When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance for the loss of his job.
Acting
David L. Lander commits to clown tragedy like it's Shakespeare in greasepaint
Practical Effects
The mascot suit becomes genuinely menacing through sheer desperation
Writing
Dialogue that whiplashes between mob cliché and unhinged circus poetry
Director
Michael A. Simpson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David L. Lander was still starring as Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley when he shot this, sneaking off set to play a murderous clown.
This bombed in '87 but became a VHS staple for exactly one reason: someone at every video store thought it was a horror movie and shelved it accordingly.
