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Title: | Killer Klowns from Outer Space |
Director: | Stephen Chiodo |
Writers: | Charles Chiodo; Stephen Chiodo; Edward Chiodo |
Producers: | Eduard Sarlui; Moshe Diamant; Helen Szabo; Charles Chiodo; Edward Chiodo; Stephen Chiodo; Paul Mason; Christopher Roth |
Composer: | John Massari |
Cinematography: | Alfred Taylor |
Editors: | Chris Roth |
Production | |
Production company: | MGM Sarlui/Diamant Chiodo Bros. |
Released: | May 27th, 1988 |
Rating: | PG-13 |
Running time: | 88 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space is an American feature film of the comedy, science fiction and horror genres. It was directed by Stephen Chiodo with a script written by Stephen, Charles and Edward Chiodo. It was produced by Sarlui/Diamant and the Chiodo Bros. and released theatrically in the United States and Canada on May 27th, 1988. As its title suggests, the premise of the film involves an alien race of killer clowns (or klowns), who come to Earth and begin abducting people, entombing them in giant pink cotton candy cocoons. Grant Cramer stars as Mike Tobacco along with Suzanne Snyder as girlfriend Debbie, who must convince police officer Dave Hansen, played by John Allen Nelson that their small town of Crescent Cove has fallen prey to killer klowns from outer space.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Grant Cramer | Mike Tobacco |
Suzanne Snyder | Debbie Stone |
John Allen Nelson | Dave Hansen |
John Vernon | Curtis Mooney |
Michael Siegel | Rich Terenzi |
Peter Licassi | Paul Terenzi |
Royal Dano | Farmer Gene Green |
Chris Titus | Bob McReed |
Irene Michaels | Stacy |
Karla Sue Krull | Tracy |
Brian Degan Scott | Punk #1 |
Danny Kovacs | Punk #2 |
Adele Proom | Mrs. Franco |
Howard Malpas | Mister Myers |
Karen Raff | Mom #1 |
Kathleen Stefano | Mom #2 |
Claire Bartle | Little girl |
Sharon O'Mahoney | Waitress |
Michael Halton | Slug |
Lucinda Burgess | Sheila |
Melvin Thompson | Black biker |
David Piel | Security guard |
Steven Jones | State trooper |
Armon Stover | State trooper |
Jeff Yesko | State trooper |
Steve Rockhold | Klown performer |
Michael Harington Burris | Klown performer |
Geno Ponza | Klown performer |
Scott Beatty | Klown performer |
Paul Haley | Klown performer |
Dennis C. Walsh | Klown performer |
Genie Houdini | Klownzilla, the King Klown |
Harrod Blank | Klown performer |
Karl Shaeffer | Klown performer |
Paul Parsons | Klown performer |
Jimmy Locust | Klown performer |
Mitch Bryan | Klown performer |
Greg Sykes | Klown performer |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "Step right up and see the Greatest Show in the Galaxy! Admission is free... Will you survive?"
- There are a total of thirty-nine credited cast members in this film.
- Production on Killer Klowns from Outer Space began on February 25th, 1987.
- The movie was shot in Santa Cruz and parts of Watsonville, California. Watsonville served as the main filming location for Crescent Cove. The Crescent Cove Police Station was shot at the Watsonville Police Department headquarters located at 231 Union Street. The Goodwill Store that the beer-drinking teen walks past in the beginning of the film was shot at 2-26 East Lake Avenue.
- This is Stephen Chiodo's first feature film work as a director.
- Executive producer Helen Szabo is credited as Helen Sarlui-Tucker in this film.
- Associate producer and editor Christopher Roth is credited as Chris Roth in this film.
- Associate producer J.J. Lichauco Pelman is credited as J.J. Lichuaco in this film. This is J.J.'s second and final credited film work.
- Actor Michael S. Siegel, who plays Rich Terenzi, is credited as Michael Siegel in this film. This is his second and only known film work. It is his only work in both the horror and comedy genres.
- Actor Christopher Titus, who plays Bob McReed, is credited as Chris Titus in this film. He will go on to become an extremely popular and well-known stand-up comedian.
- Actor Aeron Macintyre, who plays one of the punks that Officer Mooney harasses, is credited as Brian Degan Scott in this film. This is his first film work not counting television movies.
- Actor Steven A. Jones, who plays a state trooper in this movie, is credited as Steven Jones. This is his second, and to date, final known film work.
- Actor Michael Harrington Burris' name is mis-spelled as Michael Harington Burris. This is his only known film work.
- On the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Killer Klowns from Outer Space holds a 76% Fresh rating on the Tomatometer based on twenty-five approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 60% based on more than 25,000 ratings.
- One of the alternate taglines to this film is "In space no one can eat ice cream!" This is a re-wording of "In space no one can hear you scream", which was a tagline made famous by Ridley Scott's Alien in 1979.
- Writer and executive producer Charles Chiodo also plays the King Klown in this film, also known as Jojo the Klownzilla.
- The main title track of the movie "Killer Klowns (From Outer Space)", clearly written specifically for the film, was written and produced by Leonard Phillips and performed by The Dickies. Their songs have also been featured in Gleaming the Cube in 1989 and Kick-Ass in 2010.
- Actress Suzanne Snyder is probably best known for playing Deb, Gary's girlfriend in the 1985 sci-fi/comedy Weird Science. She also played Lisa in Night of the Creeps in 1986, and Brenda in Return of the Living Dead Part II in 1988.
- Actor Royal Dano is also known for playing Gramps McLaughlin in the 1987 horror comedy House II: The Second Story (though you would never recognize him in the makeup).
- Actor John Vernon, who had a very illustrious film career, is probably best known for playing Dean Wormer in the 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House. As a cop in Killer Klowns from Outer Space, I'm really surprised that he never put anybody on double-secret probation.
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External Links[]
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at AMG
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at IMDB
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at Trakt TV
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at Wikipedia
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at TV Tropes
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at Letterboxd.com
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space at Rotten Tomatoes
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