Several years after a strange abduction, a woman looking into the incidents finds a potential clue from an escaped victim of a serial killer dressed as a clown and sets out to find him, eventually finding he's targeted a family while on vacation across the country and has to save them from the killer.
For the most part, this was a pretty enjoyable effort. One of the stronger aspects of this one comes from the intriguing storyline that has quite a lot to like. The opening abduction and confrontation give a solid enough background on the evil nature of the clown with them tracking him down for the previously-established spree that already took place while also featuring a nice series of clues as to how to spot the potential for a rampage that upsets the new residents in the new town. The overall effect this has not just on setting up the situation around the town but also the treatment she gets while dealing with her mindset of trying to find the killer clown all providing a stellar starting point for getting the hints to the reappearance setup. That provides quite a solid base so that when his intentions are found to be directed at the vacating family it leads to some fine stalking scenes. The initial encounters out on their trip are fun enough to bring them into contact with not just the killer clown and his family but the main detective tracking him with the released victim who's been chasing him down the entire time. That figures into the main part of the film where they find themselves trapped in the house and tortured by the clowns in a series of fantastically brutal confrontations that take place in their house. There's a dark energy that takes place with how they get tortured and brutally chased down throughout the house, requiring the police officer to track down the family to save everyone, bringing about some enjoyable factors here. There are some issues to be had with this one. The main issue with this one is the overall setup in place making for a much more drawn-out story than expected so there's not a whole lot of actual stalking and slashing going on. The overlong start to this one featuring the sheriff determined to track him down, the clues being revealed to lead everyone together, and the family vacation that all leads to such a strong starting point also manages to keep the pacing down as this doesn't lead to a lot of action due to the extended setup. The other big drawback to this one is a series of strange encounters in the finale where so much of this one takes place merely because the characters keep dropping weapons while having the advantage or taking the weapon away only to get jumped again that gets old and hold this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
