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clown house the real truth
I bought this video off www.Amazon.com a few weeks ago, cuz i live in England and over there, the film i simply not available anymore, i think because it is banned because of the controvesy of it (see other reviews for detail). Despite these stories which are true and the fact that some of these reviews say that it is even scarier as IT the clown, i wouldnt go that far. In terms of blood and clown story, it realy isnt that scary (and that is coming from someone who hates clowns) and certainly isnt scarier than IT, but the mood of the film is great with some pretty original and scary moments towards the end. And if you are quite drunk this is definetly the horror movie for you so if you can, i strongly recomend that you rent or buy this film because in a way it realy is a classic al on its own and like i said there are some scary bits.

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See it once, then put it away.
Okay. First, there's nothing scarier than an evil clown. Just look at Carrot Top. Frightening.

Clownhouse attempts to exploit that popular fear by giving us three escapees from the mental institution dressed as clowns, terrorizing three young brats. Casey is really afraid of clowns to begin with. He has some pretentious explanation at the beginning of the film so I won't go into it. Let's just say he freaks when he sees them. His oldest brother is a bully and the middle brother is the understanding, bookish one. They are left alone on a night that falls somewhere between Friday Oct. 13 and Halloween. Scary. After several Halloween-worthy cat-and-mouse moments, Casey must face his fears and beat back the clowns.

If it seems like I'm being overly impudent here, it's because the movie just hasn't aged that well for me. I remember seeing it on cable about twelve years ago and being scared to death. Now, I just find myself irritated at the oldest brother and his witty banter with the others. I also found myself wondering how long it took to do the clown make-up and did one psycho help the other psycho put his on. Otherwise, how would you know if you got the back of your neck white enough? Ahem.

This one is a really good one to start with if you want something bloodless and scary, but it doesn't hold up to repeated viewings like Halloween does.

Mild recommendation.

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not bad, but wait for the new dvd
clownhouse isn't Victor Salva's best movie, but it's really entertaining trapped in a house with crazy dudes movie. the kids in the movie are annoying and you want them to die and die soon but salva drags it out a bit. clownhouse has a few thrills mostly cliched ones. this dvd isn't worth the cash the used ones are going for.but there is good news if you gotta have it,mgm is supposed to be re-releasing the dvd on 8/24/04. so save your cash and get a new one for under $15 bucks.