
The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle goes to the birthday party of little Tom and the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home and the clown revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.... (Full plot summary below)
FREE with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle goes to the birthday party of little Tom and the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home and the clown revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.
Leave your thoughts about Stitches.
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoStitches has all the makings of a perfect cult classic, effortlessly blending comedically dark clown work by Ross Noble with grade "A" horror shenanigans - plus you can't ignore that distinctively schlocky 80s feel. |
| Dread CentralHeather WixsonA truly inventive old-school horror/comedy that features some of the bloodiest and crazy awesome kills I've seen in some time. |
| Time OutNigel FloydIt's like a twisted balloon animal filled with blood and guts, waiting to burst. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterThis low-budget throwback to Eighties slasher movies is stronger on gory deaths than lethal one-liners but if you have the stomach for it, it's an efficient little shocker. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchImitation blood flows like a tsunami and the aim of disgusting the audience while raising a few heartless laughs proves moderately successful. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyThe horror-comedy genre is notoriously hard to pull off, but this Irish effort makes a decent, trashy fist of it. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerStitches gets the gore-to-laughs ratio exactly right and is often both inventive and side-splittingly funny, but it's also slightly let down by dodgy dialogue, poor performances and lacklustre direction. |
| Total FilmRosie FletcherThe kills are inventive but Noble’s baggy trousered butcher is too sympathetic, and his teenage victims too generic for this to be in anyway scary. |
| The Sun (UK)Grant RollingsAnyone with a fear of clowns would suffer an irreversible breakdown if they watched this kids' entertainer as he goes on a murderous spree of vengeance. |
| Contactmusic.comRich ClineThere are moments of inspired black comedy in this Irish slasher spoof, but the movie is undermined by its obviously miniscule budget. |