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As if Emily (Rya Meyers) didn't have enough on her hands - there's on one hand her ex Randy (Philip Boyd) who wants to sell the house they've bought together and she now lives in, on the other her best friends (Gabrielle Stone, Anna Lenes), who constantly want to drag her to parties and hook her up with men. And then she starts receiving texts from an unknown number saying "Do you see me?", and every time she looks she sees a clown (Robert Ambrose), and she hates clowns. At first she thinks it's a coincidence, after all Halloween's just around the corner, then she suspects a prank or even scare tactics on Randy's behalf - even if Randy just isn't the type. But after a while she realizes there's more to it, as she learns about clown killings all across the country, as well as finding clown-themed presents on her porch and her car's windshield. She reports all of this to the police, but the investigating officers (Jim Fitzpatrick, Sal Landi) take her case not all that seriously in the beginning, and neither does her sister Julie (Hayley Goldstein). But then she receives a video from whoever it is that proves the clown was in her bedroom while she was sleeping, and suddenly the story gets a very serious spin ...

Fan favourite Lisa London makes an appearance as Emily's mother in this one.

This film might not actually re-invent the genre, but it's very good at what it does, and that's building up tension and unease in a slowburn story that might not rate very high in jump scares or violence but instead relies on small details that, presented the right way, make sure the whole is more than the sum of its parts, also thanks to a directorial effort that's at the same time subtle and properly atmospheric. And Rya Meyers carries the film very convincingly, supported by a solid ensemble - and the result of all of this is a pretty cool genre effort for sure.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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