Hide and seek slasher with exceptional gore A rather simple story of a psychopath who dresses as a clown, with supernatural powers of recovery who simply decides to butcher a pair of women out celebrating Halloween. In doing so, others are also killed and dispatched in gruesome ways.
The positives first, Art the Clown, suitably creepy but also provides a few laughs when you're not expecting them. He's a vicious demented unrelenting killer. And he's absolutely brilliantly played by Thornton, by far the best thing in the film.
The practical effects are impressive and each murder is gruesome. No out of shot murders or killing-lites here. It's great to see practical effects used
The length of the film is good and keeps the pace rolling
Now the downside
The acting outside of Art is awful, second rate nonsense.
The look of the film is more like a Hallmark Horror than a proper film.
The characters are stupid in the way only horror victims are
The story is hide and seek...
It goes - scared person sees art, art hunts for them, art disappears, fake scare then art appears out of nowhere. For the whole film.
Overall it's a simple but enjoyable movie, very heavy on gore but worth a watch for Art more than anything. A new horror icon I suspect!