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 ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in ...

Rachael is a University of Lincoln graduate and Writer on Game Rant! During her time at uni she was able to research and write her dissertation on psychological horror video games - Outlast, P.T. Demo ...

A Total Film writer argues that the trope has gone beyond a joke... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "What’s the matter, kid, ...

Victoria Caister is a journalist based out of Toronto. She's been a writer and a movie nerd for most of her life, with an extra special interest in the horror genre. Coulrophobia is the technical name ...

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 ...

What makes a horror movie villain sink its teeth into viewers’ fears long after the movie is over? For the director of Nosferatu, Robert Eggers, seeing Bill Skarsgård in It: Chapter Two as the creepy ...

In 2016, in a widely publicized instance of mass hysteria, people around the world reported seeing creepy clowns pop up in various places in their communities. This terrified many folks, but as fans ...