We are used to the fact that the clown is cheerful and funny man, which makes the audience laugh at circus performances, mass holidays or stage. Wonderful Soviet and Russian clowns brought and bring goodness and joy to people, their reprises, shows and performances tell about human relationships, they are humorous, ironic, sometimes satirical, but never evil or cruel.

The American literature and film industry, on the other hand, have created images of completely different clowns - terrible monsters and maniacs who instill fear in people to such an extent that, according to statistics, one in seven experiences coulrophobia - i.e. fear of clowns. It is important to note the fact that often not the image of a professional clown is used in the works, but his clothes and style, but for those who experience a phobia this does not matter.

"Red nose, white face, crazy colored suit and weird grimace. Unpredictable, antisocial types who splash water in your face and make fun of you in front of others. “Something with a painted face, a fake smile is right under our noses. It's a potential evil."

Pop culture has been exploiting the idea that under the mask of a clown is not a lover of tricks and a master of amusing children, but a murderous maniac or even an otherworldly creature. Meanwhile, clowns are a noble and selfless profession, and its representatives do not deserve such an attitude at all.

The speakers of the American Clown Club have officially stated that they are very upset by this state of affairs. And looking at the terrible cinematic images, they can be understood and sympathize.

Most scary clowns, descended from the screens, here they are:

Buster - series "Masters of Horror" 2006

Buster was good-natured during his lifetime disabled clown, who delivered ice cream around the city and at the same time arranged small performances for children right on the road. But one day, a group of guys decided to play a trick on a stupid fool, and as a result of this unsuccessful joke, Buster died under the wheels of his own van.

Many years passed, and Buster, obsessed with a desire for revenge, returned from the dead. Now at night he rides around the city and gives the children of his old offenders ice cream. It is certainly not simple: while the child eats his delicacy, his unsuspecting father dies, turning into a large puddle of sweet slurry.
It is worth noting that specific feature Buster as an ice cream man is the ability to greatly lower the air temperature around him.

Bobo - "Out of the Dark" 1989

A maniac who kills "dirty" female telephone sex workers.

Prior to that, according to a police file, he had been arrested four times, including for assaulting one of his girlfriends. He says that he once worked professionally as a clown in a circus, but there is no evidence for this - perhaps, suffering from a split personality, he himself invented such a legend for himself.

Bobo is a fairly conscious psycho, that is, he himself admits his abnormality and danger to society. He claims that he commits murders only if he remains alone (then he is allegedly subdued by his dark side), while he cannot kill without a clown mask on his face, since it is an integral part of his image.

In addition, during schizophrenic episodes, Bobo's voice may change in tone, becoming more "suitable" for a clown. The lethal arsenal of the film is quite diverse: a baseball bat, a shovel, various garrotes and even a car - a rather rare "weapon" for a clown.

BOBO 2 - Amusement Park 2007

Real name - Kestor Renquist. Had not the most happy childhood: the crazy mother often made him put on clown makeup and dance in front of her, entertaining her. After they found out about this at school, the authorities put his mother in a psychiatric hospital, and young Kestor was left an orphan.

The mental trauma turned out to be so strong that even as an adult, Kestor continued to see himself as a clown. So he began working in an amusement park, where he got the pseudonym "Bobo".

Having entertained the people for 20 years, Kestor committed his first murder: the judge who had once sent his mother to a hospital was killed. At the same time, he developed a special sadistic style: like the hero of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Bobo cut off the skin from the faces of his victims and tried it on as a mask.

Psychopath locked up in crazy house but after a couple of months he escaped. Bobo began to live in underground utilities under his own former park (more than one), which had already been closed by that time. Then I was born urban legend about the ghost of a clown who lives in an abandoned amusement park, beaten to death with a baseball bat.

Violator - "Spawn", 1997

A character in the Spawn comic book series and the film of the same name. Violator is a demon of hell whose main job is to guide the new Spawn (a human soul called to lead the armies of hell) on the "right" path. In other words, Violator should be a mentor and a kind of "nanny" for Spawn, and this role certainly does not suit him, because the demon despises people and believes that the right to lead the armies of hell into battle should belong not to Spawn, but to Violator himself.

Forced meanwhile to obey the orders of Melbogia (one of the lords of Hell), he tries to weaken Spawn and builds all sorts of tricks for him, trying to discredit him in the eyes of the owner. Violator's external clumsiness and comedy is deceptive: like any demon, he is extremely strong, and in particular, he is able to turn into a hefty horned monster. He has many skills, including teleportation, healing, telepathy, necromancy. In addition, the clown is actually immortal, because after death he ends up in hell, where Melbolgia brings him back to life.

The song Violate by Iced Earth is entirely dedicated to Violator.

GURDI - "100 Tears" 2007

His real name is Luther Edward Baxter. Big clown. He worked peacefully in the circus, until, to his misfortune, he met a certain Tracy, who had a jealous bitch Roxanne as a friend. And once Roxanne brazenly accused the good-natured Gurdy of rape, because of which he was severely beaten by the circus strongman Ralfio.

