What I Watched - "Fear of Clowns"
As I personally suffer from debilitating coulrophobia (fear of clowns), I was intrigued by this movie when I saw it on the shelf of my local heartless, rapidly dying video rental facility which shall go unnamed. However the crew over at Night of the Living Podcast have bashed this film for so many years that I went in expecting the worst. Perhaps Mad TV had it right when they brought up the idea of lowered expectations because it wasn't really as painful as they had led me to believe. Don't misunderstand me, it was awful with stilted acting, laughable dialogue, and unbelievable motivation, but I didn't find it as offensive as The Spirit which was trying to be something it was not and would never be. Fear of Clowns focuses on Lynn Blodgett, an upcoming artist who specializes in painting pictures of evil clowns primarily for use in evil motels I assume. When Lynn starts getting stalked by a creepy, terrifying, and oddly hot clown she fears her childhood trauma is coming back to haunt her. I don't want to spoil the entire movie but suffice it to say people die and the identity of the killer is a mystery. The best part of the movie was the love interest played by the endearing and charismatic Rick Ganz who has a definite career ahead of him with the help of a little Rogaine. This is an ultra low-budget movie but as stated on the IMDB message boards, "you don't pay for plot, right?" 
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