The First Movie Featuring Art The Clown Explained (It Wasn't Terrifier)
Demonic black and white clown Art has become a cult horror icon in the last few years, but the clown from Terrifier debuted in the 2008 short The 9th Circle. Clowns can often inspire fear and unease, and have made for some iconic villains such as Stephen King's It's Pennywise and Batman villain The Joker. Art the Clown from director Damien Leone's Terrifier trilogy feels to some like the newest killer circus performer on the horror block, but he has been around much longer than many fans of his antics realize.
Art the Clown, an evil black and white clown best known for the Terrifier movies most recently 2024's vomit-inducing Terrifier 3 originally appeared in 2008's The 9th Circle. Art the Clown was created by filmmaker Damian Leone, and his unsettling monochromatic design was inspired by a clown seen in The Twilight Zone episode "Five Characters In Search Of An Exit.
Art the Clown, an evil black and white clown best known for the Terrifier movies most recently 2024's vomit-inducing Terrifier 3 originally appeared in 2008's The 9th Circle. Art the Clown was created by filmmaker Damian Leone, and his unsettling monochromatic design was inspired by a clown seen in The Twilight Zone episode "Five Characters In Search Of An Exit.
- 10/15/2024
- by Padraig Cotter, Tom Russell
- ScreenRant
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