The Best and Worst Horror Movies Featuring Scary Clowns
Scary clowns have been featured in horror films for years. Even when they're not in horror movies, clowns can be really scary. Add some blood, pointy teeth, and a menacing grin and these happiness-promoting beings become terrifying creatures you could only come across in your worst nightmares.
This list represents some of the best and worst horror movies featuring scary, evil, clowns.
Stephen King's It Movie Trailer
Stephen King's It
Probably the most famous of all scary clown horror movies, Stephen King's It is about a group of kids, the "Lucky Seven," that hunt down a child-killing evil clown named Pennywise. This creepy clown lives in the sewer while haunting the quaint little town of Derry, Maine. It was actually a miniseries/television movie that aired for two separate episodes.
It appears as something that the child victim fears before turning into the clown Pennywise. When the group of kids has grown up, 30 years later, they are forced to face Pennywise once again.
Ratings received:
Imdb: 6.9 / 10
Amazon: 4 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 66% liked it.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space Movie Trailer
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a horror comedy about a group of aliens that take the form of evil, killer clowns. They arrive to Earth in a spaceship that looks like a circus tent. The Killer Klowns use a collection of strange, novelty-like weapons to kill their victims in ways such as turning them into human-sized puffs of cotton candy. A silly movie but quite entertaining.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 5.8 / 10
Amazon: 4.5 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 55% like it
S.I.C.K. (Serial Insance Clown Killer) Movie Trailer
S.I.C.K.
S.I.C.K. received horrible reviews all around. S.I.C.K. stands for Serial Insane Clown Killer. It's based on some friends staying in a cabin out in the forest where a legend exists of an an evil clown that lives in the woods.
The movie Mr. Jingles, continues the story 7 years later.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 2.2 / 10
Amazon: 1.5 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes:
Mr. Jingles Movie Trailer
Mr. Jingles
Mr. Jingles was created as a follow up to the film S.I.C.K. It continues the story seven years later, with Angie returning home from the psychiatric hospital. On the 7th anniversary of the original killings, Mr. Jingles returns for Angie, the only living witness.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 2.1 / 10
Amazon: 2 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 22% liked it
Clownhouse Movie Trailer
Clownhouse
Clownhouse received fairly good reviews, especially for being a horror movie, and a horror movie about clowns nonetheless. Clownhouse is about three brothers, the youngest of which has a fear of clowns, who are on their way to the circus. A group of men (escaped mental patients) kill the circus' real clowns and assume their identities. The (fake) clowns then invade the home of the brothers and proceed to torment them.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 5.8 / 10
Amazon: 4 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 44% liked it
Killjoy Movie Trailer
Killjoy
Killjoy received terrible ratings and, suprisingly, they still made a Killjoy 2 & 3. Killjoy is a clown doll that is brought to life by a young guy seeking revenge against another man that stole the girl he liked. Before Killjoy is brought to life, the young man is killed and Killjoy seeks revenge.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 2.3 / 10
Amazon: 2.5 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 27% liked it
Drive Thru Movie Trailer
Drive Thru
Drive Thru is about Horny the Clown, the mascot for an Orange County fast food joint "Hella-Burger". He is one evil, insane, crazy clown. While continuing a bloody rampage, Horny begins to stalk a teenage girl named Mackenzie. She slowy learns she has a disturbing connection to the evil clown.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 4.4 / 10
Amazon: 3.5 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes:
Camp Blood Movie Trailer
Camp Blood
Camp Blood is a low budget film based on two couples and their guide who venture into the woods. They are terrorized by a man in a clown mask that has been haunting the woods for several years.
The movie Camp Blood was made into a trilogy. The sequel, Camp Blood 2, is based on a documentary movie being filmed about the first murders that occurred in the same area, now nicknamed Camp Blood. During the filming of the documentary, the clown once again appears for a killing spree. Finally, in the last movie in the trilogy, Within the Woods, a group of reality show contestants are offered $1,000,000 if they can survive a night in Camp Blood.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 3.4 / 10
Amazon: 3.5 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 24% liked it
Fear of Clowns Movie Trailer
Fear of Clowns
Fear of Clowns is about an artist who has exactly that, a fear of clowns. She attempts to subdue her fears by painting clowns. One of the clowns from her paintings seemingly comes to life and begins to murder people.
Fear of Clowns was another scary clown horror that was made into a sequel.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 3.4 / 10
Amazon: 2 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 36% liked it
Dead Clowns Movie Trailer
Dead Clowns
Dead Clowns is a film about a group of clowns that parished when their circus train derailed and plunged into the water. The clowns were never located. Fifty years after the accident, a hurricane hits the Florida town and the clowns emerge from the dead as zombies to seek a bloody, murderous revenge on the people that tried to forget them.
Ratings Received:
Imdb: 2.8 / 10
Amazon: 2 / 5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 17% liked it