After that, Gurdy got angry, flew off the coils, and Roxanne and Ralphio became his first victims. And there it was not far from becoming a serial killer. Gurdy's "signature" weapon is a huge cleaver, but he does not disdain other tools like a circular saw or drill.

Blood, axes and a mess in the spirit of the darkest horror films are complemented by black humor. In general, the film has everything to make an unprepared viewer vomit in the first five minutes of viewing. Intestines, severed limbs, screams and horror: Gardy's victims will shed more than a hundred tears, if they have a head on their shoulders at all. And the film also starred "scream queen" Rain Brown.

Gastley Grinner - series

"Are you afraid of the dark?" / " Are you afraid of the dark? 1992-1996

One of the three bad clowns featured in the children's series Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ghastly Grinner (translated roughly as Nightmare Gull) is a jester from parallel world, somehow invented by a comic book artist.

The fictional character turned out to be very real. Lives as if in comics, but thanks to the waves from microwave oven can come to the world of people, where it feeds on human emotions, and turns its victims into neighing idiots (at the same time, some kind of blue rubbish starts to flow from their mouths).
He is killed through the same comics, that is, a good draftsman must capture this process on paper.

Jack Attek - "Demonic Toys" 1992

Jack Attack (Attack Jack) is one of the demonic toys in the films of the same name. Appeared in each of them.

Jack is a constantly neighing clown head on a spring, living in his box, although he can crawl out of it and crawl around like a worm. He tears enemies with his teeth, and in the third part he is able to yell so loudly that the eyes of those around him fly out of their sockets.

The goal of Jack, like any demonic toy, is to make sacrifices to the demon master and, if possible, find him a human shell body.

Joey Valentine - "Laughter" / "Laughter" 2012

18 year old student. Passion for clowns passed to him from his mother, who collected a collection of clown dolls, toys, paintings and other junk on the theme. When his mother died, Joey stayed with his angry dad, who periodically beat him. In the woods, Joey and a couple of buddies decide to organize a prank. The plan was this: Joey tells a horror story about a killer clown around the campfire. But the joke failed - Joey was mistaken for a real maniac and killed. Of course, no one went to the police, the whole company decided to quickly bury the guy in a hole in the same place in the forest and run home.

But Joey did not die, dug out, hid before revenge for six months, and then went to extinguish the offenders. Joey does not have a special clown frenzy, but the boy is very harsh and brutal. Tearing flesh with bare hands, twisting necks, tearing out nails, eyes and intestines, burning alive, and generally pulling back to the fullest. By the way, he had a girlfriend-assistant Fay - the only one who came back then, found and treated him. This truth did not stop Joey from killing her at the first disagreement.

In one of the scenes, he pretended to be a mannequin in a store.

Joker - "Batman"

The eccentric psychopath and criminal genius Joker, strictly speaking, is not a clown, but something from a comedian is undoubtedly present in his image, so he deserves at least a brief mention. As Batman's nemesis, the Joker character has appeared on the silver screen more than once in incarnation different actors. Over time, not only his appearance, but also the details of the biography, so the Joker does not have a single generally recognized past.

Jack Nicholson created the unforgettable image of the Joker in 1989. Less than 20 years later, he was surpassed by Heath Ledger. He claimed to have locked himself in a hotel room for two weeks while rehearsing for the Joker's laugh.

Dissecto - "Torture" 2008

Nothing really is known about this comrade, except that he knows how to perform tricks, and prefers to drag his victims into Vacation home infested with cockroaches.

I wonder what Dissecto likes classical music: before he tortures another unfortunate man to death, he always turns on a record of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Uncle Billy - "Serial Mad Killer Clown" 2003

Once upon a time there was a clown who, according to the horror story, worked in a hospital where he entertained sick children. One day, the parents of a little girl invited him to their daughter's birthday party, but the next morning they discovered that yesterday's birthday girl was gone. The clues that the police found indicated that the same clown had kidnapped the girl, but he had an alibi and was released.

Parents did not accept this and staged a lynching: they caught a clown, brought him to the forest, tied him to a tree and beat him to death. However, when the police later arrived at this place, the body of the clown could not be found. And later, someone killed the girl's parents, before feeding them the corpse of their own daughter.

But this is just a legend. Actually the image fat cannibal Billy roaming the woods with an axe, singing nursery rhymes and throwing broken and painted dolls here and there, is much more prosaic.

Zeebo - "Are you afraid of the dark?" 1992-1996

One of the three bad clowns featured in the children's series Are You Afraid of the Dark?

In the 1920s, Zeebo worked at an amusement park and one day decided to piss off his employers by robbing a cash register for $4,000. However, it was not possible to escape with the money, the bad habit of smoking cigars affected. Because of her, Zeebo somehow managed to start a fire, and he himself died in the fire.

