10 Horror Movies & TV Shows You Can No Longer Watch

8. Clownhouse

The Night Flier
MGM

1989's Clownhouse wouldn't muster much interest were it not for two reasons: it's the first film starring a very young Sam Rockwell, and the uniquely unsettling circumstances of its scarcity.

Despite premiering at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival and picking up initial cult fandom, Clownhouse has been mired in controversy basically ever since due to the actions of writer-director Victor Salva.

Before the film was released, Salva was convicted of sexually abusing one of the film's young stars and even videotaping one of the incidents.

And though it was nevertheless released on both VHS and Laserdisc in 1990, the increasing uproar around Salva - who continued to work in the industry - ensured the film's final official release to date was a 2003 DVD.

Yet due to protests about Salva, the DVD was soon enough pulled from circulation, and numerous boutique labels have since refused requests to consider a Blu-ray release due to Salva's involvement.

Clownhouse additionally can't be streamed anywhere, so unless you're able to seek out a second-hand copy of the limited initial DVD run, you're basically out of luck beyond unauthorised channels.

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