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Clownhouse

Play trailer Poster for Clownhouse R,  1989,  1h 24m,  Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 33% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 41% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 41% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Three brothers (Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell) are trapped in an old house with three escaped killers wearing clown suits.

Critics Reviews

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 31, 2020
4/10
The protagonists behave quite annoyingly and the antagonists are pathetically incapable of dispatching small children. Go to Full Review
Dustin Putman TheFilmFile.com Oct 9, 2008
3/4
A spookily good time. Go to Full Review
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault May 27, 2006
D
Winters' terror is all too real, and becomes unbearably dismaying to watch. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 6, 2005
2/5
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jul 30, 2005
2/4
...feels as though it'd be much more effective as a 22-minute episode of Tales from the Crypt... Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Nov 26, 2003
4/5
Truly creepy -- one more than one level -- debut feature from Salva. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Finn G Feb 6, 2019 One of the best movies I've seen from the 80's bo
Draco L Mar 13, 2018 I wish i could give a pass to this one because the trUth is while it may be dumb and hokey, as a kid I kind of enjoyed getting freaked out by it. HoweVer, given The director and knowing just how real those emotioNs by Winters were on screen...i just can't. And waTching it now is too uncomfortable. Two evil clown thumbs down. See more
Han R Feb 3, 2018 Cheesy horror film about clowns fit for the 80's with disturbing undertones reminiscent of the director's evil scandal.
Abraham L Sep 3, 2017 It is much more irritating than scary with those irritating characters, but nothing can be more disturbing (or disgusting) than knowing that the character's fear is actually real, since the young actor playing it was being molested by director Victor Salva during the making of the movie. See more
Poe L Jul 14, 2017 It's too bad that this is tainted by disgusting behind the scenes crimes because Clownhouse was a decent suspense flick. As a kid who wasn't really afraid of clowns but saw their fear potential, I liked this and felt that it holds up well for a movie about a kid afraid of clowns and his brothers being terrorized in their home. It would be scary to walk to a general store while being followed by clowns. I don't know if I will ever see this again but I would add it to the list of effective clown fear movie sub genre. See more
Han P May 4, 2017 It's difficult enough to review a movie by a director with a shady past, but it is even more difficult to review the movie that caused the shady past. But lets put that to one side and concentrate on the movie itself. Because it is worth talking about. The movie gets a lot of bad reviews solely because of what happened after the camera stopped rolling (the official camera anyway). So it's a late 80's cheesy horror. Something I am very fond of, and this movie is no exception. It has the 80's horror cheese vibe. It has crazy clowns and it has a typical spooky big house with kids being left alone by their parents. The runtime of the movie helps the story I believe. There is not much of a story and the runtime suggests this too. Short and sweet. There are some spooky scenes throughout the movie. One at the carnival. One down a spooky lane and a few at the house. The score to the movie was cheaply done, but in a way, pretty decent and memorable. Overall, it was better than ok and due to it's nature, not many people will be able to see this movie either due to not wanting to feed the pockets of the director, or no company touching it for a Blu-ray release. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Three brothers (Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell) are trapped in an old house with three escaped killers wearing clown suits.
Director
Victor Salva
Producer
Michael Danty, Robin Mortarotti, Victor Salva
Screenwriter
Victor Salva
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 24m
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