After some time, the park was rebuilt, and the legend of the Zeebo ghost living here became an additional advertisement for it.

Zombie Clown - "Zombieland"

In 2009 comedy movie horror "Welcome to Zombieland" introduced us to the hero of all the clowns of today: a red nose, a hungry look and an oversized bow tie.

What could be scarier than just a clown? Zombie Clown! In a comedy about survival in a world where the majority of the world's population has fallen victim to a disease that turns people into the living dead, the clown appears briefly, but it was impossible to do without him. Who else, after all, was Eisenberg's character supposed to meet at the amusement park? The clown in the film smiles nastily, blood flows from his mouth, and he obviously does not intend to show tricks.

Captain Spaulding - House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects

His real name is Jonny Lee Jones. He named himself Captain Spaulding after the character played by the old American comedian Groucho Marx (a tradition of the Firefly crime family, of which Spaulding was the head).

Born April 13, 1918 in the town of Ruggsville, Texas. For some time he was adopted by a Negro family. Since childhood, he showed a craving for various kinds of perversions and violence. Had stepbrother Charlie, who, after the first murder committed by Spaulding, gave him another nickname - Cutter (Cutter). In 1947 Spaulding met Mother Firefly (at the time called Eva Wilson). Together they raised Eve's children - Rufus and Baby, as well as common daughter- Faith-Ellen (Baby) Firefly. In 1968, a new member appeared in the Firefly family - Otis Driftwood, with whom Spalding often began to have conflicts on the basis of leadership.

In general, another horror, flavored with black humor, but not everyone will like these jokes - like the mask of a person's face, which will be made during the film. The heroes of the "House of 1000 Corpses" set out to look for "Dr. Satan", but they find - death. Young guys working on a book scary legends, could not get past the story of the hanged doctor Satan, conducting terrible experiments. This bike was told to them by Captain Spalding, the owner of the gas station and part-time "clown". The doctor turned out to be quite real and lived at the address "Wilderness, where no one will hear your cries, the house of a thousand corpses." Would you go to this address?

In 1971, Spaulding established a roadside horror attraction, the Captain Spaulding Museum of Monsters and Nightmares, which made him a local celebrity. The establishment began to attract tourists from all over the country, many of whom ended up being victims of the Firefly clan. He loves fried chicken and actor John Wayne (a tattoo with his image on his right arm).

Killjoy - "Killer Clown"

"Killer Clown" 2000 scary demon comes to life thanks to a voodoo ritual performed on a clown doll and commits a series of truly horrific murders. The evil spirit Killjoy, drives around in a truck, luring his victims into it.

Clown - "Clown"

A loving father finds a clown costume especially for his son's birthday, but he had no idea that this costume was cursed, which turns its owner into a killer.

The film, produced by Eli Roth, cannot be called VERY good, in places it is even frankly boring, and the acting is far from ideal. But he deserves a place on this list just because of the idea alone. Perhaps the creators of the tape inadvertently guessed the root cause of our fear of clowns - deep down we are most afraid of becoming like them. The hero puts on a clown costume and cannot take it off. Damn, this is terrible, terrible, terrible!

Clown doll - "Poltergeist"

Staying with a scary toy at night in the same house is a bad idea, here both "Annabelle's Curse" and "Dolls" will not let you lie. Moreover, you should not give it to a child.

The Freeling family has a poltergeist. An evil entity has chosen this place, because once there was a cemetery on the site of the house, and now there is a portal to another world, from where the demons come out. The spirit manages to inhabit the clown doll, and it turns into a terrible monster that takes the children.

"Poltergeist" uses a scary clown doll, reviving the classic children's fear in front of anthropomorphic figures in the dark and an open wardrobe. The clown, driven by an evil force that has settled in the house, attacks little boy dragging him under the bed and trying to strangle him.

Peter Hartlaub put it best about this clown: “Even at the age of 39, holding a mortgage, having two kids and a basement leak, the clown in the movie Poltergeist makes me wince for the following reasons: he doesn’t talk, he appears unexpectedly in different places and he's a damn clown!" The last argument is, of course, the most significant.

Killer Clown - Diner of Death 2007

Killer Clown was once a young boy named Archie who worked part-time by dressing up as a clown. Peers often laughed at the teenager. And once died in a fire, he in a mystical way rises from the dead, turning into a horned monster. The creature begins to pursue the offenders, who die one by one.

Alien Clowns - "Killer Clowns from Outer Space"

There is a zombie clown, so there must be an alien clown. In this movie, there is a whole team of them, and everyone is ready to kill, for example by throwing pies at you or making a dinosaur shadow on the wall.

One Friday night small town received a message from outer space in the form of killer clowns who went hunting for human blood. Local police can't keep up with calls from people who claim their loved ones were killed with cotton candy and had their blood drunk from a straw.

In the center of the plot is a space tent that flew to Earth, but even if you have always dreamed of getting in touch with an alien civilization, then definitely not with this one. "Why here? Why now? Why clowns? This is insane!” reads the tagline of the cult film, and there is nothing more to add.

