Thursday, July 8, 2021

Secrets of the Clown (2007)

Val comes home to find Bobby hiding under the bed trying to scare her. Bobby is a grown man who doesn't understand that's not a good prelude to asking Val to jump into bed, or that trying to cajole her with the words, "It'll be quick" is not a great selling point either.  

When Val leaves Bobby, his best friend Jim comes to the house. As they drink. Jim talks bad about Val and smashes a bottle of alcohol over her clown doll.  What a weird thing to do. When Val calls Bobby, Jim steps outside and is murdered on the back porch.

A month later Bobby and his friends go to visit Jim's grave. Bobby gets in a fight with Jon, who runs away like a big baby and ends up  murdered in his car.  At the funeral, Bobby tells the gathering Jon was the best friend anyone could ever have. Uhhh, he hated your girlfriend, betrayed your trust, laughed at your fears, and scoffed at you while calling you stupid.

They hire a psychic to come to the house for a seance. But Bobby's friends start the seance while the psychic is talking to him and an evil spirit breaks a light in Ken's face.  Instead of taking him to the hospital, Bobby uses tweezers to remove glass from Ken's face and eyes. 

When Louie is attacked outside by a musclebound clown, inexplicably he tries to get in the window.  If he only made his way to the door, perhaps he could have been saved.

This is the type of film that makes you ask, are these actors?  The movie opens with boobs before the credits which is a sure sign the movie is going to be bad. The dubbed sound track is slightly off so the voices don’t quite match the mouths which can be distracting.  I do give the movie credit for the most dramatic blind closing I’ve ever seen.


Ridiculous dialogue:

Bobby: Someimtes I think Jim's spirit it still in my house.
Jon (condescendingly): You're joking, right? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard

This clown is of significance, but why?

Luckily the spell I cast transferred Jim's life force to the clown doll before the demon could transfer it to the psychic.

Nothing strange about this doll.
Bobby’s questionable taste in decorating
I’ll just use these tweezers to take the glass
shards out of your eyes
If your friend is this messed up, stop using tweezers
and take him to the hospital.
Never get into a car with a man who looks like this.
The fabulous seance and ouija board scene


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