Director: Corbin Timbrook
Year: 2017
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Killer Clown
Plot:
Trying to move on with her life, a woman looking to get past her ex-husband’s life finds her attempts at moving on with her girlfriends interrupted by a series of reports that a killer clown is loose and following her, which soon proves to be true when the figure makes itself known.
Review:
This was a generally underwhelming effort with some likable factors to it. The main thing going for it is the general creepiness of the setup and it starts to interfere with her life. The initial idea of her being taken off-guard by the series of different interactions that point to something or someone watching over her with the sightings and interactions that she has which are stalker-ish yet never more than that, it keeps her on edge to the point where it would be unnerving. As it continues and she starts to feel that much more off-kilter and convinced something is going to happen, it makes the finale that much more interesting as it becomes far more of a genuine threat with the clown coming to her house and chasing her throughout her house. With everything given a far more chilling atmosphere due to the genuinely creepy clown mask that’s used by the tormenting figure, it has some good points to be had.
There are some big issues here holding it back. The main issue with this one is the absolutely sluggish pacing that goes along with how the first half plays out as everything is kept to a low-key nature. Mixing in the initial scenes of her getting back to her normal life after the divorce where her life at work or hanging with her friends is built up but yet nothing overly ominous happens here for a long stretch. Meeting her coworkers, hanging out at work, and arguing with her ex-husband over what’s going on with him makes for a rather dull time when the clown is acting more like a stalker than anything with such a low body count and he is just seen standing around observing her. This makes the film feel like a thinly stretched story spread out unnecessarily to a feature-length effort. As this offers up another irritating factor in the inability to believe the story as it conveniently lets no one realistically intervene when it should’ve had the authorities involved much earlier, these bring it down heavily.
Overview: *.5/5
Decent enough for what it is but still a massive letdown, there’s some likable elements here that help to move this one alone but the end result is still that this should’ve been a short rather than a feature-length adaptation. Give it a chance if you’re intrigued by it or enjoy the concept at play but most others out there should want to heed extreme caution with this one.
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