{"id":43798,"date":"2024-05-13T21:29:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T01:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=43798"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T01:36:21","slug":"killer-klowns-from-outer-space-1988-steelbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/13\/killer-klowns-from-outer-space-1988-steelbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988): Limited Steelbook Edition [4K\/Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Now Available from Scream! Factory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Another sign that horror is always ahead of its time, the mainstream has finally caught up with the horror community and realize what a loyal but small fan base has known for a very long time. That \u201cKiller Klowns from Outer Space\u201d is a demented horror masterpiece, and there\u2019s never really been anything like it since. You can kind of, maybe consider \u201cMars Attacks!\u201d its successor, but \u201cKiller Klowns\u201d is so much more concerned with turning its villains in to genuine horror foes, rather than trotting out all sorts of guest stars and fancy special effects. Even today, \u201cKiller Klowns from Out Space\u201d is a bag of mixed treats filled with gore, grue, silliness, and a fun group of fearsome alien klowns that seem almost unstoppable in their rampage.<\/p>\n

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When a small town is invaded by aliens from outer space who are capturing and killing the townspeople, no one takes them seriously. Why? The aliens all look like circus clowns, use weapons that look clown like, and all have painted on smiles. Only a few of the young people in the town realize the danger and of course no one believes them. Armed with an ice cream truck they try and rescue their friends.<\/p>\n

Considering the movie was made in 1988, the Chiodo Brothers are able to pull off some impressive feats in make up, prosthetics and props alike. The klowns are particularly a complete accomplishment, as they not only sport their own personalities, but they looks absolutely horrifying. They\u2019re not just men dressed up as clowns, but actual monsters comprised of wonderful latex and rubber that make them look absolutely otherworldly at all times. If that\u2019s not enough they even have their own personalities and body builds, and that\u2019s all thanks to the wonderful imagination of the team behind the film. Among the main klown protagonists, there\u2019s Slim, Fatso, Shorty, Rudy and Bibbo, all of whom really take the whole clown concept as far as it can go.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the circus tent space ship, cotton candy cocoons, and even a deadly popcorn shooting gun that they mow down victims with. \u201cKiller Klowns from Outer Space\u201d is a cult gem worth checking off your list if you\u2019ve put it off all these years, as it\u2019s become an genre essential.<\/p>\n

All Special Features (and movie) appear on the Blu-ray disc; the audio commentary appears on both the 4K UHD and Blu-ray discs.<\/strong> Not included are extras from the Arrow Video edition of \u201cKiller Klowns\u201d which were Arrow Video exclusive. Fans of the movie may be wise to keep both editions, as Scream Factory composes a neat new Steelbook edition with excellent art work.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There\u2019s an archival Audio Commentary with The Chiodo Brothers<\/strong> explaining their inspiration for the movie, how they came up with the title and why they chose it; how they sold it with only a poster and the title; why Santa Cruz, California as the production calendar, etc; The Making of Killer Klowns<\/strong> is a twenty one minutes archival making-of with Stephen, Ed, and Charles Chiodo.\u00a0 The featurette covers the genesis of the idea; the original opening that didn\u2019t make the cut; how the story was built out of the various friends they had during their teenage years; the various crew members that they made the film with; the sequel they\u2019ve been trying to make for years; and much more. Komposing Klowns<\/strong> is a thirteen minutes archival interview with musical composer John Messari and how he came about getting the job with over 40 different composers and how The Dickies got involved.<\/p>\n

The fourteen minutes Visual Effects with Gene Warren<\/strong> is another archival interview with Charles Chiodo and Gene Warren Jr. from Fantasy II Film FX shop, while the thirteen minutes Kreating Klowns<\/strong> is another archival interview with Charles Chiodo and master fabricator Dwight Roberts as they discuss the making of the props, miniatures, and makeup appliances for the production.\u00a0\u00a0There are a slew of pre-production drawings and behind-the-scenes videos of how the effects shop worked.\u00a0\u00a0There are two deleted scenes with optional commentary tracks,<\/strong> and Bloopers composed of B roll footage<\/strong> with various issues. Earliest Films of The Chiodo Brothers\u00a0<\/strong>is a seven minute compilation of two short films with a running commentary by the Chiodo Brothers.\u00a0\u00a0One is less than a minute in length, the other is called\u00a0Beast from the Egg.<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s the original vintage Trailer<\/strong>, as well as assorted Easter Eggs<\/strong> included for collectors to mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Available from Scream! Factory Another sign that horror is always ahead of its time, the mainstream has finally caught up with the horror community and realize what a loyal but small fan base has known for a very long time. That \u201cKiller Klowns from Outer Space\u201d is a demented horror masterpiece, and there\u2019s never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[88,219,477,1478,906,1087],"class_list":["post-43798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","category-movie-reviews","tag-aliens","tag-comedy","tag-horror","tag-killer-clowns","tag-science-fiction","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43798"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43803,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43798\/revisions\/43803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}