History Film / Clown

* DisproportionateRetribution: What happens when the kid you bullied has a PapaWolf who has recently turned into a monster.

!! ''Clown'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AssholeVictim: Colton. [[spoiler: He well and truly had it coming after bullying Jack at school.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Greg's brother saves Greg from being killed by Cloyne, but in the process is eaten alive himself]].

* ILied: [[spoiler: The Cloyne, now in full possession of Kent's body, offers to spare Jack if Meg brings him another child. However we find out he was already planning on eating Jack from the start, and that was just an excuse to distract Meg from saving her son.]]

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Karlsson attempts this on Kent for putting on the clown costume. Meg then has to do so to finally kill him off]].

* TooDumbToLive: Regardless of whether or not he knew, the fact the Hotel kid still constantly approached Kent despite the obvious behavior and such is fury-inducing. Not helped as well that [[spoiler: he caused his own death by getting the keys to Kent's hotel room and getting killed by the sawblade]].

''Clown'' is a 2014 {{horror}} film (released in the US in 2016), produced by Creator/EliRoth and [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany the Weinstein brothers]].

* ClothesMakesTheManiac: The Clown suit is cursed and turns the fatherly Kent into a psychopathic killer.

* ProductPlacement: Chuck E. Cheese's, but not in a very complimentary way. [[NightmareFuel NOT AT ALL]].

* SacrificialLamb: At first it seemed [[spoiler: Greg was this but instead his brother becomes so]].

** The clown costume causes Kent to [[{{TransformationHorror}} transform]] into a monster.

* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Karlsson provides some history on "cloynes," reclusive northern European monsters which he says were the original basis for clowns, but much creepier than their modern, [[{{NonIronicClown}} non-ironic]] counterparts.

* BecomingTheMask: Literally.

* AdultFear: Played much more straight in the last third when [[spoiler:Kent starts eating children at a Chuck E. Cheese's. Also, Meg near the end when she realizes that Kent wants to eat their son.]]

* BodyHorror: The clown costume causes Kent to [[{{TransformationHorror}} transform]] into a monster.
** [[spoiler:Also when Kent starts eating children, he leaves behind body parts.]]

* ForWantOfANail: All Kent wanted was to please his son and make his birthday party.

'''Clown''' is a 2014 {{horror}} film (released in the US in 2016), produced by Creator/EliRoth and [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany the Weinstein brothers]].

* AlienBlood: When Kent tries to shoot himself, he splatters rainbow-colored blood all over the wall behind him, signifying the Cloyne's growing hold over him.

* BittersweetEnding: The only way for Kent to return to normal is for him to devour five children. [[spoiler:Before he can finish off the fifth child, which turns out to be his own son, Meg decapitates him, killing the demon but also Kent in the process.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The only way for Kent to return to normal is for him to devour five children. [[spoiler:Before he can finish off the fifth child, which turns out to be his own son, Meg decapitates him, killing the demon but also Kent in the process. What happens to Med is unknown.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The only way for Kent to return to normal is for him to devour five children. [[spoiler:Before he can finish off the fifth child, which turns out to be his own son, Meg decapitates him, killing the demon but also Kent in the process. Meg possibly dies as well since she had her belly carved in the process.]]

* ChildEater: The monster into which Kent transforms is a "Cloyne," ancient folkloric creatures that must eat five children each year.

* DecoyProtagonist: Kent is the main focus of the first half of the movie, but then it shifts to Meg for the rest

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Meg even tearfully says "I know you're still in there"

* ProductPlacement: Chuck E. Cheese's, but not in a very complimentary way.

* SadisticChoice: Let the ChildEater have your own kid, or sacrifice an innocent random kid as substitute?

* ScaryTeeth: The Cloyne has long sharp teeth.

* WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere: Not only is Kent the father of a young boy, but children seem to be actively attracted to him wherever he goes, no matter how messed-up of a clown he seems to be. He hides in the woods, a Boy Scout troop is camping nearby. He tries to hide in a rest stop toilet, and a school bus pulls up for a potty break.

* ILied: [[spoiler: The Cloyne, now in full possession of Kent's body, offers to spare Jack if Meg brings him another child. However we finds out he was already planning on eating Jack from the start, and that was just an excuse to distract Meg from saving her son.]]

Loving father Kent [=McCoy=] (Andy Powers) dresses as a clown for his son Jack's birthday, only to discover he can't remove the costume, which slowly begins turning him into a cannibalistic MonsterClown. His wife, Meg (Laura Allen), is caught between her desire to help Kent return to normal and her desire to protect Jack from him. She is aided by the only person who knows the history of the costume, a creepy guy named Herbert Karlsson (Creator/PeterStormare), whom she must simultaneously try to prevent from killing her husband.

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'''Clown''' is a 2014 {{horror}} film (released in the US in 2016), produced by Creator/EliRoth and [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany the Weinstein brothers]]. Loving father Kent [=McCoy=] (Andy Powers) dresses as a clown for his son Jack's birthday, only to discover he can't remove the costume, which slowly begins turning him into a cannibalistic MonsterClown. His wife, Meg (Laura Allen), is caught between her desire to help Kent return to normal and her desire to protect Jack from him. She is aided by the only person who knows the history of the costume, a creepy guy named Herbert Karlsson (Creator/PeterStormare), whom she must simultaneously try to prevent from killing her husband.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: With Meg even tearfully saying "I know you're still in there"