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Killer Klowns From Outer Space

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Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:8

Rotten:4

Average Rating:5.6/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A kampy, kult favorite! After a meteor plunges to Earth, young lovers Mike and Debbie discover a circus tent-spacecraft piloted by grinning, red-nosed aliens. The klown passengers are not happy... A kampy, kult favorite! After a meteor plunges to Earth, young lovers Mike and Debbie discover a circus tent-spacecraft piloted by grinning, red-nosed aliens. The klown passengers are not happy makers of merriment however, but instead demented homicidal aliens with rather unique ways of killing their victims (acid pie, anyone?), who methodically preserve tasty human treats in cotton candy cocoons. Naturally, the kruel killer klowns kreate khaos for the kops, until someone discovers the aliens' weakness--by a nose... [More]

Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Royal Dano

Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Royal Dano, John Vernon

Director: Stephen Chiodo

Director: Stephen Chiodo

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Reviews for Killer Klowns From Outer Space

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This krazy, kooky movie strings together the creature feature with the alien movie, and pumps it full of dark humour

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02/12/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
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The title says it all...and is the only reason to see this misfire.

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03/14/09
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

No review available.

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06/21/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

No review available.

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11/04/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Warped fun with memorably weird ideas, effects and costumes

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10/01/04
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

The name says it all, and the movie delivers.

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07/16/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

IT'S GOT CLOWNS! FROM OUTER SPACE! AND THEY'RE KILLING PEOPLE! What's not to like?

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

As if clowns weren't already scary enough

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03/14/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Yes, it's goofy but the klowns really are killer.

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02/07/03
Gerry Shamray
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

No review available.

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12/14/02
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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10/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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