candy coated nightmare

killer klowns is a must see. not for its mastery, but because its a true cult classic. there is little that is actually scary here, there is a little gore. there's phenomenally mediocre acting, cheesy special effects, pointless plot, absurd deaths, characters that are at best obvious, and yet it works.

a meteor turns out to be a circus tent which isn't at all a circus tent but a spaceship full of clowns bent on capturing and taking humans for food. (a bit like the lizard 'vistor' people did in the "V" tv series, but here they encase them in cotton candy like cocoon). they do this in the most unbelievable ways; delivering pizzas, setting up puppet shows, romping through a convenient store, a parade (of course), and letting loose popcorn that grows into new 'clownlings'. why they would go through the trouble when all they needed to do was to shoot the people with their cotton candy making rayguns? well you won't analyze this, its too silly. a guy and his girlfriend discover the plot early on and much of the rest of the movie is spent trying to convince the police that they're telling the truth and then stopping the klowns. the police of course don't believe them at first and mayhem ensues. there is some unexpected moments before the end and as a whole the movie never gets boring.

if you expect profound here, you didn't even read the title...this is pure silliness with some sci-fi horror oldschool 80's style. just see it and enjoy.

7/10