The UK is currently in thrall to a 'killer clown' craze which is seeing hundreds of people dressing as sinister circus performers before scaring unsuspecting members of the public. Sightings have increased enormously and the phenomenon is no longer a 'bit of fun', with police making arrests and people ending up injured.
People finding clowns scary is nothing new. A phobia of clowns is known as coulrophobia. One of the reasons people find clowns scary is thought to be down to the way the costumes and make-up exaggerate facial features.
Phil Dunphy ('Modern Family') suffers from coulrophobia.
Clowns have been the subject of horror films and books for a long time. We can find them in Stephen King's novels, Batman's Joker, 'Poltergeist'...
Joker's laugh
Okey, I love it. Need to go to the UK and see it !
ReplyDeleteReally? It must be frightening...
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