红鼻子，惨白的脸，疯狂的艳丽服装配上一副扭曲的鬼脸。一个难以揣测的社会边缘人士，总是朝着你的脸喷水并把快乐建立在开别人玩笑的基础上。小丑无处不在的流行文化无论在成年人还是在小孩身上正制造着各种各样的压力。
When it’s said that as much as one in seven nurtures a phobia of clowns, here’s list of ten scary clowns. To end things off here’s words Johnny Depp himself used in an interview with The San Francisco Chronicle when explaining his own fear of clown
当提到小丑，七个人中有一个会怕，这里列出了十个令人生畏的小丑名单。为了跳出这里形容的小丑形象，约翰德普援引“旧金山纪事报”的采访来陈述他自己对小丑的恐惧。
Something about the painted face, the fake smile, There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil.
在装饰过的脸和假笑后面，似乎总潜藏着什么黑暗事物，或者说一种有可能的真正邪恶的东西
Pennywise (It)
Pennywise——（小丑回魂）
That Stephen is the king of horror has never been more obvious than after reading his 1986 novel “It”. When this masterpiece later went on the become a TV miniseries in 1990, director Tommy Lee Wallace casted british actor Tim Curry to play the child slaughtering clown Pennywise. An odd choice on paper perhaps, but Curry successfully managed to scar a whole generation of kids, including myself. Pennywise is definitely the world’s scariest clown.
在看了斯蒂芬 金在1986年发表的小说《小丑回魂》后，人们对他世界恐怖大师的名号更加赞同。当这部作品在1990年被搬上荧幕时，导演华莱士汤米 李 选了英国小演员蒂姆 咖喱饰演剧中小丑Pennywise一角，果然，咖喱成功的吓坏了这一时期的一代小孩，其中包括我自己。Pennywise绝对是世界上最吓人的小丑。
The Poltergeist Clown (Poltergeist)
吵闹鬼——吵闹鬼
Peter Hartlaub said it best for The San Francisco Chronicle. Even at the age of 39, with a mortgage, two sick kids and a leaking pipe in the laundry room, the clown in the movie Poltergeist still gives him the creeps. For the following three reasons he explains:
彼得 哈特劳伯在“洛杉矶纪事报”称，这个小丑是最好的。即使39岁还有贷款在身，两个生病的孩子和洗衣房里漏水的水管，这部片子里的小丑“吵闹鬼”仍旧带给他恐惧之感。有以下三个原因：
1. It doesn’t talk
1．“吵闹鬼”不会说话
2. It keeps showing up in different places
2. “吵闹鬼”总是在各个角落出没
3. It’s a clown
3. 他是小丑
The last reason pretty much sums up this whole list.
最后一个原因很好地总结了这个名单。
Violator (Spawn)
Violator——再生侠
The oldest hell-born brother of three, The Violator is a demon sent to Earth in disguise as an overweight, balding clown with menacing face paint. Building Hell’s army on Earth in Todd MacFarlane’s comic book creation Spawn, The Violator is the true comic book villain, making it to 97th place in IGN’s ranking of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time.
Violator是地狱之子三人中最大的一个，他是被送到地球上的魔鬼，他乔装成一个肥胖且秃顶的，有着一张骇人面孔的人。他是拖得 麦克法兰连环画《再生侠》的产物，在地球上来组建地狱大军。Violator靠连环画中的坏人形象被IGN（一家知名的多媒体评论网站）选为有史以来连环画中最坏人榜单的97名。
Ronald McDonald
罗纳德 麦当劳
As the prominent figure of a certain fast food franchise, Ronald McDonald is the only non-fictive clown on this list. But while the other clowns are limited to comic books and movies, Ronald is causing true mayhem in the real world. No other clown has as many lives on his conscience as McDonald’s own Ronald McDonald – successfully clogging arteries and feeding the overweight since 1963.
罗纳德 麦当劳以鲜明的快餐形象成为了这份榜单上唯一一个非小说型的小丑，其他的小丑都被限定在连环画和电影里，但也就是这点，让罗纳德在现实世界造成了巨大影响。没有任何一个小丑能像麦当劳快餐的罗纳德麦当劳一样使人“为之着迷”——自1963年起，他成功的使更多世界人民罹患动脉硬塞或者肥胖病。
Zombie clown (Zombieland)
Zombie clown——尸乐园
In the 2009 horror comedy Zombieland, main character Columbus is forced to face his fear of clowns when crossing a blood-thirsty zombiefied carnival clown. Red nosed, with a dark hungry stare and an over sized bow tie this zombie clown is by far the movies’ scariest undead.
