Clowns have been known for being more frightening than funny for the longest time in the horror genre. There is a reason why the fear of clowns has its own term, "coulrophobia." What was once a ...

Clowns are meant to make you smile, but sometimes, they stick in your head for all the wrong reasons. Horror films have turned painted smiles and circus costumes into nightmare fuel. Directors ...

Is it possible to reverse-engineer a slasher classic, starting with the slasher and working backwards into a great movie to hold them? Horror history suggests that maybe it’s not. Proto-slasher ...

Shane Romanchick is a TV and Movie News author for Collider. He also runs his own blog Entershanement Reviews where he writes about and reviews the latest movies. He graduated from Regis College in ...

Today's creepy clown is a Halloween favorite—and a return to the subversive figure clowns represented in the past.

Is there anything as dependable as the slasher movie formula? It waxes, wanes and winks its way through cultural cycles, but it is enduring; malleable yet sturdy, high or lowbrow (usually low), and ...

Luna Guthrie is a Movie Features Editor for Collider, writer and film critic. She began as a writer for Collider in 2021 and joined the editorial team in 2024. She has a bachelor's degree in ...