Pennywise better watch out, because that are many pop culture clowns ready to take his throne as the king of horror.

Clowns have been known for being more frightening than funny for the longest time in the horror genre. There is a reason why the fear of clowns has its own term, "coulrophobia." What was once a ...

Horror movies about clowns are their own specific breed of awesome. Some of the best horror movies out there center around the diabolical sweetness -- or lack thereof -- of clowns, so there's no ...

The "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" director tells IndieWire about his new film, the socially-conscious slasher "Clown in a Cornfield." Adapted from Adam Cesare’s novel of the same name, the film brings ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out ...

Will Frendo, the baddie from the newly released Clown in a Cornfield become a horror favorite like Pennywise and Art the Clown? Credit: IFC Films Craig’s slasher-comedy follows a group of teens in the ...

Is there anything as dependable as the slasher movie formula? It waxes, wanes and winks its way through cultural cycles, but it is enduring; malleable yet sturdy, high or lowbrow (usually low), and ...

“If we don’t educate, we’re a dying breed,” says a panelist at a Dallas convention for the World Clown Association, which skews toward an older generation. More than 100 clowns gathered at Renaissance ...