Meet the real-life Pennywise. Warning to all coulrophobes, the new trailer for Magnet Releasing’s documentary WRINKLES THE CLOWN may induce nightmares. The film will make its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX before coming to theaters and on-demand this October.
And today we have the poster and trailer to share with you guys.
I don't know about you but personally I can't wait to check out this doc. The story behind the film is interesting as all hell and I find the titular clown to be utterly terrifying. This is gonna be good! Are you going to check it out this October? Let us know below!
Directed by Michael Beach Nichols, the film follows this killer rundown:
In late 2014, a low-res video of a person in a clown mask emerging from underneath a sleeping child's bed appears on YouTube. The description below the video claims that the clown is named "Wrinkles," that he lives in southwest Florida, and that he's been hired by the child's parents to frighten her for misbehaving. The video goes viral. Soon, more mysterious videos of Wrinkles scaring children appear online, along with a phone number to hire him for "behavioral services." Wrinkles becomes internet lore – a whole genre of YouTube videos of kids filming themselves calling him appears online, and over a million messages are left at the number. Voicemails range from disturbing to hilarious to terrifying: parents use the number to terrify their children, kids who are obsessive fans of creepy clowns reach out to make a new friend, children threaten to inflict wildly creative violence if he comes anywhere near them. But who is Wrinkles, and why is he doing this? With incredible access to the mastermind behind the mask, Wrinkles the Clown is a cryptic and playful exploration of these questions, as well as an inside look at myth-building and the unpredictable spread of imagination in the Internet age.
Michael Beach Nichols directs WRINKLES THE CLOWN while Jennie Bedusa produces along with Jon Lullo, Brendan Walter, Lowell Shapiro, and Mike Dill. Michael Bloom serves as the movie's executive producer alongside Ryan Heller, Jihan Robinson, and Abby Davis. WRINKLES THE CLOWN will make its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX before coming to theaters and on-demand on October 4, 2019.