Krusty - The Simpsons

Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons was based on Bozo the Clown. None of them are all that scary, at least not as obvious as Pennywise or the Joker. But Krusty is more obnoxious with his cynical outlook on life, lack of moral convictions, and endless thirst for money and booze.

Sleepwalker Chizo - "House of Clowns" 1989

There are three clown maniacs at once. Sleepwalker Chizo in the trinity of clowns is the most terrible.

happening mysterious events, which bring the characters of the film to a state of frenzied fear ...

There were three of them: three teenage brothers who came to the circus to see the clowns; three clowns performing in a circus; three lunatics who escaped from a psychiatric hospital...
Attacking the clowns (Bippo, Dippo and Chizo) from the tent who arrived in the city, they dress up in the costumes of their victims and arrange a bloody massacre.

Pennywise - "It"

The image of a creepy clown has become entrenched in pop culture largely thanks to the character from the book "It" - so scary that it's hard to remember anything else besides the obvious classics of Stephen King. Stephen King wouldn't be the king of horror if he didn't write It in 1986. The book scared millions, but its film adaptation completely drove everyone crazy.

When this masterpiece was decided to film in 1990, director Tommy Lee Wallace chose Tim Curry's "Dancing Clown" as Pennywise. At first it surprised everyone, but then Curry managed to leave a mark on the soul of a whole generation of children. Pennywise is by far the scariest clown in the world.

Pogo - "Gacy's Gravedigger" / "Gacy" 2003

– american Serial killer, in the period from 1972 to 1978, committed 33 murders. The corpses of most of the victims Gacy buried right under his own house. Gacy was arrested in 1978 and executed by lethal injection in 1994. Gacy was nicknamed "Killer Clown" by the press, as he occasionally dressed up as a clown and appeared at local parties and children's parties. The image of his clown, nicknamed Pogo, Gacy developed himself at the end of 1975. Grim Pogo was slightly different from the usual clown makeup: the pattern on the face had sharp corners(professional clowns avoid this, so as not to accidentally frighten the child).

Rakshasa - Supernatural 2005

"Supernatural" 2005 The series tells about the famous demon Rakshasa, which is mentioned in the myths of India. This cannibal is a werewolf who can turn into a human. Penetrates into other people's houses with the help of children, in order to please them, he dresses as a clown, since he himself can enter the house only at the invitation of the owners. The demon feeds on people and is able to become invisible.

Ronald McDonald

Being a prominent representative of fast food, Ronald made this list for a reason. While other clowns from comics and movies stay there, Ronald causes mayhem in the real world.

“Always next to you - McDonald's!” - draws an afterlife voice. The viral videos where Ronald acts like a real psychopath seem to be a real advertisement for McDonald's in Japan. When they appeared and whether it was really an advertisement that was played on TV remains a mystery, but I want to believe that this is so. Ronald McDonald has always seemed sinister to us, but here he scares not with diabetes or obesity, but with the help of the classic tricks of his manic counterparts: sticking his hand through the gap between the door and the jamb, lying under the bed or standing in the dark under your window.

No other clown, no matter how many sins on his conscience, has done as much as our friend Ronald - successfully clogging arteries and helping with obesity since 1963.

Sid - "Intruder" / "Intruder" 2008

Distinguishing features include a clown mask, a long dark coat, and HUNT and KILL tattoos on his knuckles. Perhaps one of the most cruel cinematic clowns, he uses extremely sadistic methods to deal with victims.

Sweet Tooth - Twisted Metal Game

Sweet Tooth is a truck driver and assassin from Twisted Metal. The clown itself contains 2 elements that cannot but frighten:
He looks like a real clown
He has a mop of fiery hair

Laughter - "Entertainment" / "Amusement" - 2008

Tabitha, Shelby and Lisa are forced to pay the price for an incident that happened while they were at school. The stranger decides to take revenge on them and collects in the ward, which resembles prison cell... A psychopath who enjoys blood and murder will go to the end so that his girlfriends Tabitha, Shelby and Lisa, who studied with him at school, share his opinion.

The monster named Laughter from the not so good and famous movie "Entertainment" is a rather creepy creature. And he's really scary: a noseless, eyeless, skeletal bastard. At the sight of this, you will not be laughing.

twisty- series "\"American Horror Story"

American Horror Story knows how to exploit the laws and types of the genre so that the desire to watch the series for several seasons in a row does not disappear. However, after latest episodes, where Twisty the Clown was shown in all its glory, many may change their minds.

The sadistic clown loves to poke scissors at people, having previously shown a couple of tricks. By the way, American, very real clowns were seriously angry with the creators of the series: they say, such vivid image continues to promote the fear of the "evil clown" and spoil the careers of innocent people.

