Clownhouse (1989)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Victor Salva

Writer:

Victor Salva (writer)

Release Date:

1990 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

...A circus of the mind.

Plot:

Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.

Plot Keywords:

Circus | Clown | Escaped Mental Patient | Halloween | Brother

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Nathan Forrest Winters	...	Casey Collins
Brian McHugh	...	Geoffrey Collins
Sam Rockwell	...	Randy
Michael Jerome West	...	Lunatic Cheezo (as Tree)
Byron Weible	...	Lunatic Bippo
David C. Reinecker	...	Lunatic Dippo
Timothy Enos	...	Real Cheezo aka Georgie
Frank Diamanti	...	Real Bippo aka Charlie
Karl-Heinz Teuber	...	Real Dippo (as Karl Heinz Teuber)
Viletta Skillman	...	Mrs. Collins - Mother
Gloria Belsky	...	Fortune Teller
Tom Mottram	...	Ringmaster
Erika Young	...	Ellie - Storekeeper
Jasper Watts	...	Jasper
Bobby Salem	...	Booth Barker

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Commercial Pictures (II)

Trivia:

Sam Rockwell's film debut.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Geoffrey comes out of the Clown Show tent to look for Casey, you can see the shadow of the camera.

Quotes:

Casey: The clowns... the clowns Randy they're here

Movie Connections:

References The Forgotten (1973)

I was there...Salva was a Perv (& Sam Rockwell was addicted to sulfur)

I just happened to be an extra during the filming of this mediocre B-movie during my Sophomore year in HS. What I remember most from those two weeks that spring ('87) is hanging out with Sam Rockwell drinking MGD (I remember he liked to light his cigarettes with two or three matches cause he liked the sulfur taste...my friend Dave kept offering him his new Zippo but he had to have the matches) and Victor Saliva salivating over every young male on the set. I was there with 4 or 5 others from the drama club at De Anza HS and that man would find any excuse to get around us young boys. I mean, we were just extras, right, but Vic seemed to take a liking to our little gang right away (thats how we started hanging with Sam...he was our same age and Vic introduced us to him for someone to spend the waiting hours with) we were the only teens that showed up for all the Circus shoots at Contra Costa County Fairgrounds & we spent a lot of time with the director and senior production staff. Which was great, it gave us an inside look into the film-making process, but boy was that director CREEPY. Just thought I'd chime in with an up close eye witness account.