Killer Klowns from Outer Space

PG-13

5/27/19881h 26m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It’s craazzy! ~

Overview:

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

Director:

Stephen Chiodo

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,800,000.00

Revenue:

$43,625,095.00

Key words:

clown
ice cream truck
lovers lane
shadow puppet
evil clown
horror
comedy
sci-fi horror
whimsical

Cast

Grant Cramer

~ as ~

Mike Tobacco

Suzanne Snyder

~ as ~

Debbie Stone

John Allen Nelson

~ as ~

Dave Hanson

John Vernon

~ as ~

Curtis Mooney

Royal Dano

~ as ~

Farmer Gene Green

Christopher Titus

~ as ~

Bob McReed

Michael S. Siegel

~ as ~

Rich Terenzi

Peter Licassi

~ as ~

Paul Terenzi

Irene Michaels

~ as ~

Stacy

Karla Sue Krull

~ as ~

Tracy

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 11 month(s) ago
5
Amusing, but too ridiculous, yet interestingly relates to the Hebrew diaspora

A town by the central California coast is invaded by circus-like extraterrestrials, who prey upon humans for their blood.

"Killer Klowns From Outer Space" (1988) is a colorful and fun alien invasion flick in the mold of “Critters” from two years earlier but, unlike that flick, is too preposterous to suspend disbelief. For instance, “Critters” offers a good explanation for how one of the extraterrestrials appears like a striking rock star, but you’ll get nothing like that here.

Nevertheless, there are multiple funny moments and winsome redhead Suzanne Snyder is a highlight as Debbie. Also, John Vernon is entertaining as the curmudgeon officer and the sequence involving one of the Klowns using a certain character as a ventriloquist dummy is worth the price of admission.

An interesting interpretation is that the Klowns are analogous of the dispersed Israelites who learned to hide in plain sight and thrive (not just survive) by changing their names and taking control in their new environments thru influencing and manipulating entertainment, politics, the media and financing (e.g. Federal Reserve banking).

It runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot in Watsonville, California (and nearby Santa Cruz), which are located 80-90 miles south of San Francisco.

GRADE: C