Seams - "Seams" 2012

In the center of events British-Irish movie clown Richard Grindle, nicknamed "Stitches". One day, a clown who usually performs only for small children gets into a party of frostbitten teenagers. The bullying of the guests of the birthday man went so far that the clown fell on a knife and died - only fellow craftsmen took pity on the poor fellow and raised him from the dead.

Six years later, former teenagers - now adult uncles and aunts - again getting together to have a good time. And that evening, like many years ago, the clown looked at the light again. But now instead of funny tricks in his program, only revenge. “Is everyone having fun?” Stitchez asks, offended by the whole world, before arranging the most unhappy birthday in history and demonstrating new bloody tricks to the guests.

After watching a couple of such films, you begin to understand that there is nothing surprising in the fear of clowns. And at the same time you will think: is it necessary to invite a clown to children's holiday? You never know... The clown's face is always hidden by make-up, a wig is on his head, and a baggy suit and various overlays hide the real outlines of the figure - do you KNOW who is hiding under the mask?

Real stories about scary clowns

Movies are movies, but in real life there were clowns who turned out to be murderers and rapists. There are many cases when people suddenly disappeared: children, teenagers and adults, and clowns were involved in the history of their disappearance. This article gives several examples of strange and frightening appearances of clowns that have not yet found a reasonable explanation.

Clown with a chainsaw

The phenomenon of scary clowns is known not only in America. In Canada, too, there were many cases of such meetings. So, once several guys were driving in a car and, in order to shorten the road, they turned off the central highway onto a dirt road.

Getting out of the car of natural necessity, they were about to continue their journey, when suddenly a man in makeup and a clown outfit appeared right in front of the car, who stood and looked at the car. The guys decided that in front of them was a prankster, but the clown suddenly had a chainsaw in his hands, and he began to quickly approach the car. Buddies bullet flew into the cabin and pressed the gas. They had never experienced such a strong shock before.

Clowns attack Europe

The game of killer clowns has gained popularity in some European countries. For example, in Germany in October 2016, there were several attacks by hooligans in clown costumes within one week. The "jokers" tried to imitate the well-known maniac in America, John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was nicknamed the killer clown. John Gacy was accused of killing more than 30 people, for which he was sentenced to death.

Facebook killer clowns

On the eve of the celebration of Halloween, a group appeared on Facebook, which was called "Clown Hunters". Its members promised to arrange a "grand sweep" on All Saints' Night, which caused a serious public outcry. Fortunately, this time there were no casualties. However, more and more people are becoming afraid of clowns, and the plots of books and films prove that clowns are not always who they say they are.

Terrible fishing experience

In West Virginia (USA), one man, while fishing at night, heard an incomprehensible noise that came from the thickets. He decided to take a camera and a flashlight and see what was going on. Five meters from the fishing spot was a man in clown makeup, who, when the light hit him, began to laugh terribly.

This greatly frightened the man, and he, leaving all his fishing equipment, rushed to the car. But the strange incident did not end there. Sitting behind the wheel and turning on the reverse gear, the fisherman did not stop filming, and a second later the clown reappeared in the camera lens. This time he no longer stood, but ran towards the car with the same terrible laugh. The man forever stopped coming to fish in those places. The identity of the clown has never been established.

Horror story about a killer clown

One married couple decided to arrange a little rest for themselves and go to the city in the evening to have fun. They called a girl they knew, who had looked after their children more than once. When the girl arrived, the kids were already asleep, so she just needed to look into their room sometimes, in case someone wakes up.

Soon she got bored and decided to watch TV. But there was no cable downstairs, and the girl called her parents asking them to let her watch TV in their room.

They didn't mind, but she had one more request. She asked if it was possible to cover the big toy clown with something - he was somewhat unnerving and terrifying.

There was silence for a second, and then the father, who was talking to the girl, said: “Take the children and run out of the house immediately! We don't have any clown. We'll call the police!"

The police found all three dead 5 minutes after the call. The clown was never found.

1. Gelsomina - "The Road" (1954)

The great Italian director Federico Fellini started filming his actress wife Giulietta Masina as soon as he became a director. Four years later, they became famous all over the world when Mazina played in The Road the unfortunate clowness Gelsomina, whom a wandering strong man buys from his mother as a teenager and turns into his assistant and slave. The touching neo-realistic film was awarded an Oscar in the category " best movie on foreign language”, as well as the“ Silver Lion ”of the Venice Film Festival and many other awards.

2. Vovchik - "Make the clown laugh" (1984)

Clown as a character in a romantic movie? Sometimes it happens. In 1984, the Dovzhenko studio in the USSR filmed a two-part television film about a second-rate clown who finds inspiration and then love when he starts working with a random partner who did not even plan to become a participant in the performance. the main character the film was played by Galina Polskikh, and the main character was the professional clown Vladimir Kremena, whom Yuri Nikulin considered one of the best clowns in the entire Union.

