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Megan (Melissa Kathryn) is at the peak of her success, professionally,
and at least on the surface, things couldn't be better - but then she
finds more and more clues, that a clown has entered her apartment. No
signs of a break-in to be sure, but a jack-in-the-box here, clown greeting
cards there, clown noises everywhere they don't belong. Thing is, this is
something recurring, she has been prescribed pills for what's believed to
be a hallucination - but whether she takes them or not, her belief that
her home has been invaded by a clown (James Chianese) grows stronger - so
much so that it starts affecting her work, to a point where she's fired
from her job. And even her best friend (Megan Gunsorek) thinks she has
gone crazy. But whatever the others think, the clown is there ... or
indeed is he? Now it can't be denied, Bogy's brilliantly
directed, filmed and acted, and there's many a fine suspense scene - but
the film lacks a story to carry all this. It's basically just about
the fear of clowns, and apparently that's supposed to be enough to be the
film's raison d'être ... and it is not, because as widespread as the fear
of clowns may be, it's not universal, thus leaving at least those ok with
people with greasy faces and big boots totally unfazed by the actual
"horror" of the situation and longing for some explanation for
the lead's dread. And since the film lacks proper build-up of tension,
this gets a bit tiring after a while. That all said, the whole thing's
far from "bad" in the traditional sense, again, it's really
well-made - just not well-told ...
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