One of the breakout crowdpleasers of SXSW 2025 was “Clown in a Cornfield,” Eli Craig’s twisty slasher flick about a small Midwestern town that struggles to navigate life after the corn syrup factory ...

Horror movies about clowns are their own specific breed of awesome. Some of the best horror movies out there center around the diabolical sweetness -- or lack thereof -- of clowns, so there's no ...

Clowns have been known for being more frightening than funny for the longest time in the horror genre. There is a reason why the fear of clowns has its own term, "coulrophobia." What was once a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you think of a clown, what do you picture? Do images of cheery jesters with white face paint and a ...

Here’s a great idea: Hire a clown to terrorize your child. Dominic DeVille came up with the plan. The Swiss actor runs “Evil Clown,” a business in Switzerland that allows him to dress as a lunatic and ...

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Is there anything as dependable as the slasher formula? It waxes, wanes and winks its way through cultural cycles but it endures; malleable yet sturdy, high or lowbrow (usually low), requiring just a ...

There were lots of scary things to see on Halloween. Vampires, Ghostface, scary clowns, Michael Myers and zombies walked the ...