A film for everyone who finds clowns really sinister and scary (or sexy because of that).

A young couple are busy making out at Make Out Point when they see what looks like a falling star and, so, go to investigate. It’s there that they find, of all things, a circus tent. The alien beings in said tent all look like clowns, but they aren’t here to fall over and entertain us. They hate humans and want to harvest us in bright pink cocoons. They also kill humans, as witnessed by Deputy Sheriff Mooney, who arrests one of them. The clown slaughters everyone else in the cell, along with the deputy.

Fortunately, the Sheriff realises that the Klowns are a serious threat to the entire town and sets out to stop them. Will he succeed, or will they?

This film is by the Chiodo Brothers and is like a really brightly coloured acid trip with this startling vision having darker undertones beneath the surface. This is also one of those movies that has its own reality and an amazing vision that is fully and brilliantly conceived and realised by the filmmakers.

This film is now seen as a cult classic, and I can fully see why. A sequel has been mooted for years. I hope it comes to fruition.

4 out of 5 stars