Killer Klowns from Outer Space:
In the coastal town of Crescent Cove, California, a few teens discover evil alien clowns have landed in the woods, are are devouring the humans of Earth. They must convince the town sherriff and other authority figures of their plight, but, as usual, no one believes them. Soon, the entire town is basically taken over, so the young sherriff, a guy, and his girlfriend, must fight off the alien hordes and save the world. The film's plot is ludicrous, and knows it, many moments are played for laughs, but some moments are truly frightening. The cast are okay, and know they're in a "so-bad-it's-good" movie. Grant Cramer plays Mike Tobacco (yes, that's his name), a young guy who tries to warn the small town about this hilarious, but sitll threatening invasion. Suzanne Snyder plays Debbie Stone, Mike's pretty but sort of stupid girlfriend. John Allen Nelson plays the young sherriff, Dave Nelson, a typical hero figure. John Vernon plays Curtis Mooney, the old, gruff Irish cop who's kind of an ass. Michael Siegel and Peter Licassi plays Rich and Paul Terenzi, two stoner brothers who drive an ice cream truck. They're pretty funny dudes. Royal Dano plays Farmer Gene Greene, a nice, old farmer in the opening, who first discovers the circus ship. You can guess how he turns out. The characters are like exaggerations of movie characters, especially 80's sterotypes. Speaking of things from the 80's that are missed nowadays: the special effects are great, nothing like the 80's effects. The animatronics are fantastic, and the clowns are both comical, and shit-your-pants scary. The contrast is shown in two scenes: The "knock your block off scene" and the "conveinence store scene" versus the scenes in their spaceship at the end and the scene in the police station. The first two are hilarious, the second two make you want to curl up in a ball and weep with fear. The directors, being special effects artists, definitely knew how to make cool creatures for their movies (Critters, Team America). The band The Dickies did a great theme song for the film: "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", accompanied by a cool music video, which you can find on YouTube. It's a great 80's song, and one of the best movie themes. The music in the actual film by John Massari is pretty good, too. Being both joyful and zany, and being creepy and deranged. Overall, unlike yesterday's movies (Candyman, Hellraiser), Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a fun popcorn flick and a great monster B-movie, check it out, it's great. (Way better than IT) 4/5 stars.
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