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I have never been one to suffer from coulrophobia-a fear of clowns. I have been to the circus and haven’t had a strong reaction to them. The guy down the shore in the dunk tank–while being nasty in his baiting of passers-by–has never frightened me either. I think I have always hated them strictly on principle. Men in make-up… how very Dee Snyder!
I’ve seen the movie “It” and Tim Curry made me laugh with his sneery threats.
I have also seen “Spawn” and John Leguizamo knocked the clown character into a new era of creepy, sarcastic sadism.
Alas, still not scared.
Perhaps I didn’t find them scary because the character was a clown. I viewed each movie with the understanding that, much like Godzilla was the monster, the clown itself was the character.
Most recently, I have found myself getting…..creeped out. The clowns that creep me out now are men. Men parading as clowns. The first of these was Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding in the Rob Zombie films “House of 1000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects”. I think he scared me because his character,a member of a sadistic,murderous family, could possibly be real.
Last night, I met the new focus of my clowny fear. Heath Ledger as “the Joker” earned every word of praise that has been heaped upon his portrayal in the current Batman release. His extremely dark sarcasm and over the top expressions were beyond the ‘creeped-out” stage. The fact that it is possible for a person to become insane makes the character downright scary. Just viewing the Joker in the movie trailers has been enough to make me uneasy.
Yes. Even though I felt uneasy with the trailers, I still went to the movie…..AND LOVED EVERY SCARY SECOND OF IT!
*and then I came home and had a bad dream……..a very bad dream……..mission accomplished, Heath.
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kapgar said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:01 PMHeath was fantastic. Just beyond words.
Thank you for putting up one of the most horrific fucking posts ever. People wonder why I’m scared of clowns. Well there you have it, folks!
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People in the Sun said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:02 PMI want to see it. If anyone’s in Baltimore, we need a babysitter.
Actually, my Honey will never see a movie with anything resembling a clown. She pees her pants when she sees clowns. Literally, urine on underwear. Mimes are a bit better, but not much. The clown that may have been responsible for her fear was in Poltergeist, maybe because as a kid, she looked a lot like the girl in the movie.
I never got it. But I haven’t seen the Batman movie yet.
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Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:15 PMkapgar-A “horrific fucking post”? Really?? THANKS!!!! *sniff* I’m a bit verklempt! Cheesecake? or Cheesefries? Talk amongst yourselves!
Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:17 PMPeople in the Sun-Um…maybe Honey should skip this one. Take another dude. But seriously…if she wears Depends, she’ll be okay!
Tug said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:26 PMI’ve never been into the Batman movies, but I may have to check this one out for Heath.
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kapgar said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:41 PMThe only thing missing would be the clown-painted ventriloquist dummy as seen in Poltergeist. Oh, and you’re very welcome!
Cheese fries. Totally.
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Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:56 PMTug-Run-don’t walk-to see it! It totally stands on it’s own as a movie. No need to see them in order. Heath deserves an Oscar (I thought it was undeserved hype but it’s really not!)
Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 4:58 PMkapgar-While the Poltergeist dummy was creepy, it was a dummy. But it was a little scary–kind of like those monkey things with the clapping cymbals!
Grant said:
on July 20, 2008 at 5:19 PMAaaaaaargh!!! I didn’t know Heath Ledger was in the movie. You’ve ruined it for me! I kill you!!!
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Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 5:46 PMGrant-Did I say Heath Ledger? I meant Natalie Portman!! Yeah! That’s it! SHE was the Joker!
Loving Annie said:
on July 20, 2008 at 6:38 PMI like happy clowns, not creepy ones.
I’m motivated to see the movie though.
But I miss Jack Nicholson
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Teri said:
on July 20, 2008 at 7:36 PMI saw the movie a couple of hours ago. Very good.
Now Harvey Dent creeped me out. But I try to remember it’s only a movie.
Sorry you had such a bad dream.
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Teri said:
on July 20, 2008 at 7:38 PMI also love Christian Bale as Batman. I loved both of these movies. Didn’t really like, at all, the last ones with George Clooney and Michael Keeton.
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Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 9:36 PMLoving Annie- Heath blew Jack Nicholson out of the water! Go see it!!
Metalmom said:
on July 20, 2008 at 9:37 PMTeri- I preferred Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face but Christian Bale?…..YUMMY!!! I think he was the best!
Slick said:
on July 21, 2008 at 7:29 AMLet me get this right….
I dream of Jessica Alba, long tanned legs, and awesome cleavage…
And you dream of clowns?
Ok, am I the weird one?
Robin said:
on July 21, 2008 at 7:51 AMI’m not actively scared of all clowns although I don’t like them. I am a little afraid of the clown from It so I have a feeling The Joker here by Heath would give me nightmares.
Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 8:13 AMSlick-Nightmares don’t show up EVERY night, silly boy! I also enjoy the dreams of Jessica….BIEL!
Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 8:15 AMRobin-Maybe you’re just afraid that Pennywise will come out of the drain and make you “float”! the Joker was beyond creepy. But the movie was awesome!
Finn said:
on July 21, 2008 at 8:33 AMSweet Heath. I am seeing this movie even though it will make me sad that he is gone.
Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 9:08 AMFinn- I think he was just tapping his potential as an actor and it is a terrible shame that he is gone.
Fantastagirl said:
on July 21, 2008 at 11:36 AMIt’s because of Stephen King’s IT, that I don’t really like clowns.
But I think I want to see this one because of Heath.
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Froggywoogie said:
on July 21, 2008 at 1:00 PMThe creepiest in scary movies for me is when the bad character is a child…. Really, really scary
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Flip Flop Momma said:
on July 21, 2008 at 3:12 PMim scared…mommy
..im scared….
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Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 4:34 PMFantastagirl-I kept picturing Tim Curry as Frankenfurter and I couldn’t get scared enough. Plus, The book was scarier. I think everyone should see this one.
Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 4:35 PMFroggywoogie-Did you see “Pet Sematery”? The little kid in that was scary because he was actually someone’s dead son. It was too real for me!
Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 4:36 PMflipflopmomma-Just keep your shoes on or he’ll scare your socks off!
mixednut said:
on July 21, 2008 at 6:17 PMYou know what’s even scarier?
Send In The Clowns – Judy Collins
That song is down right frightening!
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Trukindog said:
on July 21, 2008 at 6:51 PMI like Killer Clowns from Outer Space!
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Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 8:42 PMmixednut-AAHHH!!!!!!
Metalmom said:
on July 21, 2008 at 8:43 PMTrukindog-
Son2 and I LOVE that movie! It’s an oldie but goodie!
Trukindog said:
on July 22, 2008 at 9:01 PMSomehow I knew you would
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