在2009年上映的恐怖搞笑电影“尸乐园”中，主角哥伦布不得不直面恐惧，穿过充满嗜血僵尸的且小丑们正在进行狂欢的区域。红鼻子，忧郁的眼神和过大的蝴蝶结成了这部僵尸小丑电影永远的惧点。
The Joker (Batman)
The Joker——蝙蝠侠
Jack Nicholson brought the art of clownmanship to new heights in his portrait of The Joker in the 1989 Batman. Less than 20 years later Heath Ledger made life hell for coulrophobians worldwide when interpreting the same Batman character. It is said that he locked himself in his hotel room for two whole weeks in efforts to nail The Joker’s distinctive laughter. Speculators claim it was this last attempt in portraying a cold-blooded, sociopathic clown that finally cost Ledger his life.
1989年，杰克 尼克尔森 以在“蝙蝠侠”中Joker一角，他的刻画将小丑形象上升到一个新的高度。在不到20年的时间里，希斯·莱吉尔在翻译“蝙蝠侠”时，将这一形象再次注入活力。据说他把自己锁在饭店的房间里整整两周，为了推敲Joker独特的笑声。投机者认为这是莱吉尔最后一次尝试，并为之耗尽了生命。
The Klowns (Killer Klowns From Outer Space)
The Klowns——太空杀人小丑
One Friday night the sleepy town Cove Crescent gets a visit from outer space. It’s the Killer Klowns on the hunt for human blood. As the night progresses local police are overrun with distressed phone calls from people being zapped into candy floss cocoons and emptied of blood through striped curly straws. Being rolled into a cocoon and suck on blood with straws is manageable, but what’s really scary is the idea of being chased by an alien clown mobb with oddly shaped heads.
一个星期五的晚上，沉睡中的新月湾小镇迎来了一位来自外太空的客人。这就是到处搜寻人血的杀手Klowns. 夜深时，当地警察的电话被哀求的人们打爆，他们被困在棉花糖似的茧里而且被卷曲的吸管喝干了血液。比起被困茧里和被吸干血液，真正吓人的是要数被外星来的，有着怪异脑袋的小丑军团追逐了。
The Krusty (The Simpsons)
The Krusty——辛普森一家
Krusty the Clown in the animated series The Simpsons is based on the real clown entertainer Bozo the Clown. Neither of the two are particularly scary, at least not the obvious kind of scary that clowns like Pennywise or the Poltergeist clown are. Krusty is more unpleasant than intimidating, with his cynical view of life, his failing moral and never ending thirst for money and liquor. He represents the stereotype clown with something very dark resting under the surface.
动画系列辛普森一家中的Krusty一角是根据现实生活中马戏团里的小丑一角设定的。这两者都谈不上吓人，至少不是像小丑Pennywise 和Poltergeist那种吓人。与其说Krusty吓人，还不如说他是对现实不满。他总是对对生活冷嘲热讽，他没有到的观念，他总是热衷于金钱和烈酒。它代表了一类面具下内心积极黑暗的小丑。
Captain Spaulding (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects)
Captain Spaulding——千尸屋 千尸屋2
Appearing in two Rob Zombie movies, House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, Captain Spaulding is a serial killing clown and the leader of the Firefly clan. Taking his role as a clown quite seriously Captain Spaulding will tolerate no ridiculing. Here’s a scene from The Devil’s Rejects that showcases just how proud Captain Spaulding is of being a clown.
在罗布 占比 的“千尸屋”和“千尸屋2”中Captain Spaulding是一个连环杀人小丑，而且还是“萤火虫俱乐部”的头头。把这个角色冠以小丑的称谓是再适合不过的了。“千尸屋2”中有一幕是讲自负的Captain Spaulding如何变成小丑。
Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal series)
Sweet Tooth——烈火战车
Sweet Tooth is the ice-cream truck driving killer clown of the video game Twisted Metal. Being featured on every game cover to date, Needless Kane has become the game’s mascot and a perfect example of the evil clown as depicted by modern Western pop culture. Needless Kane has had three major looks, the first depicting the true clown look, the second introducing the trademark flaming hair and the third going for a Chainsaw massacre look with a mask bolted onto his face. All three different, all three scary as hell.
