From producer and splatter-maestro Eli Roth (Hostel; Grindhouse) comes this nightmarish tale of a doting father who undergoes a gruesome, bloodthirsty transformation – leaving him a terrible desire for eating children…

Continuing in the tradition of films such as "It" and "House of 1000 Corpses", here’s further proof there’s nothing more terrifying than a killer clown.

PRODUCER
Eli Roth (Hostel; Grindhouse)

WRITER-DIRECTOR
Jon Watts (The Fuzz)

STARRING
Andy Powers (Oz; The Good Wife)
Peter Stormare (Fargo; Jurassic Park: The Lost World)
Laura Allen (Ravenswood; NCIS)
Elizabeth Whitmere (Supernatural; Being Erica)

It’s Jack's 10th birthday, but the clown has cancelled. His dad, Kent, finds an old clown suit in the attic and saves the party. But after the party is over, Kent has a problem… the suit won't come off. What starts as a joke quickly turns into a hellish nightmare. Kent can feel himself changing, and his desperate attempts to free himself just leave him in agonising pain.

As the suit takes hold of his body, Kent slowly endures a brutal transformation. As he changes, an uncontrollable hunger begins to consume him, an overwhelming and insatiable hunger… for children.

It’s no surprise that “Clown” is such a bloodthirsty success. It went into production after Eli Roth saw a fake trailer for the yet-to-be-made movie and was so impressed he decided to produce the film himself.

The finished product is utterly shameless in its love of splatter and gore, and gets very inventive with its brutality (including a scene in a kids’ adventure playground, which is about as shocking as anything you’re likely to see in a horror movie).

Even diehard gore-hounds will be impressed, as “Clown” sets out to break taboos and churn stomachs all at once. Horrifying stuff indeed!

“Gritty, Tense. Incredibly creepy addition to the genre from the Master of Horror” The Fan Carpet

"Gore-soaked monster madness" Dread Central

★★★★★ SCREAM: THE HORROR MAGAZINE

"A killer of a clown movie" Horror Channel

"The most terrifying clown since Pennywise" Box Office Buz

"Gutsy, gory horror... strictly no funny business" The Hollywood News

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