Awards

• Runner-up for Oddest Book Title of the Year—The Guardian's Diagram Prize 2023 (United States)

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Author:   Ron Riekki
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.245kg
ISBN:  

9781476680910

ISBN 10:   1476680914
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   30 May 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Ron Riekki Part One: Television and Film Clown Horror A Clown in the Living Room: The Sinister Clown on Television Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Killer Klowns vs. the Blob: Klowning Around in the Generation Dale Bailey Corpses, Rejects, Afterlives: Welcome to Zombieland Jason V. Brock “Art for Art’s Sake”: Art the Clown, Visuality, and the Cruelty of Allegoresis Mattius Rischard Clowns, Bogeymen, and the Anxiety of Strangers: Analyzing the Cautionary Elements of Jon Watts’ Clown (2014) Debaditya Mukhopadhyay Out of the White (Terror) and into the Black (Presence): Difference as Monstrous in Stephen King’s It: Chapter Kim Hester Williams Part Two: ­Real-Life Clown Horror The Return of the Killer Clowns: A Field Guide to Surviving the Zombie Clown Apocalypse Jennifer K. Cox The Transcendental Anonymity and Moral Ambiguity of Phantom Clowns Joanna Parypinski From Scream to Screen: “Killer Clown” John Wayne Gacy on Film Benjamin Radford Part Three: Interviews and Accounts Interview with Kevin Kangas (Fear of Clowns, 2004) Ron Riekki Stitches (2012) Eoghan McQuinn Interview with Jaysen Buterin (Kill Giggles, 2020) Ron Riekki About the Contributors Index

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Author Information

Writer and actor Ron Riekki has won several screenplay awards including best sci-fi/fantasy from the International Family Film Festival, best comedy from the Los Angeles Film Awards and the Nuclear Pen Award from the GenreBlast Film Festival.

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