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 ...

This week saw the opening of the film sequel to IT ("Chapter Two"). This is one of over 50 films to date rooted in individuals' fear of clowns, known as coulrophobia. Obviously this is not my ...

Clowns haunted drivers as West El Paso’s Tommy’s Express, transformed into a spooky “Tunnel of Terror” Halloween car wash. “What we do is we, basically turn our car wash into a haunted experience.

Some say that Stephen King's "It" made kids afraid of clowns, but they were terrifying people long before Pennywise came along. From the sadistic Art the Clown to Death himself, here are some of the ...

Hannah has been writing about horror, sci-fi, and all things nerdy since 2021. At Collider, she covers news and conducts interviews, along with contributing features that dive deep into genre ...

It started in August when people in Greenville County, S.C., reported seeing a creepy clown lurking near the woods. Others said the clown was trying to lure children in the woods by offering them ...

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 ...

Police around Western Washington say they’re being run ragged checking on reports of menacing-looking clowns. The nationwide trend has police being pulled away from keeping the community safe. A KIRO ...

Coulrophobia: a fear of clowns. But is coulrophobia a real fear? And, for that matter, what is fear? Fear: a primer A woman—known simply in the neuroscience world as S.M.—walked through a park alone ...