Table of contents for Issue 83 October 2008 in RUE MORGUE

While the majority of horror fans watch their favourite films and TV shows on DVD, cable television and at the local multiplex, a growing number are downloading content. Come next year, a new online entity will be unveiled for horror fans. The Fright Channel, an independent IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) network is scheduled to make its debut in early 2009. Located at thefrightchannel.tv, it promises to showcase classic monster movies, original documentaries and series, cult horror TV shows and premiere works (both shorts and feature-length) from burgeoning horror filmmakers around the globe – all in a high quality digital presentation, and in most cases, free of charge. “First, I am absolutely adamant that The Fright Channel should be free to access and watch, for everyone, everywhere, 24-hours-a-day,” says founder and…

+ It was not uncommon for those executed during the European witchcraft trials to be buried with their arms and legs tied together. This was done to keep “witches” from escaping their graves. + Alfred Hitchcock suffered from ovophobia, the fear of eggs. + Thirty-three-year-old Venezuelan Carlos Camejo recently awoke to excruciating pain on an autopsy table after medical examiners had made their first incision. He’d been incorrectly declared dead at the scene of an automobile accident, so his body had been transported to the morgue. + According to The Portable Obituary, actor John Barrymore’s (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1920) last words were “Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.” + In August 2008, a shoplifter in…

FORREST J ACKERMAN INVENTED GENE SIMMONS. YES. HE DID. When I first came to America from Israel as a young boy, I was astonished to see and hear all sorts of things I never imagined. Comic books, certainly. Movies and television. Superheroes. Monster and sci-fi movies (yes, I know Forry coined the term “sci-fi”). And, while I voraciously devoured all this new “stuff” (to use Marshall McLuhan’s reference), I didn’t “get it” until Forrest J Ackerman came into my life. Through Famous Monsters of Filmland, and especially through Forry’s eyes, I began to look at the zeitgeist… the meaning… the art, if you will, of monster/sci-fi fare. I learned that Boris Karloff was William Henry Pratt, that he spoke with a lisp and that he first broke into silent film…

WHEN RUE MORGUE ASKED ME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR TERRIFIC FM TRIBUTE ISSUE, I was a bit surprised. While I enjoy the privilege of being Forry Ackerman’s best friend, I am not in the habit of venturing out from his shadow. My philosophy has been, “If it’s about Forry, it should be about Forry.” In fact, I am such an effective lurker, this 6’4” Samoan guy achieves an amazing level of invisibility. So, while I am basking in the sunlight of this rare moment, let me share a bit of my Forry-story with you… Like many, I was a child of the ’60s growing up with dreams of Hollywood. I was born and raised in Hawaii, isolated from the movie magic I so craved. Forry and Jim Warren were my…

THE SHOW MUST GO ON. We’ve all heard the old adage about pressing forward no matter what happens onstage, but for the garage band-playin’ horror fans from Burlington, Ontario that started a band called The Creepshow, it’s become a way of life. Three years ago, Sean “Sickboy” McNab (upright bass, backing vocals), Kristian “The Reverend McGinty” Rowles (keys, backing vocals), Matt “Pomade” Gee (drums) and original vocalist/guitarist Jen “Hellcat” Blackwood split open the suburbs with an auditory love affair of ’50s rockabilly, old school horror and punk rock ethos. Fronted by the tiny, fire-haired, inked-up, pin-up doll, Hellcat, the quartet quickly found an audience with the catchy psychobilly/horror-punk of its debut, Sell Your Soul, featuring cuts such as “Grave Diggers,” “Creatures of the Night” and “Zombies Ate Her Brain.” Despite…

