Stitches – Böser Clown (2012)

Stitches – Böser Clown: Directed by Conor McMahon. With Ross Noble, Tommy Knight, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Gemma-Leah Devereux. A clown comes back from the dead to haunt those who took his life during a fatal party mishap.

“While the slasher/comedy/horror genre has been done to death, the Irish film u0026#39;Stitchesu0026#39; takes the main elements of the genre and puts a fresh twist on it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story has a real u0026#39;Nightmare on Elm Streetu0026#39; vibe: Ross Noble plays Stitches, a cynical clown who is accidentally killed by some bratty kids at a birthday party. A clown cult preserves his spirit and six years later Stitches returns to exact revenge on the same kids, now teenagers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile u0026#39;Stitchesu0026#39; may be a lot more low-budget than modern horror fans are used to, it works because itu0026#39;s funny, it has imaginative and creative death scenes (another u0026#39;Elm Streetu0026#39; nod) and the over-the-top gore: including intestines being turned into a balloon animal, a head being blown up with a balloon pump, an umbrella through the eye and brains being scooped out with a can opener and an ice cream scoop. Itu0026#39;s basically an old-school slasher film with a few updates.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNoble is the only known actor in the film and he carries is: rather than lazily trade on his stand-up persona, he manages to balance the funny and creepy side of Stitches (even killing a poor, innocent cat during his rampage). He seems to be genuinely enjoying it, delivering his kills with bad clown puns.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe teenage cast does a serviceable job but play second fiddle to Stitchesu0026#39; killing spree.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re a fan of old-school slashers which balance the funny and the gory, then u0026#39;Stitchesu0026#39; is worth a look.”