3. Sergei Sinitsyn - "My favorite clown" (1986)

Nikita Mikhalkov first directed Oleg Menshikov in Burnt by the Sun, but the director and actor have collaborated before. In the mid-1980s, Mikhalkov and Alexander Adabashyan wrote a script about a young clown who, contrary to his wife's opinion, adopts a six-year-old orphanage boy and stands his ground even after a divorce. Oleg Menshikov played this clown in the film by Yuri Kushnerev. Vladimir Ilyin and Tatyana Dogileva starred with him.

4. Killer Clowns - Killer Clowns from Outer Space (1988)

Is it possible to call the villains of the fantastic comedy horror directed by Stephen Chiodo "clowns"? Hard to say. On the one hand, they look like clowns, put on performances and use objects that resemble clown props. On the other hand, they are not human, but aliens, and they came to Earth not for entertainment, but for sadistic conquest. So it's possible that they have a separate word in their language for what they do. Whatever it was, they look both funny and scary.

5. Joker - "Batman" (1989)

There are clowns who kill people, there are clowns who make people laugh, and there are clowns who do both. And at the same time they control the criminal world. Formally, Tim Burton released a Batman movie in 1989, but in fact, his picture was the story of the rise and fall of the Joker, one of the most famous comic book supervillains. And if there were certain claims to the game of Michael Keaton as Batman, then no one doubted Jack Nicholson as the Joker. Until Christopher Nolan and Heath Ledger featured in " Dark Knight that the crime clown can be even more scary.

6. Krusty the Clown - The Simpsons (1989)

Krusty the Clown from The Simpsons is a famous television clown who makes a great living from his show and merchandise and is a favorite of kids like Bart Simpson. However, money does not bring Krusty much happiness. He suffers from many bad habits and mental problems, he hates his little fans, and he has a dozen and a half divorces behind him. Without makeup, Krusty looks a lot like Homer Simpson, and for good reason. The creator of the show, Matt Groening, came up with this artistic move to show a boy who despises his father, but idolizes a clown who looks much the same. Krusty was supposed to be Homer's secret identity at some point, but the idea was quickly dropped.

7. Pennywise - "It" (1990)

The clown Pennywise from the television adaptation of Stephen King's novel is not a simple circus performer and not even a murderous maniac, but supernatural being, which once every thirty years is declared in the town of Derry to torture and kill children. Pennywise uses the power of imagination against the kids, and this allows them to fight him if they know his secret. Stephen King came up with this character when he asked himself who the children were most afraid of, and remembered that he was most afraid of clowns. Next year, the film adaptation of It, which Argentine director Andres Muschietti is currently working on in Hollywood, will be released.

8. Hunter Adams - "Healer Adams" (1998)

Among the many amazing characters played by Robin Williams was a real man- American doctor Hunter Adams, who at some point decided that he should treat not only the heart, but also the soul. Therefore, he began to use good humor in his work and even began to dress like a clown. The tragicomic biopic about Adams was directed by Tom Shediak. The "clown-nosed doctor" was initially dissatisfied with the way he and his philosophy were portrayed in Hollywood, but over the years changed his anger to mercy and penned a very touching obituary when Williams committed suicide.

9. Twisty - "American Horror Story" (out of 2011)

Twisty the Clown fourth season American Horror Story sees himself as a kind clown who saves young children from evil parents. Parents hardly agree with him. After all, the character of John Carroll Lynch kills adults and kidnaps children to "entertain" them in monstrous ways. Twisty has a creepy mask, but his face looks even scarier because he blew his lower jaw off while failed attempt shotgun suicide. Twisty is based on real life clown maniac John Wayne Gacy.

10. Francis - "My boyfriend is a hitman" (2016)

The protagonist of the recent action-romance comedy Paco Cabezas is a professional assassin. However, after his conscience woke up, Sam Rockwell's character no longer kills those he is ordered to. Instead, he cracks down on customers. To emphasize the irony of his "business", Francis kills by wearing a clown's red nose on his nose. True, he can kill without a funny nose. But still there is something clown in it.

In the life of any family, there are not only monotonous everyday life, but also happy holidays. This and New Year, and March 8, and birthdays, and graduation at school or kindergarten and wedding anniversary. Particular attention is traditionally paid to children's holidays. For the younger members of the family, whole performances are usually arranged. You can, of course, order a script and artists from a professional agency. But how much more original and fun it will be to organize your own theatrical, play or circus show.

The value of makeup in home productions

In order for the holiday to be a success, it is necessary to develop a script, prepare props, gifts and surprises. You also need to take care of the costumes. They can be made from old clothes, bedspreads or sheets. But to create a complete image of any hero, you need makeup. And if an amateur circus performance is arranged, you can’t do without a cheerful clown. How to make clown makeup at home?

