché's and the occasionally very very subtle Easter eggs. While this is clearly a low budget film, it did not necessarily look like one. The look and feel were that of something with a bigger budget. The main detractors from this decent looking film though came in the form of the writing and the acting. There was no sense, when you break it down it wasn't original, and the characters being portrayed were flat, one dimensional idiots that I didn't care about. The clowns got off lucky, they had no dialogue, they just had to look menacing. Most of the time this was fine, but then the writing also made them do stupid things that you would only expect to see in a badly written script with limited imagination. Director Tom Nagel and writer Jeff Miller have attempted to deliver something scary and engaging, but unfortunately after sitting through 86 mins of an attempted coulrophobia film, I was not sold. It felt like had this concept been given to John Carpenter, Wes Craven or perhaps Rob Zombie, then you would end up with a freaky or thrilling horror masterpiece. Unfortunately, with Nagel and Miller at the steering wheel, the film never gets out of first gear. I laughed more at the ridiculous events unfolding than I should have considering this was a serious horror slasher film - and I was not laughing because the clowns were funny. Never really falling into "that bad that it's good", and not strong enough to merit much of a cult following, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news and say that this film will be forgotten quickly and will be extremely lucky if it makes it onto low budget cable. Yes, there is blood and gore in the film, but not that much though. Yes, there is sexual content, nudity, and bad language. No, I would not recommend watching this with a young audience. No, I would not recommend watching the film and having high expectations. The best I can give is 2 out of 10; looks good, but actually quite weak.

If you watch assault on precinct 13 and Texas chainsaw massacre and have no idea of how to write a script you could make your own clown town movie.

A group of friends find themselves stranded in a small abandoned town. Come nightfall the group are stalked and terrorized by a gang of vicious psychos made up as clowns. Director Tom Nagel relates the enjoyable and engrossing story at a constant pace, ably crafts a spooky and unsettling atmosphere, generates a good deal of nerve-wracking tension, and delivers a handy helping of graphic gore. The solid acting by the capable cast keeps this movie humming: Brian Nagel as the eager Brad, Lauren Compton as the sweet Sarah, Andrew Staton as the easygoing Mike, Katie Keene as the perky Jill, Jeff Denton as the rugged Dylan, Greg Violand as helpful old coot Frank, and Maryanne Nagel as the unhinged Myrtle. Moreover, the clowns are genuinely creepy while the moments of brutal violence pack a savage punch. Ken Stachnik's sharp widescreen cinematography provides an impressive polished look. Holly Amber Church's shivery score hits the shuddery spot. A cool little fright flick.

I mean it wasn't no Rob zombie type of scary movie but it was definitely creepy it wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen either I don't know everybody's expecting but it wasn't that bad

There isn't anything truly terrible here, apart from maybe some of the effects. However it is also completely paint-by-numbers and there is nothing that stands out even a little, which is pretty bad for a killer clown movie. Have you seen Terrifier? Now that is memorable, although he is arguably a mime. There just wasn't enough effort put into making an original and fun film and instead this comes off as people who just wanted to make a movie, and they did that, and I'm sure it was a lot of fun to make, but none of that translates to the viewer. Overall I'd give this one a pass, there is nothing you haven't seen before and it never falls into 'so bad, it's good' territory.