RESURRECTION MARY Starring Kevin G. Schmidt, Sally Kirkland and Pamela Jean Directed by Sean Michel Beyer Written by Sean Michael Beyer and Ryan Lamaster Entertainment Studios The story of Resurrection Mary is one of the Chicago area’s most beloved urban legends, and this is one of two films in as many years derived from it. Legend has it that a young woman was walking along Archer Avenue late one night after a fight with her boyfriend and was hit by a car somewhere between the Oh Henry Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery. The hit-and-run driver was never found, and since the early 1930s drivers have reported picking up a reticent female hitchhiker in a white party dress who asks to be let off at Resurrection Cemetery – the “phantom hitchhiker.” Not…

It’s hard to believe that dropping the name “Cthulhu” in a conversation once carried as much cultural cache as ordering a cheeseburger in grammatically correct Klingon – a gambit guaranteed to earn you a high-five from those few fanboys in the know and an uncomprehending stare from just about everyone else. These days, as Frank H. Woodward, the writer and director of a new full-length documentary on H.P. Lovecraft points out, every self-respecting hipster can pick the tentacled Cthulhu from a police lineup of pan-dimensional monsters, and more than a few can name his reclusive creator, now recognized as one of the towering figures in 20th-century horror and fantasy literature. “I’ve seen Cthulhu popping up more and more in pop culture,” Woodward says, “with everything from Cthulhu plush toys to…

WANNA PLAY? CHILD’S PLAY (1988) Starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon and Brad Dourif Directed by Tom Holland Written by Don Mancini, John Lafia and Tom Holland MGM Chucky fans are jumping for joy in their overalls, as MGM has finally released Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition. Previously available only as a shitty full-frame release with zero extras (unless you include the brief liner notes), this first, and arguably best, entry in the killer doll franchise has been in desperate need of special-edition treatment, and now gets it with this deluxe widescreen release packed with bonuses. By now, any horror fan worth his salty blood knows the story of Chucky, a Good Guy doll given to six-yearold Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) as a birthday gift from his mother (Catherine Hicks).…

L’ART DE R. BLACK R. Black Dark Horse Preferring an outdated version of Adobe Illustrator and one of those annoying round mice that shipped with the first iMacs, R. Black skillfully renders weird and wonderful rock posters for bands such as The Misfits and The Cramps. Fetish femmes, sexy scarlettes and industrial dames leap from L’Art’s pages, especially when you’re wearing the 3-D glasses included with this eye-poppin’ 113- age hardcover! Gary Pullin SERPENT GIRL Ray Garton Cemetery Dance Garton’s uninspired prose turns the promising idea of one man’s journey into the blood-drenched world of the freakish Serpent Girl into a tedious horror tale. Completely unoriginal and downright anticlimactic, the mystery surrounding the girl herself proves about as worthwhile as a five-dollar Fiji mermaid display at the worst travelling sideshow…

Ramsey Campbell TOR A lot has been written about the undeniable influence of H.P. Lovecraft’s work on subsequent generations of horror writers. Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Stephen King and Clive Barker are cited as just a few of the heirs to the Lovecraftian tradition of existentialist horror, but probably no writer has taken the reclusive Providence author’s pioneering style – which stressed atmosphere over action, suggestion over full horrific disclosure – farther than Britain’s wildly under-appreciated Ramsey Campbell. In his latest novel, The Grin of the Dark, Campbell builds on that fine tradition while adding some unique variations to the genre. The book tells the story of Simon Lester, a struggling film scholar asked to write about an obscure silent-film comic named Tubby Thackeray. The plot plays on one of…

What do you call a cross between LA glam and J-horror? Hard to say, but judging by the increasing number of ghastly Japanese bands in white face paint that are little bit goth and a little bit shock ’n’ roll, the ebbing Asian film wave has a musical equivalent on the rise. Most releases in this genre are limited-edition imports that fly well under the radar of North American listeners, but three titles from Japanese label Dark Labyrinth recently landed on our shores, demanding attention. Curious newbies should start with the biggest name in horror-themed J-rock: Blood (pictured above). These vampire freaks – who wrote the theme song for the Japanese version of the Lucy Liu flick Rise – have chucked their Anne Rice obsession on The Reaper Behind Me.…

