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Clownhouse

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Clownhouse (1988)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:2

Rotten:3

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: After being forced to go to the circus by his older brothers, a young boy who has a profound fear of clowns is besieged by a trio of lunatics dressed in clown suits on a murderous rampage.

Starring: Nathan Forest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell

Starring: Nathan Forest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell

Director: Victor Salva

Director: Victor Salva

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A spookily good time.

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Dustin Putman
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Winters' terror is all too real, and becomes unbearably dismaying to watch.

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05/27/06
Rob Gonsalves
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Emanuel Levy
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...feels as though it'd be much more effective as a 22-minute episode of Tales from the Crypt...

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07/30/05
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Truly creepy -- one more than one level -- debut feature from Salva.

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11/26/03
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