The Forest Clown

Needless to say that I had indeed never heard about the 2025 horror movie "The Forest Clown" from writer and director Lukas DiSparrow prior to stumbling upon it by random chance, and opting to watch it since it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen. However, I have to admit, though, that I harbored zero expectations to the movie, as it's cover was just screaming low budget to High Heavens.

The storyline in the movie was the only thing that was 'horror' about the movie. It was totally devoid of anything exciting, thrilling or scary. And it was so insanely slow paced that I absolutely lost all interest in it and picked up my phone to browse social media contents instead. So writer Lukas DiSparrow utterly failed to impress me with this 2025 travesty of a movie.

I was not familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, which is actually something I do enjoy whenever I sit down to watch a movie. The acting performances were not too shabby.

Would I recommend you to waste 79 minutes on watching this garbage? No, not even remotely. This was a massive swing and a miss of an attempt at making a horror movie.

The movie's trailer even boasted "zero budget masterpiece". Masterpiece? Sure, if you compare it against nothing at all.

My rating of writer and director Lukas DiSparrow's 2025 excuse of a horror movie movie "The Forest Clown" lands on a very, very generous one out of ten stars.

I really enjoyed this film which beautifully combined horror with humour. For a low budget movie the cinematography was excellent with a believable story and characters whose destiny I actually cared about. I would love critics to fully appreciate the hard work and personal sacrifice indie film makers make to bring their creativity and talents to an audience and those who trash talk and belittle their efforts need to stop. I was taught that if you don't have anything nice to say then say nothing. Congratulations to all involved you all did your very best and it shows.

Indie films can't rely on expensive special effects and cgi so the actors have to create the atmosphere and the technical crew also have to be more inventive creating scenes. Ok so it wasn't your cup of tea but please be polite and respectful to all involved.

I went into The Forest Clown with modest expectations, knowing it was a zero-budget indie slasher, but I have to say-I was pleasantly surprised. The film leans into classic horror clichés with a playful edge, and while the budget constraints are obvious, the passion behind it shines through.

It's nothing groundbreaking, but it works because the film embraces its tropes rather than trying to subvert them.

What really stood out to me was the cast. Despite the film's limitations, the young actors absolutely carried it. Their performances felt surprisingly natural, making their characters more than just typical horror-movie fodder. You could tell they were giving it their all, and that effort made a huge difference.

Visually, the film does what it can with its setting. The forest itself adds a great eerie atmosphere, and while the effects are clearly low-budget, they're used effectively.

Overall, The Forest Clown is the kind of indie horror that makes up for its lack of polish with sheer heart. It's fun and self-aware. If you appreciate grassroots horror filmmaking and don't mind some rough edges, it's definitely worth a watch.

This movie isn't even worth watching to laugh at. There is not one single redeemable aspect to it. The fact they have someone involved throwing an 8 at it is just the tip of the iceberg as to how pathetic this piece of theatric garbage really is.

I would much rather spend my time sliding down a hill that is covered in barbed wire and broken glass with no clothes on than have to sit through the first 15 minutes of this "film" again. I have turned off only a handful of movies in my time. I have sat through Manos, I have sat through Skinned Deep. I could not sit through this.

Absolute waste of time.

I'm rating it 10 to show support for those who are able to make a movie!

The negative reviews below are from people who can't even take a proper picture, let alone create a feature film. If you look at their profiles, you'll see they only leave 1-star reviews-some profiles were clearly made just to dislike this film.

Is this Hollywood? No! It's a fun, cheaply and poorly made film, but it has a flowing story and is entertaining at times.

The acting from the entire cast is far from good, though.

For a film made with ZERO BUDGET, I wouldn't expect much.

The hate this film receives is a test for the creators. Honestly, I'd give it a 5/10-the other 5 is just to show support. I bet most of the critics didn't even watch the movie. They don't talk about what the film is actually about-they just hate on Lukas DiSparrow, a guy making a passion project and getting flak for it.