If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Terrible movie but also great space killer clowns what more can u ask for very interesting

The Chiodo Brother's cult classic is mostly a cult classic because of it's clever title and goofy premiss, but what actually ends up on screen isn't all that funny, scary, or clever. The story is basically the same as "The Blob," with a folksy townsperson, Royal Dano, discovering aliens in the nearby woods. Instead of discovering a blob in the woods, Dano discovers a spaceship in the form of a circus tent with the aliens the form of giant clowns. Both films primarily focus on group of teens who are the only one who know what's really going on. A major difference between the two films is that "The Blob" had a young Steve McQueen as the lead teen saving the town (though he was playing a 28-year old teenager), but in "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" there's no one of McQueen's level of charisma (but honestly there's only a handful of actors who can even come close to McQueen levels of cool). However, in the film's favor, there are a couple strong character actors in supporting roles, with John Vernon as a town sheriff and the above mentioned Royal Dano as an old coot. There's also a before-he-was-famous Chris Titus in a small role. Overall, in the spirit of Roger Corman showmanship, "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" features a title and poster that grabs the audiences attention much more so than the actual film, but it's not that bad of a film and is moderately entertaining.

The urban dictionary defines a cult film as "A movie that has a significant following". One thing they omit in that definition is that cult films for the most part are movies that didn't do well at the box office when initially released but found an audience after that. Early on audiences found them at midnight movies but with the invention of video and later disc it was in these markets that lost treasures suddenly became go to movies for fans. Among those movies is one involving that highly dreaded, nightmare inducing, phobic founding image known as the circus clown. No, not IT, I'm talking about KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE.Released in 1988 to little recognition when the movie played on cable in heavy rotation it developed a huge fan base. On tape even more so. When it finally appeared on DVD fans flocked to it and continue to do so. Now Arrow Video is releasing the ultimate version of the film to blu-ray and fans will be thrilled with this release.If you missed out on the movie when first released it told the story of young couple Mike Tobacco (Grant Cramer) and Debbie Stone (Suzanne Snyder) who while parking witness a glow in the night time sky. Following the path it traveled they find a vast circus tent lit up in a nearby field and investigate. Inside they discover all the twisted crazy lights and colors one would associate with a funhouse as well as huge hanging loops of cotton candy. The problem is inside each loop is a human being slowly deteriorating.The pair realize that this is no circus tent but a spaceship. It isn't long before they're being chased by aliens, beings that resemble demented circus clowns. From floppy footwear to garish make up they might look like the clowns but with fang filled faces and cotton candy embalming ray guns they aren't quite what one would remember.Mike and Debbie escape and make their way to town. At the police station they're confronted by hard-nosed Officer Curtis Mooney (John Vernon), one of those stereotypical officers who thinks all kids are just punks, and Officer Dave Hansen (John Allen Nelson) who thankfully is in charge. We soon learn that Dave was once Debbie's boyfriend. He drops Debbie off at home and takes Mike to where they tell him the ship was located. The ship having moved, he arrest Mike for creating a disturbance.In the meantime the clowns have been taking over the town and wrapping up the populace in cotton candy to munch on later. When Dave finally sees what's going on he and Mike head back to Debbie's to make sure she's safe. Recruiting a pair of goofballs in an ice cream truck, the Terenzi brothers, and calling in the State Patrol, they set out to find the ship and save the town.Yes, the movie really is that simple and yes that goofy. It is a mixture of those famous alien invasion flicks of the past, most notably THE BLOB, turned upside down and combined with an off the wall sense of humor. The klowns themselves are memorable to see and have a combine looking funny with a feeling of dread at the same time. The tools they use range from the cotton candy ray guns to guns that shoot popcorn that later develop into more clowns.The antics of the klowns display how deadly they can be too. Boxing gloves that give them enough punch to decapitate, cream pies that liquefy bodies and balloon animals that help them track down their prey are just a few of the items they use. The combination of the creations that were meant to make us laugh when young turned into the deadliest of foes gives viewers some truly funny sequences with an underlying sense of menace at the same time.As I noted earlier, the movie gained fame after being released to theaters finding a huge crowd of fans on cable and tape/discs. So much so that the stars now find themselves surrounded by fans at conventions and the klowns memorialized in ink via tattoo. Show a movie lover a picture of the klowns from this film and they can immediately tell you the name of the movie as well as scenes from it. In addition to that the theme song from the film, performed and written by punk band The Dickies, is a catchy tune that fans have adored as much as the movie itself.Arrow Video has been doing a great job of presenting lost and cult films for some time now and they've done an amazing job with this one. The presentation of the movie on blu-ray looks stupendous here, better than ever. And the extras they've included, as always, make the entire experience worth viewing rather than just a press package feel.Arrows version here begins with a 4k scan restoration using the original camera negative. It gets better from there. How so? The extras include an archive audio commentary with the Chiodo Brothers, LET THE SHOW BEGIN! ANATOMY OF A KILLER THEME SONG an all-new interview with the original members of the American punk band The Dickies, THE CHIODOS WALK AMONG US: ADVENTURES IN SUPER 8 FILMMAKING an all new documentary about the Chiodo brothers early films made when they were teens, new HD transfers of the Chiodo brothers 8mm and Super 8 films, TALES OF TOBACCO an interview with Grant Cramer, DEBBIE'S BIG NIGHT an interview with Suzanne Snyder, BRINGING LIFE TO THESE THINGS a tour of Chiodo Brothers Productions, THE MAKING OF KILLER KLOWNS archive production featurette, VISUAL EFFECTS WITH GENE WARREN an archive interview with co-writer/producer Charles Chiodo and visual effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr., KREATING KLOWNS an archive interview with Charles Chiodo and creature fabricator Dwight Roberts, KOMPOSING KLOWNS an archive interview with composer John Massari, klown auditions, deleted scenes with filmmaker's audio commentary, bloopers, image galleries, the original theatrical trailer and a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck that is amazing. Whew! That's an exhaustive amount of extras!So if the killer klowns brings back fond memories for you then give this one a look. Better yet pick up a copy and add it to your collection. It's nothing to be taken seriously but is certainly one of the more fun movies of the cult film genre to garner your attention. Just make sure when you watch it to keep an eye on your popcorn and don't let anyone have a cream pie sitting on the counter.

I've seen a lot of terrible movies in my life and this one ranks in the top 10 for least worst watching. It's not entertaining in the slightest.At least something like Plan 9 from Outer Space is entertaining. This film is just a cheap cash-in on lowbrow gross-out "entertainment".Growing up, we had HBO and the channel spamming this film over and over again. To me, it is synonymous with the lowest common denominator.There are no redeeming qualities to this film. Direction? No. Music? No. Set design? No. Costuming? No. Dialog? No. Sexy nude actors? No. Talented acting that overcomes everything else being bad? No. It's just boredom from start to finish.