MOVIE · 1988
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
ComedyHorrorSci-Fi88 min
After what looks like a circus tent lands outside a rural town, it turns out to be a spaceship full of aliens disguised as clowns, snatching locals and sealing them inside cotton-candy cocoons for later feeding. Grant Cramer and Suzanne Snyder are among the townspeople trying to make sense of the invasion as disappearances spread from lovers’ lanes to downtown streets. The film leans hard into carnival imagery and practical creature effects: balloon-animal tricks, predatory shadow puppets, oversized props, and an ice cream truck folded into the chaos.
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