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Fear in Film: Send in the Clowns

The fear of clowns is known as Coulrophobia and while the origin of the fear may be based in a childhood experience there may also be a very strong link to Hollywood films depicting clowns behaving badly.

They should be funny. They should bring happiness, but for a large number of children and a growing number of adults the fear of clowns may seem like a fear of childhood. The technical name for this phobia is Coulrophobia.