
After the brutal murder of his best friend Jim, Bobbie is haunted by a presence. His girlfriend Val is distant and appears to have secrets of her own. Then the nightmares begin. Through the nightmares Bobbie uncovers clues regarding the murderer's identity. With the killer still on the loose, bodies piling up, and time running out, Bobbie hires a psychic to contact his deceased friend Jim. But some secrets were never meant to be revealed. The dreams will guide him, the secret... (Full plot summary below)
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After the brutal murder of his best friend Jim, Bobbie is haunted by a presence. His girlfriend Val is distant and appears to have secrets of her own. Then the nightmares begin. Through the nightmares Bobbie uncovers clues regarding the murderer's identity. With the killer still on the loose, bodies piling up, and time running out, Bobbie hires a psychic to contact his deceased friend Jim. But some secrets were never meant to be revealed. The dreams will guide him, the secrets will blind him, the murders haunt him. Only together will they unlock the "Secrets of the Clown.
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| User ReviewDean Wthe best film with the best dialogue I have ever heard, despite the dubbing being that if erm... a clown! these guys act so beautifully and with such erm finesce it's the beauty of a potato rolling down the stairs. my favourite scenes involve louie. a great man and actor with great eye movements throughout. no extras on the DVD just the actors who must have replaced the original cast who must be the extras. buy it! seriously amazingly great |
| User ReviewWilliam RThis movie may be amateurish in places, but it makes an interesting addition to the clown horror sub-genre. Writer and director Ryan Badalamenti opens up the world of Bobby and Val for us. They're the typical couple in love, with two glaring exceptions which are that her love for her clown doll might exceed her love of Bobby. Secondly, their friends are in the habit of getting brutally murdered. Who is the killer, and what is the secret of the clown doll? I like the use of music and sound in this movie, which I don't think is over done. It can sometimes be hard to follow the story as it seems to keep dipping in and out of dream sequences to try and throw you off course. It kept me guessing right through until the end |
| User ReviewKendall I"Where is the clown!?" This movie didn't get into "Midnight Horror Collection" for nothing. It stands up to this title very well. It is campy as heck with HORRIBLE acting and unmatching score. The storyline brought this up as well as its gore. Another thing for guys to appreciate is the hot nude babes. Funny,but true. Overall,ok. |
| User ReviewMarkus M"Where is the clown!?" This movie didn't get into "Midnight Horror Collection" for nothing. It stands up to this title very well. It is campy as heck with HORRIBLE acting and unmatching score. The storyline brought this up as well as its gore. Another thing for guys to appreciate is the hot nude babes. Funny,but true. Overall,ok. |
| User ReviewJohn ANot terrible, the idea was good but the acting and exectution left a lot to se desired. |
| User ReviewRob REh, it was ok. Seemed a bit low budget to me. Didn't find the storyline that impressive I was hoping for some clown slasher or something along those lines not a paranormal experience of sorts lol |
| User ReviewEric RTechnology has really hurt the quality of horror films being released today. The reason being is that now relatively anybody can make a film thanks to cheap digital cameras and editing programs that can be used on personal computers. Since movies can be completely done at the convenience in anyone's home, a lot of people who have absolutely no right making a movie are giving it a shot. Due to this the video store shelves are loaded with absolute crap from people who took their cheap digital cameras and banged out a film in a few days and then somehow finagle DVD companies (Lionsgate is the biggest culprit) to release their shit films onto the unsuspecting market. This is the reason I am so damn careful when it comes to renting or buying modern direct-to-video horror films today as it seems 90% of them are this homemade crap. Secrets of the Clown is one of these such "films". "Secrets of the Clown" is also another entry into an ever-growing subgenre of "Clownsploitation" horror. The problem is for every "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", "Clownhouse" and "It" there are 100 films like this homemade piece of junk. Since I hate modern home-made horror films and clown horror excluding the one's I mentioned before, then why did I sit down and waste my time with "Secrets of the Clown?" Well the reason I watched it is because I own it. Hold on! Let me explain. I bought a quadruple feature for the 1983 slasher classic "Curtains"."Secrets of the Clown" was one of the of the three other films so technically I got the damn thing for free. Having some free time due to a blizzard snowing me in form work, I decided to watch this hunk of shit to see how bad it really was. Nothing could prepare me for the absolute horror I would experience by having this crude being channeled through my DVD player to my television. The "plot" opens with a murder of two people by someone that seems to be dressed as a clown (though the killer is mostly kept off screen). The next door neighbors hear of the occurrence and the killer makes their way over and stabs the best friend of our main character. Now the film takes a supernatural turn when the friend that got diced seems to haunt the house. There is also some mumbo jumbo of about our main character's girlfriend having a possessed clown doll but all these crummy story arcs never come together properly. For a low budget horror film to work, it needs to have an interesting story, flashy directing and/or creative gore. This novice effort lacks on all accounts. The story is poorly written and uninvolving and the performances are below porn level. Seriously this is some of the worst acting I have ever seen! The camerawork is amateurish and the whole film has a cheap digital camera look to it. The sound is even poorly mixed and it sounds like loud dubbing. The films greatest sin however is that it doesn't live up to its title and people expecting slasher dressed as a clown marching around and butchering people throughout the entire picture are going to be sorely disappointed. If this were a high school film made for an English class then it might be "good." For a film given a wide release on the direct-to-video market in which people have to PAY and see then this absolute dog shit. The secret of this clown deserves to stay a secret and the DVD case is destined to stay on the video store shelf collecting dust and having its cover artwork slowly faded by the glaring sun. The simple fact that this crap is packaged in the same DVD set as "Curtains" royally pisses me off. |