Blu-ray Release: Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Blu-ray Release Date: April 24, 2018
Price: Blu-ray $17.67
Studio: Arrow Video


It ain’t just Pennywise who’s clowning around in the horror genre of late—let’s not forget about the notorious Killer Klowns from Outer Space, the featured baddies in the 1988 cult horror flick of the same name. That’s right – they’re back in a big way in a brand new Special Edition Blu-ray featuring a new restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative and a whole slew on bonus features.

When Mike (Grant Kramer, Hardbodies) and his girlfriend Debbie (Suzanne Snyder, Weird Science) warn the local police that a gang of homicidal alien clowns have landed in the nearby area, the cops are naturally skeptical. Before long however, reports are coming in from other anxious residents detailing similar run-ins with the large-shoed assailants. There can no longer be any doubt – the Killer Klowns from Outer Space are here, and they’re out to turn the Earth’s population into candy floss!

Written and produced by the Chiodo brothers—who are known for their work on a host of special-effects laden hits featuring puppetry, stop-motion, make-up, costumes and other in-camera effects including Team America: World Police and the Critters movies—Killer Klowns from Outer Space remains a delightfully demented good PG-13 kind of time some three decades after they first landed on terra firma.

Bonus features—many of which feature the Chiodo Brothers—include the following:

  • Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Newly remastered stereo 2.0 and 5.1 DTS-HD MA audio options
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Archive audio commentary with the Chiodo Brothers
  • Let the Show Begin! Anatomy of a Killer Theme Song – an all-new interview with the original members of the American punk band, The Dickies
  • The Chiodos Walk Among Us: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking – all-new documentary highlighting the making of the Chiodo Brothers childhood films, from the giant monster epics made in their basement to their experiments in college
  • New HD transfers of the complete collection of the Chiodo Brothers 8mm and Super 8 films, including Land of Terror, Free Inside, Beast from the Egg, and more!
  • Tales of Tobacco – an interview with star Grant Cramer
  • Debbie’s Big Night – an interview with star Suzanne Snyder
  • Bringing Life to These Things – a tour of Chiodo Bros. Productions
  • The Making of Killer Klowns – archive production featurette
  • Visual Effects with Gene Warren Jr. – archive interview with co-writer/producer Charles Chiodo and visual effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr.
  • Kreating Klowns – archive interview with Charles Chiodo and creature fabricator Dwight Roberts
  • Komposing Klowns – archive interview with composer John Massari
  • Klown Auditions
  • Deleted Scenes with filmmaker’s audio commentary
  • Bloopers
  • Image galleries
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.