The most famous scary clown is Pennywise the Dancing Clown from Stephen King’s novel and the movies based on It.
Here are a few other well-known scary clowns from fiction and real life:
- The Joker (DC Comics): Gotham City’s “Clown Prince of Crime” and Batman’s archenemy.
- Captain Spaulding (from the films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects).
- Twisty the Clown (from American Horror Story: Freak Show).
- Art the Clown (from the Terrifier movie series).
- Pogo the Clown (the stage persona of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who contributed significantly to the “evil clown” trope in popular culture).
