I told the BBC that clowns tend to be scary because of their exaggerated looks and evil representation in films. Obviously, the vast majority of individuals are not scared of clowns in a day-to-day ...

They didn't start out to scare anyone. Clowns have held a favored, albeit slightly outcast place throughout history – first, as comic relief to those in power, performing magic tricks, pranks or ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you think of a clown, what do you picture? Do images of cheery jesters with white face paint and a ...

Clowns have been known for being more frightening than funny for the longest time in the horror genre. There is a reason why the fear of clowns has its own term, "coulrophobia." What was once a ...

Clowns occupy an unsettling space in the collective subconscious by effectively bridging the gap between innocent childhood entertainment and visceral adult terror ...

Stott is the author of several articles on scary clowns and comedy, as well as The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, a much-lauded 2009 biography of the famous comic pantomime player on the Regency ...

Ask the internet why clowns are scary, and you’ll come up with a variety of answers, none of them particularly satisfying. Clowns are unpredictable, and that makes us nervous about what they have ...