Getty Images It wasn’t long before Hollywood exploited the "killer clown" concept -- from the 1982 movie “Poltergiest,” that featured a scary clown doll under a child’s bed, to the 1988 ...

The scary clown has become a horror staple ... I spend a lot of time in archives where I regularly come across vintage photos of clowns. Now, I don't consider myself afraid of clowns.

The internet has no shortage of lengthy articles listing spooky pictures that were purportedly captured by trail cameras in the forest. One of the most notorious pairs of trail-camera photographs ...

IT ALL STARTED WITH THESE SCARY PICTURES -- TAKEN OUTSIDE BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA. TURNS OUT THEY WERE TAKEN FOR A PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT... BUT NOW -- THANKS TO IMITATORS -- CLOWNS ARE POPPING UP ...

Do images of cheery jesters with white face paint ... He Who Gets Slapped is widely credited with sparking the scary clown trope. This silent film is a psychological thriller following Paul ...

acknowledged the damage that scary clown images have done to clowning, though he was inclined to downplay the effect. “It’s like, ‘Oh man, we’re going to have to work hard to overcome that ...

Police say they have received a number of calls after someone was spotted dressed up as a scary clown holding ... “Gags — The Green Bay Clown.” It has several photos of the clown that ...

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Decorating children's wards with paintings of clowns to create a nurturing atmosphere could backfire, research suggests. A University of Sheffield study of more than 250 children, aged four to 16, ...