(1980) **1/2
It's 1980 and "The Clowns" are causing quite a stir in the music world. Their KISS/Alice Cooper influenced live show is a must-see extravaganza featuring an encore where lucky fans get "murdered" onstage. It’s all in good fun and the band is happily immersed in their sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle. The fun turns sour though when a maniac dressed like a band member starts stabbing helpless groupies whose only real crime is their affinity for clown penis.
Terror on Tour is an exceptionally terrible film. The director assumed that the audience would overlook the horrendous writing and acting as long as a pair of breasts were exposed or an old fashioned stabbing occurred every 5-10 minutes. It serves as an example of the trashy excess that was a staple at the time but it's hard to stay mad with dialog like "that cocaine really made me horny!"
I actually dug the raw 70's Cheap Trick sound of The Clowns and would consider buying their albums if they existed. I also approve of their clown-meets-skeleton makeup and their black and white outfits reminiscent of The New York Dolls. Everything else pretty much sucks though. It should come as no surprise to learn that the movie was filmed in seven days. The actors are equally awful and they all look the same in makeup. Hence once the killer is revealed it takes careful scrutiny to identify the culprit.
So Bad It’s Boobs.
6 comments:
"So Bad It’s Boobs." is going to be my new catchphrase - hilarious!
"The director assumed that the audience would overlook the horrendous writing and acting as long as a pair of breasts were exposed or an old fashioned stabbing occurred every 5-10 minutes." Well, yeah, that usually works!
This was no doubt inspired by the KISS craze at the time. I recently watched a Love Boat episode where Sonny Bono played a KISS-like rock star - hysterically awful!
You're not having a lot of good luck with this clown genre. I hiope you find a few good ones so you're not disappointed in your month of horror viewing.
So bad it's boobs! Love it.
Love, love, love it! Great analysis of a terrible film, haha!
Now you've gotta make t-shirts that read SO BAD IT'S BOOBS
I want a Clowns "That cocaine really made me horny" 1980 World Tour t-shirt.
So Bad It's Boobs! Yes yes yes!
That poster is hilariously not scary, because 1) all the cotton candy pink and 2) the giant clown ruffle collars on the spooky folks.
Lovin' your review, now I want to watch it just to hear the songs.
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