Sweet Tooth是视频游戏“烈火战车”中的一位驾驶冰欺凌卡车的司机，也是一名小丑杀手。由于被刻画成贴近生活的形象，Needless Kane已经成为了游戏中的吉祥物，其中最好的例子便他被西方流行文化描绘成邪恶的小丑。Needless Kane有三种主要的形象。第一个是真实的小丑扮相，第二个典型是燃烧的头发，第三个是带着面具的电锯杀人狂。这三个不同的形象，都分别传达出地狱般的恐惧效果。
Top 10: Scary Clowns of All Time编辑本段回目录
Red nose, face painted white, a crazy colored Tuck and a twisted grimace. An unpredictable, asocial borderline individual who squirts water in your face and makes fun at the expense of others. Pop culture is full of clowns creating all kinds of anxiety among grown-ups as well as children.
When it’s said that as much as one in seven nurtures a phobia of clowns, here’s list of ten scary clowns. To end things off here’s words Johnny Depp himself used in an interview with The San Francisco Chronicle when explaining his own fear of clowns:
Something about the painted face, the fake smile, There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil.
Pennywise (It)
That Stephen is the king of horror has never been more obvious than after reading his 1986 novel “It”. When this masterpiece later went on the become a TV miniseries in 1990, director Tommy Lee Wallace casted british actor Tim Curry to play the child slaughtering clown Pennywise. An odd choice on paper perhaps, but Curry successfully managed to scar a whole generation of kids, including myself. Pennywise is definitely the world’s scariest clown.
The Poltergeist Clown (Poltergeist)
Peter Hartlaub said it best for The San Francisco Chronicle. Even at the age of 39, with a mortgage, two sick kids and a leaking pipe in the laundry room, the clown in the movie Poltergeist still gives him the creeps. For the following three reasons he explains:
- It doesn’t talk
- It keeps showing up in different places
- It’s a f***ing clown
The last reason pretty much sums up this whole list.
Violator (Spawn)
The oldest hell-born brother of three, The Violator is a demon sent to Earth in disguise as an overweight, balding clown with a menacing face paint. Building Hell’s army on Earth in Todd MacFarlane’s comic book creation Spawn, The Violator is the true comic book villain, making it to 97th place in IGN’s ranking of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time.
Ronald McDonald
As the prominent figure of a certain fast food franchise, Ronald McDonald is the only non-fictive clown on this list. But while the other clowns are limited to comic books and movies, Ronald is causing true mayhem in the real world. No other clown has as many lives on his conscience as McDonald’s own Ronald McDonald – successfully clogging arteries and feeding the overweight since 1963.
Zombie clown (Zombieland)
In the 2009 horror comedy Zombieland, main character Columbus is forced to face his fear of clowns when crossing a blood-thirsty zombiefied carnival clown. Red nosed, with a dark hungry stare and an over sized bow tie this zombie clown is by far the movies’ scariest undead.
The Joker (Batman)
Jack Nicholson brought the art of clownmanship to new heights in his portrait of The Joker in the 1989 Batman. Less than 20 years later Heath Ledger made life hell for coulrophobians worldwide when interpreting the same Batman character. It is said that he locked himself in his hotel room for two whole weeks in efforts to nail The Joker’s distinctive laughter. Speculators claim it was this last attempt in portraying a cold-blooded, sociopathic clown that finally cost Ledger his life.
The Klowns (Killer Klowns From Outer Space)
One Friday night the sleepy town Cove Crescent get’s a visit from outer space. It’s the Killer Klowns on the hunt for human blood. As the night progresses local police are overrun with distressed phone calls from people being zapped into candy floss cocoons and emptied of blood through striped curly straws. Being rolled into a cocoon and suck on blood with straws is manageable, but what’s really scary is the idea of being chased by an alien clown mobb with oddly shaped heads.
Krusty (The Simpsons)
Krusty the Clown in the animated series The Simpsons is based on the real clown entertainer Bozo the Clown. Neither of the two are particularly scary, at least not the obvious kind of scary that clowns like Pennywise or the Poltergeist clown are. Krusty is more unpleasant than intimidating, with his cynical view of life, his failing moral and never ending thirst for money and liquor. He represents the stereotype clown with something very dark resting under the surface.
Captain Spaulding (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects)
Appearing in two Rob Zombie movies, House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, Captain Spaulding is a serial killing clown and the leader of the Firefly clan. Taking his role as a clown quite seriously Captain Spaulding will tolerate no ridiculing. Here’s a scene from The Devil’s Rejects that showcases just how proud Captain Spaulding is of being a clown.
Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal series)
Sweet Tooth is the ice-cream truck driving killer clown of the video game Twisted Metal. Being featured on every game cover to date, Needless Kane has become the game’s mascot and a perfect example of the evil clown as depicted by modern Western pop culture. Needless Kane has had three major looks, the first depicting the true clown look, the second introducing the trademark flaming hair and the third going for a Chainsaw massacre look with a mask bolted onto his face. All three different, all three scary as hell.
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