If clowns are meant to bring us joy and make us laugh, then why do they appear in so many great horror movies as harbingers of fear and anguish? Whether these traditional symbols of comedy are used to ...

"What’s the matter, kid, don’t you like clowns?" snarls Sid Haig’s Captain Spaulding as he terrorizes a child in Rob Zombie’s grindhouse sequel The Devil’s Rejects. "Ain’t we fuckin’ funny?" It’s this ...

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 ...

Clown in a Cornfield — a horror comedy from Tucker and Dave vs. Evil diector Eli Craig — is new in theaters. When will the movie be available to stream at home? Rated R, Clown in a Cornfield opened in ...

Gaby Shedwick is a senior author for Collider, joining in December 2023. During her undergraduate Sociology degree at the University of Warwick, she found a real love for horror cinema, writing her ...

The last decade has been an amazing time to be a horror fan. There's a ton of new franchises for moviegoers to sink their bloody teeth into. This has included horror comedies like Christopher Landon’s ...

Clown in a Cornfield — a horror comedy from the director of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil — is coming to digital streaming this week. “As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a ...

These clowns are not (all) funny. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I used to find the idea of “creepy clown horror movies” as a ...