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Peter Lorre stars in the film as not a clown but a serial killer who murders children.

It’s also even harder to Google by title alone than It. Other honorable mentions from the silent era include two Lon Chaney vehicles: he plays a clown called HE who is driven to the edge in 1924’s He Who Gets Slapped and a sad clown in love with his adopted daughter in 1928’s Laugh, Clown, Laugh.Īnother film directed by a master of the German Expressionist movement, M is the first sound feature by Fritz Lang. Veidt’s look might give you nightmares, but you might want to pair your viewing with the actor’s performance in The Cabinet of Dr. It’s only horror in the same sense as fellow Hugo story “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” is horror. The Man Who Laughs is classified as a horror film, but if that’s all you’re looking for after It then you’ll be disappointed.

Unlike the Joker and It‘s Pennywise the clown, he doesn’t become a sadistic killer, but as “The Laughing Man,” he does frighten circus-goers all the same. Based on the 1869 Victor Hugo novel of the same name, in which the author refers to the character as a clown, the film depicts him as more of a sideshow freak on stage alongside actual clowns. He was inspired by Conrad Veidt’s appearance in Paul Leni’s The Man Who Laughs, a silent film about a circus performer with a permanent smile. One of the most iconic evil clowns in pop culture is the Joker from DC comic books. But I’m hoping they’ll all float your boat anyway. Some of what I recommend instead is just as obvious, from the child killer classic to the ’80s coming-of-age adventures. There’s even an homage to the 1990 It miniseries, which I already recommended as homework at the start of this year. There are posters of Beetlejuiceand Gremlins, a marquee anachronistically advertising Batmanand Lethal Weapon 2(the latter opened later than the dates it shows up on screen). This week’s Movies to Watch could be made up of just the films featured in Andy Muschietti’s It. This entry recommends movies to watch after IT. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy like-minded works of the past. Welcome to Movie DNA, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of new movies.