The Forest Clown

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.

The storyline is both sad and poignant. A young child, being treated badly by his grandfather and so-called friends runs away into the woods. He develops otherworldly abilities while also seeking revenge for the taunts and humiliations of his childhood.

Some great acting by the ensemble cast and the resulting film is very watchable.

If blood and gore are your thing, this may not have enough to satisfy you totally, but the effects are convincing and the fright-factor kept sufficiently high.

Filmed entirely in Virginia Water, Surrey, on an exceedingly tight budget, the film still manages to offer scope of character, an interesting storyline and some great scenery, too.

A very watchable film.

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.

As a fan of garbage cinema, I genuinely enjoyed The Forest Clown. This is exactly what no-budget filmmaking is about: messy, rough around the edges, but made with heart.

What I liked most is that it's not just another mindless slasher. There's actually some backstory and connections between the characters, which gives it a bit more depth than you'd expect. The clown is a lot of fun too. Creepy in that low-budget, offbeat way, but also kind of hilarious at times.

Yeah, the acting isn't great, but if you're watching this kind of film for Oscar-worthy performances, you're in the wrong place. It's scrappy, it's cheap, but it's got a weird charm to it. If you enjoy underground horror made with more passion than money, give this one a go.

I've been conflicted on doing this review for a while because I hadn't pinned any thoughts, and why they'res so many better low-budget projects with this storyline out their, its genuinely a decent venture in the woods.

For the most part the acting is pretty good, the script is realistic and interesting. But the Horror aspects come gradually with bullies and then the Killer Clown who was once that, became stronger and more aggressive with his Clown. I do admire the foreshadowing, that's a genuine Merit to the film and the producer.

And I've seen worse films, this is easily a 3.5 for me, decent enough, nothing particularly outstanding but nothing to outrageously bad either. The horror elements are the history, the killings and the sadistic mind. He feels more of a spirited demon because some things are very out of place, and twisted.

The film really isn't dreadful, I feel the score of 2.1 at this time is alittle harsh.

I'd rate this a 3 Out of 10 Because the acting and the Horror elements are done well, but the story lacks development and key narrative that holds it back from being a great film.