Killer Klowns from Outer Space
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #2
5/10 B-movies are always easy to parody because they're so bad and cheesy
to begin with. Therefore, you can go with low-budget "talent" who
aren't good actors, cheesy special effects, and a bad script. It's
basically shoddy filmmaking, but it's often quite fun. The prime
example of a B-movie spoof is Killer Klowns from Outer Space. The
title clowns come down from space in a giant circus tent, where the
obligatory farmer with his dog goes out to investigate it. The
teenager, with his girlfriend, find out the truth (that killer
clowns from outer space are transforming humans into cotton candy
cocoons so they can drink their blood with a curly straw) and go to
the police, where the curmudgenous cop (John Vernon) doesn't believe
them but the younger cop does, and they go out to stop their small
town from being terrorized.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a silly movie, to sum it up. The
clowns shoot popcorn at the townspeople and delight them before
devouring them or shooting them into cocoons. Obviously, this is
just supposed to be plain fun, and it is quite entertaining. I'm
glad to see no one takes it seriously. If anyone did, I'm sure they
hate the B-movies of the 50s, also. The one difference, though, is
that those 50s movies weren't trying to be funny, while Killer
Klowns was. It tried to copy the dialogue that made the 50s movies
work, and occasionally succeeded. But the only time I remember
laughing was at the hand shadows. The clowns, too, didn't look like
the way they would look. These aren't the images people get when
they think of clowns.
Vernon saves the movie with his deadpan role with which he's having
fun. The rest of the performances are what you'd expect-they're like
the B-movie actors. Killer Klowns from Outer Space isn't an
Airplane!-sized spoof, but it's cheesy and, for the most part,
entertaining for what it is. It's impossible for anyone to think
more of it. It does have a great tagline, though.
Rated PG-13 for language and clown violence.
Running time: ? minutes
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