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

Among the many ghosts and ghouls in the horror genre, one of the most terrifying tropes has to be the killer clown. These scary figures are likely popular for the same reason that mascot horror has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the breakout crowdpleasers of SXSW 2025 was “Clown in a Cornfield,” Eli Craig’s twisty slasher flick about a small ...

I told the BBC that clowns tend to be scary because of their exaggerated looks and evil representation in films. Obviously, the vast majority of individuals are not scared of clowns in a day-to-day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scariest clown in Hollywood history appeared on the streets of several major cities on Wednesday. Pennywise the Dancing Clown ...

The horror film “Clown in a Cornfield” has a title that certainly delivers on its promise to ticket buyers: Yes, there is scary clown action in a cornfield. But as fans of Adam Cesare‘s hit 2020 YA ...

Stott is the author of several articles on scary clowns and comedy, as well as The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, a much-lauded 2009 biography of the famous comic pantomime player on the Regency ...