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Clown(2014)

Name: Clown
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2014
Duration: 99 min

2014 · Jon Watts · 99 min

A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.

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Horror · Thriller

5.81.5k votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

4/5

Gore

3/5

Stays with you

How scary is Clown?

Clown builds its fear less on jump scares and more on the slow horror of watching a good man lose control of his own body and mind. The dread comes from helplessness: you know where this is going, and the tragedy of a family being torn apart gives it real emotional weight. Once things escalate, it turns quite bloody and brutal, with a demonic, curse-driven threat rather than a human killer. It's a good pick if you like body horror and monster transformations mixed with a sad, doomed family story rather than pure cheap thrills.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Clown rates psychological 4/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.

Psychological: 4 of 5
Visceral: 4 of 5
Gore: 4 of 5
Lingering: 3 of 5
Intensity: 4 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 12 of 100 — leans Supernatural

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

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Starts light and almost playful before steadily tightening into a grim, punishing back half.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.

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