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The Scariest Onscreen Clowns, Ranked
Are you more freaked out by a clown with razor-sharp CGI teeth or one who looks like he’s coming from a kid’s birthday party?
Viewed through a modern lens, the fat suit is regrettable, but that’s only one aspect of the transformative makeup, which also includes the character’s trademark blue face paint, red eyes, and razor-sharp teeth. While Clown has a similar level of over-the-top violence to Stitches — there’s a reason producer Eli Roth’s name is all over this thing — the less cartoonish approach means the film falls on the scarier side of the spectrum. Of course, the character design of Twisty goes a long way toward placing him in the upper echelon of scary fictional clowns — particularly the mask covering the lower half of his face, which gives him a permanent grin that recalls Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs, a notable influence on the Joker.
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