Wrinkles the Clown
The scariest clown movie you see this year is a documentary.
Wrinkles the Clown
In late 2014, a low-res video of a person in a clown mask emerging from underneath a sleeping child's bed appears on YouTube. The description below the video claims that the clown is named "Wrinkles," that he lives in southwest Florida, and that he's been hired by the child's parents to frighten her for misbehaving. The video goes viral. Soon, more mysterious videos of Wrinkles scaring children appear online, along with a phone number to hire him for "behavioral services." Wrinkles becomes internet lore - a whole genre of YouTube videos of kids filming themselves calling him appears online, and over a million messages are left at the number. Voicemails range from disturbing to hilarious to terrifying: parents use the number to terrify their children, kids who are obsessive fans of creepy clowns reach out to make a new friend, children threaten to inflict wildly creative violence if he comes anywhere near them. But who is Wrinkles, and why is he doing this? With incredible access to the mastermind behind the mask, Wrinkles the Clown is a cryptic and playful exploration of these questions, as well as an inside look at myth-building and the unpredictable spread of imagination in the Internet age.
Genre
Documentary,
Comedy,
Horror
Runtime
78
Language
English
Director
Michael Beach
Writer(s)
Michael Beach Nichols,
Christopher K Walker
FEATURED REVIEW
Caitlin Kennedy, Film Inquiry
The scene: A closed circuit feed and a little girl peacefully sleeping, in her bed. Then, suddenly, the storage under her bed shifts slightly and gradually a clown unfolds from under her bed and hovers over her. As quickly as he appears, he has grabbed the camera and is gone. Horrifying, isn’t it ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 10.04.19 - 10.10.19
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