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Horror History: KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE Turns 33 The Chiodo Brothers cult classic horror-comedy KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE with Suzanne Snyder, and John Vernon Is Now 33 Years Old On this day in horror history, the horror-comedy cult classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space was released in 1988. Written and directed by the Chiodo Brothers, it stars Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, and John Vernon. It begins when teenagers see a comet crash outside their small town and investigate discovering a pack of murderous aliens who look like circus clowns. They try to warn the local authorities, but everyone assumes their story is a prank. Meanwhile, the clowns set about harvesting and eating as many people as they can. The teens then decide it’s up to them to stop the clowns’ bloody rampage. ....
How Critters, a Gremlins knockoff, spawned a horror comedy franchise Latest TV News Contributed by Shared Critters, a tongue-in-cheek horror comedy also directed by a protégé of exploitation maestro Roger Corman, shares the same elevator pitch. And, because it arrived in 1986 just two years after the impossibly cute-turned-murderous puppets known as Mogwai first hit screens Critters was inevitably, yet unfairly, dismissed as a pure knock-off. Stephen Herek has always insisted that his directorial debut, which turns 35 on April 11, was conceived long before Joe Dante explored the dangers of feeding antique store-bought pets after midnight. Alongside co-writers Domonic Muir and Don Keith Opper, he even went through the script with a fine-tooth comb to remove as many similarities as possible after being beaten to the punch. That s perhaps more effort than the makers of ....
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