Killer Klowns from Outer Space

1988 "It’s Craazzy!"
6.2| 1h28m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 27 May 1988 Released
Producted By: Chiodo Bros. Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

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Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Mjeteconer Just perfect...
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Matt Greene The sexual chemistry between the cop and the boyfriend is so thick you could cut it with a bedazzled knife. The fact that they never end up together is the only real negative here.
Phil Ingrouille Killer Klowns from Outer Space was one of the first B movies I put on my watchlist, no joke. And yeah, enjoyable watch, fun premise, funny moments and jokes. The story is about a spaceship that crash lands in the town of Crescent Cove, containing killer alien clowns that begin to terrorize the small town, killing the inhabitants by turning them into mounds of cotton candy, and it's up to a small group of citizens to stop these killer clowns. And that's it. Fairly standard B movie with standard characters and some reality creative death scenes, one even including acid pies. I'd recommend it, even if it's a really silly film.The only negative I have probably shouldn't get to me; I'm reviewing a film about weird looking killer alien clowns who arrive in a carnival shaped spaceship, but it still gets to me. The main character Mike hangs around with these two other guys in the film, and in the end you think they're dead. Would have liked if they stayed dead, but no, they somehow survive TWO explosions, without a single scratch or broken bone. You're telling me these two get flung across a room by the UberKlown, are able to BOTH fit inside the ice cream van's freezer; survive the exploding ice cream van: then make their way out of the BURNING wreckage, make their way into the van the clowns had (which wasn't even on the spaceship!!!) and survive THAT with the van completely in tact, while everything else on the ship was blown to smithereens!? The cop character also survives but I could at least buy that a little. This really took the cake.Also there's this comical scene earlier on where one of the clowns tried to lure a kid out of this restaurant for some reason, and the mom arrives in time; not because there a clown outside with a hammer trying to lure her kid out, no no, it's because she hasn't finished her food. Is this parent stupid or just blind?Overall, enjoyable, and I would and will watch this movie again, even if it's for the laughs. One of the good old cheesy 80s B movies and I love that it exists.
bkoganbing I was really prepared to trash this film and while Killer Klowns From Outer Space is hardly Citizen Kane it's actually a pretty fair satire of these science fiction films so popular in the 50s about alien invasion.A spaceship lands and it looks like a circus tent. The aliens landing look like circus clowns and their weapons look like burlesque type weapons. They start reeking havoc on the nearby small town before anyone really notices.The purpose it looks like was to replenish the food supply as they zap humans and kill them with the bodies stored for preservation in these cocoons made out of a cotton candy like substance. They must have seen and memorized the Kelvin cookbook on how to serve man.John Allen Nelson and girlfriend Suzanne Snyder are the first to discover them and live and they go to Deputy Sheriff Grant Cramer who is Snyder's former boyfriend for help. Later on they rope in these two ding-a-lings who have an ice cream truck the Tirenzi Brothers. These two make Bill and Ted look as sophisticated as Noel Coward.Royal Dano as a farmer and John Vernon as another sheriff's deputy have roles that you can see these two are enjoying overacting to the hilt. Their encounter with the clowns end badly, but are funny as all get out.Killer Klowns From Outer Space has a dopey infectious charm to it just like the Bill&Ted films. I don't think one can help but like it.
ben hibburd Killer Clowns from Outer Space is a peculiar horror comedy. That isn't quite as bonkers as its title would have you to believe. Aliens arrive in a small town via a spaceship that looks exactly like a circus tent. Their goal? to take all the townspeople and turn them into intergalactic cotton candy snacks. After most of the town is taken, it's up to a ragtag misfit group of young adults to take the fight to the Alien clowns.Going into this film I was expecting a bat-sh*t crazy time. Instead for the wonderfully campy story it played itself far too safe. One of the biggest complaints I have with the film is the poor lack of humour. Other then the funky costume design, there are no real jokes to be found in this film. Sure it's fun to watch, and for it's small budget the film is highly accomplished. There just seemed to be a lack of mischief that a film like The Gremlins perfected. On the plus side the film does have a nasty side to it, when certain scenes need it.Other then the Alien clown gimmick the film doesn't have much going for it. The characters are all pretty standard, they are all given typical clichéd personalities, but it didn't bother me as much with this film. It's clear to see the actors are all having a good time with this film. The film has a brilliant concept, which in the hands of a more accomplished genre film-maker such-as Joe Dante, could of made for a memorable cult classic. Instead this film whilst it does have its moments, felt like a missed opportunity.