It's CLOWNHOUSE from 1988.
Here is the movie. Have at it.
So today we're doing CLOWNHOUSE, huh? Alright. Let's get the controversy part over with and address it so we can move on to the plot and whatnot. The director, Victor Salva was convicted of sexual abuse and spent more than fifteen months behind bars for molesting Nathan Forrest Winters, the main child actor in this film. When Salva resurfaced with his film, POWDER, so did Winters in an attempt to remind the world what Salva did. It's ugly. But it happened on the set of this film. Let's continue.
Holy crap, is that a young Sam Rockwell? Yes it is in his first film role as the older brother of Casey (Winters) and Geoffrey. Casey is terrified of clowns but when their parents leave them alone for a weekend the older brothers decide to mess with him by going to a circus. Randy (Rockwell) is a real ass in this film as he torments his younger brother over the clown issue.
Little do they know that three escaped lunatics are in the area. After they kill three circus clowns and adapt their personas, the boys are in for a night of terror as the three murderous funnymen invade their home. They must band together to fight off the killers and Casey has to come to terms with his fears.
Yep, this is actually a pretty entertaining flick and Rockwell's performance as the dickhead older brother Randy is priceless. It spent time on VHS during the 90s which is when I first saw it. It went to DVD in 2004 before a dispute over the rights and MGM caused it to go out of print. So now you can see it again, or for the first time.
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