L'arme du clown

Original title: Out of the Dark

1988
R
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.

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Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.

Director
- Michael Schroeder
Writers
- J. Greg De Felice
- Zane W. Levitt
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Schroeder
Writers
- J. Greg De Felice
- Zane W. Levitt
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Kristi
(as Lynn Danielson)

Karen Lorre

Jo Ann
(as Karen Witter)

Karen Black

Ruth

Starr Andreeff

Camille

Karen Mayo-Chandler

Barbara

Angela Robinson Witherspoon

Vanessa
(as Angela Robinson)

Teresa Crespo Hartendorp

Debbie
(as Teresa Crespo)

Shiner

Asberry The Dog

Geoffrey Lewis

Dennis

Zane W. Levitt

Coroner

Tracey Walter

Lt. Frank Meyers

Charles Champion

Young Cop

J. Greg De Felice

Police Photographer

Silvana Gallardo

McDonald

Bud Cort

Stringer

Hector Morales

Mexican Man
(as Hector M. Morales)

Marcie Leeds

Claudine

Director
- Michael Schroeder
Writers
- J. Greg De Felice
- Zane W. Levitt
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Trivia
Divine's final film role. It was released a year after his death.

Goofs
The car that runs down victim #2 appears to have three different license plates.

Quotes
Kevin Silvers: You know what they do to killer clowns?... They send them to the funny farm.

Alternate versions
UK cinema and video versions were cut by 1 min 34 secs by the BBFC for an '18' certificate with heavy edits to the sexual telephone conversations and the murder scenes, plus the removal of shots of a bondage photograph and a carrot being placed in a dead woman's mouth.

Connections
References Late Night with David Letterman (1982)

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Featured review

5/10

More thriller than horror

This was more of a thriller/mystery than a horror. Don't get me wrong, it does have its horror and slasher elements, but these come in more towards the end. There was a lot of unnecessary padding by the way of sex scenes which seemed to drag forever. The best parts are at the end when the killer is unmasked. And there's also the classic Haloween style ending which is quite cool. There are moments of tension when the woman is being stalked down a flight of stairs too.

Overall though this film is nothing special and I wouldn't say it lives up to how good it sounds (ie. phone sex workers being stalked by a killer in a clown mask). Watch it if you love clown type killers, but this is not essential viewing if you are a horror/slasher fan.