10 Most Iconic Clowns From Horror Movies Ranked Silliest To Scariest

10 Most Iconic Clowns From Horror Movies, Ranked Silliest To Scariest

Clowns have become a horror movie staple, and here are the 10 most memorable movie jesters, ranked from silly to scariest.

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As kids, people were taught that clowns are their friends, as they often saw them at birthday parties; but once those kids saw their first clown movie, they most likely had a change of heart. At a certain point, or maybe by accident, society changed the outlook people have on clowns, and changed the picture into a much more sinister one. For decades, film makers have taken an innocent character and turned it into something audiences should be scared of.

Why? There’s something terrifying about child-friendly characters that suddenly turn dark and want to harm instead of juggle. Moviemakers knew this was a good concept when they first stumbled upon it, which is why the fear of clowns is here to stay. These 10 horror movie clown characters are iconic, whether they have a comedic spin or straight-up horrifying intentions.

10 Silliest: Captain Spaulding – House Of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Captain Spaulding, played by the late Sid Haig, may look a little scary, but he’s actually one of the most innocent characters in House of 1000 Corpses. He’s a proprietor of a gas station and fried chicken eatery, which also serves as a roadside attraction. He may be a vulgar clown, but his personality and jokes sets him more on the sillier side when it comes to film clowns.

He may not have good intentions, but by no means is he more terrifying than some of companions in this film.

9 Silliest: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

Special effects weren’t perfected in the 1980’s, which makes the “Klown” makeup steer to a sillier side. The film skirted the divide between comedy and chills, while also honing in on elements of punk rock and artistic value.

This cult classic has a fun premises that blends clowns and aliens together to make a movie. It’s kooky, a bit scary at times, but nonetheless a fun ride.

8 Silliest: Violator – Spawn (1997)

In darker toned movies, it’s always good to have a comedic presence to bite through the tension, and it seems like the clown version of Violator plays the part in Spawn. Played by iconic actor John Leguizamo, he’s sent to Earth to taunt Spawn and mentor him in his new role as a Hellspawn.

He cracks jokes, and his character is loud and pudgy, which makes him seem more comical than scary. Once he changes into his “true” form though, that’s a different story.

7 Silliest: Stitches, The Maniacal Clown – Stitches (2012)

He’s rude, crude and back from the dead; he’s Stitches the clown. The film starts out innocent enough – Stitches is an unhappy clown that entertains at kids’ birthday parties. He takes an untimely fall and end up passing away, but comes back for vengeance.

It’s a fun ride that turns into a teen slasher, with funny bits here and there. It’s definitely a low-budget film, but got the job done right by blending a clown’s many moods.

6 Silliest/Scariest: The Joker/Arthur Fleck – Joker (2019)

Joker is the most recent clown movie and falls between silly and scary, but in different ways. Arthur just wants to make people smile and is genuinely a good person with mental issues; but once he’s pushed too far and has had enough, he turns into something else. He hops on the path of destruction by starting a revolution and a bloody crime spree.

His alter-ego, Joker, is born and is much scarier and maniacal than any other clown characters in film.

5 Scariest: Jack-In-The-Box Clown – Krampus (2015)

Usually holiday movies are family-friendly and filled with wondrous characters, but Krampus takes a different path. A-list actors such as Adam Scott and Toni Collette star in this festive film and join in on the fun and laughs that the first half of the movie portrays. Once Krampus and his minions are released, it all changes.

Krampus’s evil toy characters such as the Jack-in-the-Box above are incredibly terrifying, and it gets to the point where Jack swallows one of the people in the house. Straight up holiday chills.

4 Scariest: Billy The Puppet – Saw (2003)

One of the most iconic and recognizable characters in the horror industry has got to be Billy the Puppet. He doesn’t actually harm people, but he does often deliver harmful messages to his master’s prisoners. Fans of the Saw franchise know that when Billy makes an appearance, something insidious is about to go down.

From his ability to use a tricycle, to his beady-eyed stare, there’s nothing safe or funny about this guy in the Saw movies.

3 Scariest: Clown Doll – Poltergeist (1982)

Bringing it back all the way to 1982, Poltergeist is a movie that’s stood the test of time and has gone down as one of the most iconic movies in horror history. The CGI and special effects were new back then and it terrified the audience to no end. For the people that have a case of coulrophobia, this one might haunt their dreams.

This is the classic “Boogeyman in the closet” scenario, where the audience knows whats going to come of a creepy clown in a child’s bedroom, but the character doesn’t.

2 Scariest: Pennywise – It (1990 & 2017)

It’s hard to categorize both Pennywise characters into one, but they’re equally as terrifying in different ways. Actors, Tim Curry and Bill Skarsgard both portrayed the clown-turned-creature well in their own unique way, it’s more the timing of when the movies came out that sets them apart. Pennywise in 1990 was more modest, and the horrifying scenes were left to imagination, whereas Pennywise in 2017 left nothing to doubt. Of course, the special effects got better in between movies, but the eeriness never altered.

The storyline of It was creepy as heck no matter who played the clown, and this was probably one of the first movies that shaped how a pre-teen envisioned clowns for the rest of their lives.

1 Scariest: Art The Clown – Terrifier (2016)

Sometimes it doesn’t take a whole village to make a scary film, because Terrifer broke the mold in that category. Usually there’s a story behind a villain’s purpose to cause mayhem, but with Art, there isn’t, and that is what makes him so scary. Art stalks and kills anyone who crosses his path, which again, is creepy because there really is no motive.

At first he comes off as semi-friendly, until his whole demeanor changes in an instant. He also never says a peep throughout the film, which makes him mysterious and even scarier.

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