10 Scariest Horror Movie Clowns

One of Rob Zombie's original character creations for the House of 1000 Corpses movies, Captain Spaulding is part of the infamous Firefly family - a collective intent on dishing out as much suffering as they can because why the hell not, right? Delivering exploitation at its finest, Baby, Otis, and all their pals are responsible for a swathe of deaths across Zombie's two films - but it's Captain Spaulding that everyone remembers. Because everyone would remember a grown man covered in slowly degrading greasepaint who won't hesitate to shoot you in the face.

Dressed up as a classic clown but as gruff as they come, the psychotic patriarch of the family has an erratic energy about him that solidifies his scares. Unpredictable, deadly, and taking the whole clown thing way too far, he's an iconic entry into the canon, if only for his penchant for a cracking zinger. Do I stutter, bitch?