10 More Weirdest Cult Horror Films You Need To See

Every bit as nutty as its title suggests, Killer Klowns From Outer Space is that special kind of late-eighties horror romp that we seldom see made these days.

After landing their circus-tent spaceship just outside the sleepy town of Crescent Cove, a group of alien Klowns set about harvesting the locals for food in the most ridiculous ways imaginable. In keeping with the film's theme, we get cotton candy cocoons, balloon sculpture attack dogs, acidic cream pies, and a whole host of other clown-related madness that never fails to amuse.

It's a non-stop riot from start to finish, with some of the most gleefully inventive death scenes and set-pieces ever seen in a horror film. Naturally, this isn't going to give anyone nightmares - well, aside from people with coulrophobia - and is to be enjoyed purely for its overt campiness and commitment to its central premise.

Killer Klowns From Outer Space has been a cult favourite for quite some time now and plans for numerous sequels, as well as a television series, have been stuck in development hell for decades, meaning that we only got a taster of the madness that could have been.