Creative spelling aside, this was a good movie. If it had had a better cast of actors, it would have been a great movie.First, every detail of the Killer Klowns was startlingly perfect. From the cotton candy cocoons to the popcorn embryos (or seeds or...you know what, it was popcorn that germinated into other evil space clowns, you come up with your own metaphor) to the circus tent spaceship, everything looked as though it was a natural habitat for extraterrestrial traveling performers....that liked to liquefy and eat people. The costumes were great, the masks actually managed to convey slight expression changes (which is hard to do with one-piece of rubber) and the people inside the costumes captured that creepy/funny vibe and really sold the performances.
They were completely let down by the movie's human cast. To a one, they were annoying, shrill, wooden and fully deserving of a terrible death by shadow puppet T-Rex. All they had to do was be moderately attractive youths who could make an invasion of alien clowns seem scary. It's not hard. They're clowns! The producers could have hired people off the street and come up with expressions that were more realistic. They didn't even have to worry about timing or pacing, since they were supposed to play every line straight.
I know, I know, I shouldn't expect Oscar-worthy performances from a cast that was probably paid in Ramen noodles but this movie would have been so epic if they had just managed to find even one diamond in the rough. And no, Christopher Titus doesn't count.
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