Director: Joe Cash
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Exploitation
Plot:
Trying to explore an abandoned factory, a pair of girls find the area haunted by a demonic, demented clown that's long been rumored to live in the area and immediately captures them for her own disturbing glee, forcing them to try to survive the experience.
Review:
Overall, this was a pretty solid if somewhat flawed hardcore genre effort. As a character study portrait of a deranged and insane individual that's not shy or inhibited by anything at all, this works quite well with the shots of her going around the abandoned factory trying to make a demented form of a friend in her eyes. The majority of this one features her by herself rummaging through the remains of the building playing child-like games with skeleton pieces, sex toys, or anything else that she can come across while acting with a disturbing sense of glee towards how she acts toward her prisoners with a fascination to stripping them naked and then dressing them up in clown outfits before engaging in a series of brutal and demented games with them. The fact that she treats everything like a game by maintaining a giddy enthusiasm and constant high-pitched, child-like laughter during even the cruelest aspects of what she does enables this to really get a lot out of these scenes while still engaging in the sleazy, cruel, and barbaric aspects throughout here.
That said, the film is somewhat undone by its random nature and seemingly disjointed appearance. Since there's very little dialog to explain what's going on, and most of that instead comes from a series of video clips that are researched during the film to attempt to provide a folklore-based background on her as if she's a supernatural being haunting the area for years, very little of this makes sense. It comes off more like a random collection of scenes that were improvised on the spot without much else put into this one as it doesn't really have a discernable story or plot beyond letting the titular clown do depraved actions to the girls while under the guise of her childlike glee from the activities. Even still, the fact that most of these scenes revolve around dress-up activities and not going into the more overtly graphic or extreme route could be an issue much like the constant usage of missing-reel screens that serve as cut transitions to the next moment. It's good for what it is and still has some depraved moments but still doesn't go as far as it could've.
Overview: **.5/5
A generally likable if flawed genre effort that manages to get somewhat held back by some detrimental factors, that there’s quite a lot of fun to be had with its positive makes it likable enough in this kind of genre. Those who appreciate this kind of style and approach will enjoy this kind of film while most others who don’t go into this genre should heed caution.
Slutty the Clown will be available for purchase from DarkStar Films in the Goredrome Store.
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