Professional clowns were up in arms earlier this year about the TV show American Horror Story. One of the programme's main villains in the latest series was a killer clown called "Twisty", and ...

3 John Wayne Gacy Even though there's a fair share of scary movie clowns, most of them are fictional. The movie To Catch a Killer defies this established pattern as it's based on real events.

The fear of clowns is so deeply rooted in human psyche it even has its own name: coulrophobia. But why is the deranged clown a trope we return to in frightening books, movies, and television?

The scary clown has become a horror staple. 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 ...