Home dressing room

To make the clown's makeup bright and persistent, you should consider a few important points. If you just paint your face with ordinary paints, then this option will not be durable and effective. Professional make-up artists use paints on oil based. At home, they are easy to make yourself. You need to buy unsalted lard, melt the fat out of it (or buy ready-made in the store), mix with ordinary watercolor paints. It is better to mix fat and paint on a glass surface, and then transfer the resulting mixture to a small jar, for example, from baby food. So you can prepare paints of different colors, alternately rubbing them with a fat base.

Makeup based on animal fat looks very bright and has a dense structure. If the holiday is planned to be held in a small room, you can mix paints with vaseline oil. Then it will look more natural.

Clown image for an adult

Do-it-yourself clown makeup for an adult can be done quickly and easily. It is important to follow a few simple rules. Before applying makeup, be sure to cover your face with a greasy cream or petroleum jelly, and then a tonal foundation. It is necessary to remember about allergic reactions (it is better to conduct a preliminary test on the bend of the elbow). The paint is removed from the face with the help of the same fat cream. Before applying paint to the face, you need to cover your hair with a special cap or scarf.

The classic clown makeup includes several details. After preliminary preparation, you need to cover the entire face with white paint or whiten the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe mouth and eyebrows. Then draw a big red mouth, thickly line the eyes with black paint, draw eyelashes and eyebrows. Complete the look with a clown nose and wig. If, according to the scenario of the holiday, the clown should be a little sad, then you can slightly lower the tips of your lips down and draw a big tear on your cheek. After graduation creative process I need to powder my face a bit.

Features of makeup for a child

The main characters of children's holidays can be both adults and kids themselves. In this case, the make-up process itself can become fun adventure for the participants of the celebration. But when painting children, you need to remember safety precautions. The skin of babies is very delicate and sensitive. Therefore, for children's make-up it is better to use water-based paints that are easy to apply with a soft brush and just as easy to wash off with water and soap. We must not forget about allergic reactions. Face painting at home can be done by mixing corn starch with water, cream and food coloring. You can experiment with colors as you like. There are a huge number of options for creating interesting masks on children's faces using paints.

Clown makeup is one of the most available images even for a beginner artist. It is necessary to cover the areas of the mouth, eyebrows and eyelids with white paint. Then draw a big red mouth, apply red paint to the tip of the nose too. Depict multi-colored eyebrows and eyelashes. Add freckles. The clown's makeup is ready.

Variety of clown masks

A clown can be a participant not only in a cute children's holiday. Clowns, as you know, are different. They can be kind, funny, sad, angry, even scary. Not for nothing that in many films, criminals put on clown masks. Now it is fashionable to hold various theme parties and masquerades. Having mastered the basics of make-up on classic good masks, you can try to create an unusual look and surprise your friends, for example, on Halloween. Having performed the original clown makeup at home (an example photo is given below), you can amaze and even scare others.

In any case, whether it is a fun children's party or a private party for adults, a family performance or a corporate masquerade, you can be creative in creating your image and make an unforgettable impression on everyone. And the skills of a professional make-up artist, obtained at home, will be very useful in this case.

Recently released a remake of famous movie horror film based on Stephen King's It. The plot revolves around a group of kids and the monster clown Pennywise, an otherworldly monster, every 27 years terrifying on the inhabitants of the town. Despite the intimidating appearance, Pennywise is quite charismatic, so many people strive to learn how to draw a scary clown.

Pennywise the Clown - old version

Let's pay tribute classic version film, filmed in 1990, and to begin with, we will learn how to draw a scary clown who became the hero of this film adaptation. After all, no wonder she gathered around her a lot of fans.

Let's start with the clown's face - draw frowning eyebrows, bulging eyes, a toothy mouth open in a sinister smile.

Then we outline the head. Pennywise's forehead will be disproportionately large, and his neck will be short.

Now a kind of shaggy lush hair, leaving the back of the head bald. And a magnificent carnival frill.

Let's continue to draw the costume - it will be one-piece, without dividing into a shirt and pants. In the middle, three huge buttons will flaunt on it. Also, a short vest.

Let's finish the hands in striped long sleeves with cuffs.

Now let's color our character. Despite the fact that the colors will be quite bright (red, yellow, blue, purple), this will not reduce the degree at all. On the contrary, it will become even more terrible.

That's all, the monster is fully drawn.

Clown from the movie "It" - version of 2017

As already mentioned, in 2017, a remake of the film "It" was filmed. It turned out quite well - many fans of the old film admit that a new version not only turned out to be successful, but also in many respects surpassed the old version of 1990, beloved by everyone. We, too, cannot get around this, so let's figure out how to draw a killer clown from the new movie.

Let's start, like last time, with the face. And, more precisely, from the eyes and nose. Eyebrows will be frowning, on the bridge of the nose - an angry crease.

Now the mouth. He will be much bigger and much more toothy than the old Pennywise - those sharp long fangs will dispel all illusions that this clown belongs to the human race.

After that, let's deal with the oval of the face and ears. The head of the monster will be greatly expanded upwards.

And now - hair and face. Tellingly, although the modern version of Pennywise has bald patches, they are much smaller than his previous version. But the frill remained almost the same.

