Killer Klowns From Outer Space is a 1988 film about aliens, who look like clowns, that come from outer space in their circus-tent shaped spaceship to terrorize a small town.

Directed by Stephen Chiodo. Written by Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo, and Stephen Chiodo.
In Space, No One Can Eat Ice Cream! Taglines

Farmer Gene Green

  • [after just witnessing the blinding light] Well I'll be hornswaggled! Did you see that little ole sky doggy zip down there, Pooh? [Looks at his comic]] Haley's Comet! And it's landed in our backyard! [Excitedly runs into his house to get his shovel, axe, and pick]] This is out lucky day! We gonna be rich! Pooh, we gonna be rich! Thousands of people are comin'! Gonna have hot dogs and helicopters and airplanes and tacos! This is our lucky day! Pooh, we gonna be rich!
  • [Encountering the Big Top] Well I'll be greased and fried! What in blue blazes is the circus doing here in these parts? I love the circus! Come on! Maybe we can get some free passes. [Noticing the purple lights on the tent's cables] I've never seen one that looked like this 'un before. Well... I don't know Pooh, you know there's something kinda peculiar around here. Where is everybody? There's nobody around. Where's the dang ticket booth? [A shadow from inside the tent follows them] How are we supposed to get in and see the show?
  • [Discovering Pooh has been dognapped] What in tarnation is going on here! Where's my dog?! Where's my Pooh Bear?! I'LL TEAR THIS THING APART WITH MY BARE HANDS!!!

Mike Tobacco

  • Isn't this place great or what? It looks like it was decorated by Klowns R Us.
  • Paul, there's more important stuff to do than sell ice cream!

Curtis Mooney

  • They took your wife away in a balloon? Well you don't need the police, pal, you need a psychiatrist!
  • I made it through Korea I can make it through this bullshit!
  • I'm supposed to read you your rights. But you're in Mooney's jail, and you ain't got no rights!

Others

  • Amusement Park Guard: What are ya gonna do with those pies, boys?
  • Paul Terenzi: [as Jo-Jo The Ice Cream Clown] I'm Jo-Jo the ice cream clown with the bestest ice cream in town! We'll give you a stick, you'll give it a lick. And it'll tickle you all the way down. Ice cream! ice cream! We brought our goodies here to you! A tasty treat for while you screw! Let's take a break! Cool off those hot lips with our frozen fruity bars! Icy-Wicies, Fudgy-Wudgy bars. And everyone's frozen delight, the Lick-a-Stick!
  • Debbie Stone: Nobody's gonna put me in a balloon again!

Dialogue

[Watching the stars, suddenly a bright light appears and disappears]
Mike Tobacco: Did you see that?
Debbie Stone: Yeah I saw that! That was incredible!
Debbie Stone: We were up at "the top of the world" and we saw this shooting star and we decided to go look for it! But instead of finding the shooting star we saw this... this circus tent! And that's when we went inside and that is when we saw those people in those... those pink, cotton candy cocoons! Dave, it was not a circus tent! It was something else!
Dave Hanson: What?! What?!
Mike Tobacco: It was a spaceship! And there was these things! These killer clowns! And they shot popcorn at us! We barely got away!
Curtis Mooney: Killer clowns from outer space? Holy shit!
Curtis Mooney: (above quote in TV version) Killer clowns from outer space? Holy smoke!

Taglines

  • In Space, No One Can Eat Ice Cream!
  • Alien Bozos With An Appetite For Close Encounters.
  • Horrific Harlequins With An Appetite For Close Encounters!
  • Big Top...Big Shoes...Big Teeth!!
  • (from trailer) Killer Klowns From Outer Space...It's Crazy!

Cast

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