Long before they wore big feet and balloon pants for children’s birthday parties, clowns were strictly adult entertainment. As dimwitted drunks, hypersexual hooligans and mischievous miscreants, these ...

His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculously high on his forehead. Such was ...

Horror movies, such as "It," have only contributed to the fear of clowns, say experts. (Photo: Everett Collection) Clowns are supposed to make people laugh, entertaining audiences with slapstick ...

Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in the theater. And every Halloween, you’ll ...

FARGO - When children meet her clown persona for the first time, Cynthia Sillers said they sometimes are afraid because they've never met her before and the makeup is strange to them.But that usually ...

For the past 14 years, local clown Diana McCurtain-Talbert’s mission in life has been to make people laugh. Whether it’s by making balloon animals at a child’s birthday party or performing a skit at a ...

Hollywood has long exploited our deep ambivalence about clowns, and this fall’s film lineup is no different. Batman’s demented nemesis The Joker, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is the antihero of his ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s film “Terrifier 2” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in ...

It can be hard to imagine a time when clowns were regularly invited to children’s birthday parties and hospital wards — not to terrorize, but to delight and entertain. For much of the 20th century, ...

Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film “ Terrifier 2 ” is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in the theater. And every Halloween, ...