"Witness Anthony Mennella's genuine fear as he comes face-to-face with a terrifying ""IT"" clown." Samuel Alito Comment ...

Clowns are meant to make you smile, but sometimes, they stick in your head for all the wrong reasons. Horror films have ...

Bruce Nauman’s “Clown Torture” vintage exhibit invites its audience to see the pain bubbling beneath a veneer of jubilance.

Clowns’ friendly faces are the epitome of good gone bad. Cantor said that although clowns act relatively silly, their image may appear scary to some, especially children. “What frightens you is ...

Ethel Cain’s “Ptolemaea” is held to the same misunderstanding that clowns are: everything is scary. But this doesn’t have to ...

funny faces, goofy laughs - clowns, in many forms, have been a source of entertainment for centuries. So when did they get so spooky? Cinematic clowns have a reputation for being scary ...