Talk about clowning around before Halloween. A creepy clown is terrorizing a Scottish town and is taunting local police to capture them in a game of cat and mouse because he “wants to play,” according ...

If clowns are meant to bring us joy and make us laugh, then why do they appear in so many great horror movies as harbingers of fear and anguish? Whether these traditional symbols of comedy are used to ...

Pennywise has left Derry and invaded a number of major cities in anticipation of the new “It” series on HBO. On Wednesday, mysterious red balloons began popping up in cities around the world alongside ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Send in the frowns. This year's nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events ...

Social media has helped fan the fire of America's clown hysteria, experts say. — -- A creepy clown craze has taken America by storm in recent months, but it’s not the first time a wave of clown ...

We’re not exactly sure when clowns went from being sources of joy and laughter to something downright terrifying. Was it the Joker? The doll from Poltergeist? Stephen King’s Pennywise from It?

I used to find the idea of “creepy clown horror movies” as a subgenre kind of odd because people in white makeup, big red noses, ridiculous wigs, and colorful baggy clothes never scared me as a child.