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Post by gorepolice on Apr 17, 2015 1:24:40 GMT -5
Oh boy...unpopular opinion time. Here goes. I don't consider Eli Roth a master of horror, even though many people seem to think he is. I think he has great ideas, but the execution of them leave a lot to be desired. I don't think he makes very compelling characters, and often times I find the dialogue in his films to be awful. That being said, I obviously wasn't excited for this film when I saw his name on it, but decided that since he didn't direct it, it'd be worth a shot. I mean, the preview did look pretty creepy after all. So, let's take a look at Clown. Kent McCoy (Andy Powers), is running late to his son Jack's (Christian Distefano) birthday party, as he's trying to close out a sale on a house. His wife Meg (Laura Allen), calls to inform him that the clown they ordered for their son's party was double booked, so they need to come up with a solution to keep him and his friends happy. While talking to her in the attic, he comes across an old clown suit, and decides to go back to the house all dressed up and perform for everyone. After a successful night, an exhausted Kent falls asleep in the suit, but when he tried to take it off, he realizes he can't! He winds up trying to do business with the wig and nose still on, all the while with people laughing at him. He comes home to his wife, who is shocked to discover he left the house looking like this!Meg, goes to remove his nose, and does, but it was so attached that she ends up ripping flesh off of him. What is going on here? Kent decides to see if he can discover where this suit came from, or a previous owner, thinking that this might lead to understanding what the issue is. He winds up hearing from a man named Karlsson, whom he finds out is the brother of the previous owner of the costume. Karlsson tells him that what he has on is not actually an outfit, but the skin of an ancient demon called "The Cloyne," who would eat 5 children on the 5 coldest months of the year. The only way to get rid of it though, is to be beheaded, and so Kent runs away from this crazy man before getting killed! Afraid of what he appears to be becoming, Kent decides to hide himself away in a hotel room, but slowly over time his features become more like the demon he was told about, and he feels a hunger unlike any he's known before. Is there any way to to remove this curse, or is Kent going to succumb to the demon that he's slowly becoming? I really, REALLY wanted to love this movie, and while it's not bad per se, it could have been so much better than it was. The idea of a clown actually being an ancient, child eating demon is really cool, and with the exception of Laura Allen, the performances in this film were pretty damn good. The main issue with this though, is the length. At a little over 100 minutes, this felt like it dragged on for about 15 minutes too long. I would have preferred the full clown transformation to have occurred sooner, and the ending part where he's being chased just goes on for too long. Overall not a bad watch, but it was a bit disappointing. Great concept, but could have been better executed. If you are curious, the whole thing is on YouTube. Attachments:
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Post by endo on Apr 17, 2015 15:21:04 GMT -5
Nice review and I am curious, just not enough to fit it in on Netflix, lol. Glad it's on YouTube, thanks.
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