FilmSci-Fi Horror Comedy Horror Monster & Creature

Killer Klowns from Outer Space1988

Name: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Comedy Horror, Monster & Creature
Released: 1988
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, Royal Dano

“It’s craazzy!”

Directed by Stephen Chiodo

IMDb 6.2RT Critics 79%Metacritic 43TMDB 6.6

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Trailer

Year

1988

Runtime

86 min

Box office

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$43,625,095

🏆 2 nominations total

Synopsis

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

The Fear Score take

This one weaponizes childhood unease with unrepentant glee, turning circus color and cotton-candy sweetness into instruments of quiet menace. The dread here is playful, cartoonish, and deeply strange — a candy-coated nightmare that lodges in your nerves precisely because it refuses to stop grinning. Absurd, yes, but the grins linger.