Clown (film)

Clown
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jon Watts
Produced by	Mac Cappuccino Eli Roth Cody Ryder
Written by	Christopher D. Ford Jon Watts
Starring	Laura Allen Christian Distefano Andy Powers Peter Stormare
Music by	Matt Veligdan
Cinematography	Matthew Santo
Edited by	Robert Ryang
Production company	Cross Creek Pictures PS 260 Vertebra Films Zed Filmworks Method Studios Dragonfly Entertainment
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release date	November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) (Italy) June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.5 million
Box office	$2.1 million

Clown is a 2014 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Jon Watts, produced by Mac Cappuccino, Eli Roth and Cody Ryder, and written by Christopher D. Ford and Watts. The film stars Laura Allen, Andy Powers, and Peter Stormare. The visual effects for the clown monster were done by Alterian, Inc. and Tony Gardner. Principal photography began in November 2012, in Ottawa. The film was released in Italy on November 13, 2014, and was released in the UK on March 2, 2015, and in the United States on June 17, 2016, by Dimension Films.

Kent McCoy is a loving husband and father who hosts a birthday party for his son Jack complete with a clown. The clown he hired accidentally goes to another party, but luckily Kent discovers an old clown costume in the basement of a house he is selling and dresses himself to entertain everyone. After the party Kent falls asleep wearing the clown costume, and the next morning he is unable to take it off. The body suit, wig, and red nose are progressively adhering to his skin.

Kent is forced to go to work wearing the costume and the three guys who are helping him renovate the house laugh at him. He tries to remove the costume, cutting his wrist with a knife and breaking a vibrating hand saw. He goes home and tells his wife Meg what is happening, so she tries to help him remove the fake nose; it rips his flesh and wounds him. He goes to the hospital for his wounds where he is inadvertently made fun of by the emergency room doctor. Suddenly Kent also begins to show strange behavior and a deep sense of hunger, with a noisy gurgling in his stomach. He eats all the food in the house, wrecking the kitchen.

Kent tries to understand what is happening to him and tracks down Herbert Karlsson, the brother of cancer treatment specialist Dr. Martin Karlsson, and its previous owner. Bert tells him on the phone to avoid the costume. Kent meets with Karrlson and learns the origin of the clown, an ancient demon from Northern Europe now forgotten: the "Cloyne", which attracted five children to devour. Karlsson drugs Kent with tea, revealing that the only way to stop the demon is to behead the wearer. Karlsson lands a butcher knife in Kent's shoulder as Kent jumps up and asks what he is doing. Kent subdues Karlsson during an ensuing fight and learns that the costume is the demon's skin and the wig is the demon's hair.