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Clownhouse
Sign in to saveClownhouse is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Victor Salva in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, and Sam Rockwell as three young brothers stalked by escaped mental patients disguised as clowns, portrayed by Michael Jerome West, Bryan Weible, and David C. Reinecker. Clownhouse marks the second collaboration for Salva with Winters and McHugh, who previously appeared in his short film Something in the Basement (1986), and Rockwell's first film appearance.
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6.1Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
Cast
- Nathan Forrest Winters as Casey Collins
- Brian McHugh as Geoffrey Collins
- Bobby Salem as Booth Barker
- Anne Tomin as Marci
- Sam Rockwell as Randy Collins
- Michael Jerome West as Lunatic Cheezo (as Tree)
Themes
- fortune teller
- sibling relationship
- chase
- circus
- controversy
- childhood trauma
- murder
- stalking
- vhs
- disguise
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Ratings
IMDb
5.4/10
5,326 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
33%
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Clownhouse
- Film.image
- Clownhouse_1989_cover.png
- Film.caption
- Original trade advertisement
- Film.director
- Victor Salva
- Film.writer
- Victor Salva
- Film.cinematography
- Robin Mortarotti
- Film.studio
- Commercial Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 81 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
via Wikipedia infobox
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Controversy
- Critical response
- Home media
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- External links
Clownhouse is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Victor Salva in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, and Sam Rockwell as three young brothers stalked by escaped mental patients disguised as clowns, portrayed by Michael Jerome West, Bryan Weible, and David C. Reinecker. Clownhouse marks the second collaboration for Salva with Winters and McHugh, who previously appeared in his short film Something in the Basement (1986), and Rockwell's first film appearance.
The film premiered at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic category. The rights to Clownhouse were picked up by Vision International and Triumph Releasing Corporation, who released the film to theaters on July 20, 1990. Home media releases would be distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the early 2000s.
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