Let's add colors - the monster's hair will be bright red, the frill will be green, and the mouth and stripes on the face will be red.

Cartoon version of Pennywise

If in a realistic form Pennywise causes quite understandable horror, then his cartoon version looks rather funny. So if you like funny horror stories, then you should learn how to draw Pennywise the clown.

First of all, let's depict the whole head, with hair. There will be an evil smile on the face of the clown.

Let's continue - we will depict a frill and a torso in a funny suit.

Then we add limbs in circles and a large one sticking out of the hand Balloon. More precisely, its half - the upper part of the ball will go beyond the drawing.

Let's color the drawing. The clown costume will be gray-red, the hair will be red, and the balloon will be scarlet. Do not forget about the characteristic vertical stripes that disfigure the clown's face even more.

That's all - our monster is drawn.

Portrait of Pennywise - draw a monster in a clown costume

The monster from the movie "It" is an otherworldly monster that disguises itself as a clown in order to trap kids. And if you do not suffer from the fear of clowns, then learning how to draw a clown from "It" will be interesting. Especially if such a genre as horror is familiar to you firsthand.

Let's start with the face. Evilly knitted eyebrows, a cruel smile that does not bode well - a real product of darkness.

Now an oval. Pennywise's head will be elongated, with a huge forehead - people don't have that. But the ears will be sharp, small.

And the hair is lush, styled in a typical clown hairstyle.

Let's add details - draw individual strands on the hair, folds on the jabot.

Everything, the monster is ready. Just do not look at him at night - you never know.

The circus and its characters - for many, personify a fairy tale and a holiday in their very nature, because what could be more colorful and cheerful than a cheerful clown in a bright suit with a red big nose and an unchanged big smile on the face…

In fact, the makeup of a clown is an integral part of his image, his artistic and personal sign, expressing even more than a wig and costume combined.

Makeup as a visiting card and expressive means

Unlike other artists, a clown can make full use of all the details of his stage wardrobe, adapting and adapting it to various numbers, developing some comic effects. And it is makeup or make-up that becomes the very means of expression, with the help of which the clown is able to declare the chosen image and character, to convey his emotions to the audience. Therefore, such an exaggerated way of drawing a mask is used.

Traditionally, clowns can be White and Red. The first is rather sad or sad, and the second, on the contrary, is eccentric, cheerful, broken.

The main attributes of the White Clown makeup have always been:

• snow-white background of the face;
• dark or black strokes (outlines of the eyes, eyebrows with a house, small lips or lowered corners of the mouth);
• sometimes painted tears.

The red-haired clown is more familiar and familiar to us in his own way:

• multi-colored or bright wig;
• red big nose;
• the use of contrasting colors and paints in drawing eyes, eyebrows, lips;
• some clowns draw freckles or other distinctive details on themselves.

Many choose a clown image for carnivals, children's and adult holidays, because dressed up in this character, you can do almost anything. However, if there should be no problems with the costume, then in order to do makeup with your own hands and at home, you will have to try a little.

What makeup to choose?

Before you make a clown makeup, you need to decide whether you will be dealing with real theatrical makeup, using simple face painting, or, at worst, cosmetics and other improvised means.

Theatrical makeup is quite difficult to use - it is difficult to apply, difficult to wash off, so it is unlikely to be convenient for a regular party. In addition, in the circus and the theater there is a large distance between spectators and artists, and some staining flaws are not too noticeable, which makes it possible to make a less accurate drawing on the face. For home holidays, it is still better to use a special water-based makeup in the form of pencils.

We create different images

The classic image is a completely made-up face. However, you can deviate from these canons and come up with something new: for example, draw only curls on the cheeks, big eyelashes and make bright lips.

Here is a very simple makeup example that you can easily do yourself.

1. Remove hair from your face. Paint over the area around the eyebrows with white in semicircles. Do this carefully so as not to hurt your eyes.
2. Then paint the area around the lips with white too, capturing part of the chin.
3. Outline this white part in red, highlighting the line of the mouth.
4. Add a smile to your face.
5. Outline the white areas above the eyes with a black pencil. Draw eyelashes and put a few dots.
6. You can simply draw a red nose if you do not want to wear a fake one.

The shape of the lips, eyes and eyebrows can be drawn as you like, depending on your mood and imagination.

To create the image of the White Clown, you will need to make a "sad" face. Having imposed the general tone, select the eyes and draw black elongated diamonds under them (you can also depict tears). Then beautifully bring your eyebrows and paint your lips in the form of a small bright heart.

The spout is easily made from a piece of colored sponge (simply cut out a small ball or pompom and attach a thin elastic band to it).

A wig can be classic - a huge multi-colored or red mop of curly hair, or made from threads or other improvised materials. For example, it is very easy to make a thread wig based on an ordinary knitted hat - tie it in a circle with a fringe, fastening the fringe through a loop in a checkerboard pattern.