Aliens Are Bastards: The Klowns are highly sadistic, beyond Blue-and-Orange Morality.Alien Invasion: The Klowns have come to Earth to suck Earthling blood for food and also to kill people for fun.Affectionate Parody: Of 1950s B-Movies.and then there’s ones simply named Joe, Danny, and Frank. Aerith and Bob: The Klowns all have interesting names like Jumbo, Shorty, and Storefront.Achilles' Heel: Destroying a Klown's nose kills them instantly.It later returned to the event in 20 as a Haunted House walkthrough.ĭuring the Gamescom 2022 opening night, it was revealed a Multiplayer game adaption of the film was being made, with the executive producer of Friday the 13th: The Game helming it. Killer Klowns has also earned its own Scare Zone at the Universal Studios Orlando event for Halloween Horror Nights in 2018. This was assumed to be the end of the line, until in March 2022 MGM turned out to be still holding the rights to the film (which they bought as part of the Epic library in the late 90s) and with the announcement of Amazon purchasing their library, there could be a new chance for the Klowns to return, which remains to be seen as its Development Hell state continues. Syfy attempted to make a movie for their channel but couldn't purchase the rights, then in 2020 a story spread about 20th Century Fox silently buying the rights to make a theatrical movie but then Disney aborted the project after the acquisition of Fox. In spite of director Stephen Chiodo's best efforts, no sequel or television series has emerged. Over the years the film became a cult classic and made more revenue off merchandising such as action figures, Halloween costumes and T-shirts. Made on a $2 million production budget, the movie bombed at the box office most likely due to a lack of marketing and being passed on by major theater chains in favor of big studio films when first released. Only one man, his two delinquent friends, his girlfriend, and her cop ex-boyfriend can stop them.Ī very Affectionate Parody of 1950s B Movies (particularly The Blob) with just about every alien invasion and circus trope present. They begin abducting the townsfolk, sealing them in cotton candy cocoons, and then draining them of their blood. The occupants are aliens that look like Monster Clowns. It is the only film they wrote or directed.Ī spaceship shaped like a giant circus tent lands on the outskirts of a small town. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a 1988 horror/comedy B-Movie created by the Chiodo brothers, a team of creature effects designers and animators.
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