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I’M THAT WEIRDO who searches through dollar bin movies and used DVD stores for the most godawful creature features one could find. Though you guys often show disapproval of these movies, I want to actually thank you for listing such silly nonsense as the Genius Entertainment films (RM#82), Godzilla (RM#60) or any of the horrible messes Last Chance Lance finds. Guys in rubber suits, bad puppet effects, even occasional bad CGI makes me giggle with delight. I would definitely like to see more of these in the future. Piper Fine – New York City, New York I WANTED TO WRITE to tell you what an amazing time I had at the Festival of Fear this year. A big thanks to the Rue Crew, Dave Daniloff and all of the organizers…

joshuahoffine.wordpress.com Joshua Hoffine’s disturbing photography is absolutely haunting, but don’t let that stop you from checking out his official blog, as this is where he gives fans a sneak peek at his new works, discusses his creation process, upcoming projects and even spotlights his own favourite artists. It’s a must see/read. babysfirstboo.net If your little boy is made of “snakes and snails and puppy dog tails,” you may want to dress him in appropriately spooky duds. Well, Baby’s First Boo has you covered with diapers, knits, blankies and wipes, all adorned with skulls, bats, black cats, etc. And yes, they have designs for ghoulish little girls, too! monstersnapshots.com If you have a hankering to view some olde tyme Halloween photos or candid pics of horror’s royalty, Monster Snapshots is just…

LIVING DEAD DOLLS $132 (set of five) These Living Dead Dolls are all set for trick-or-treat pandemonium with Halloween masks and bags for candy or… well, best not speculate. This set of five includes Mishka the werewolf, Eleanor the ghost, Squeak the pig, Pumpkin and Isabel, who’s lost her eyes somewhere…. Dance with the devil dolls at mezcodirect.com. ROYAL MAIL CLASSIC HAMMER STAMPS AND PRESENTATION PACK £3.95 Celebrate the best of the Brit beasts with this series of commemorative Royal Mail stamps paying homage to the legendary horror movies of Hammer Studios. The stamps feature classic posters for The Curse of Frankenstein, The Mummy and Dracula. Blimey, guv’nah! Carry on screaming at royalmail.com. THANKSGIVING T-SHIRT $8.98 Grindhouse fans can now mark Turkey Day with style by wearing a T-shirt featuring…

AT A TIME WHEN MOST EAST COAST BOYS (AND GIRLS!) DREAMED OF GOING TO DISNEYLAND, my West Coast conquest was always the Ackermansion. Madly flipping through the pages of every new FM, I never failed to pause and sigh when I came to the photo spreads of Forry in his home, beaming next to Vincent Price and the Metropolis robot, or sharing tea with Boris Karloff and his wife. What truly blew my mind was the amount of photos of young FM readers such as myself to whom Forry would endlessly play host and storyteller in his monster museum. All you had to do, Uncle Forry would tell us, was simply show up and ring his bell! To confirm his guileless, Santa Claus nature, Forry actually published his home address…

Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s ballet of brutality is inarguably the quintessential splatter film of this decade, and on a smaller scale rivals Dead Alive for the title of goriest movie ever made. The plot is slasher film simple: during the race riots that rocked France in 2005, a very pregnant woman battles a psychopath intent on cutting the unborn child from her womb with a giant pair of scissors. The film is marvelously constructed and ceaselessly clever in the variety of household items that are pressed into service as weapons and the ways in which potential victims are introduced into the film, but the real attraction is the carefully choreographed carnage. The violence escalates to ever more absurd levels throughout the film, punctuated at points by gruesome gut punches…

IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM. That may have been the tagline for 1979’s Alien, but it’s just as apt for Dead Space, a new sci-fi horror video game that pits one ordinary man against a brutally aggressive alien species on a battle-ravaged mining ship. “It is the distant future and mankind has barely survived extinction by its own hands, having exhausted Earth’s resources,” explains Dead Space producer Chuck Beaver of the game’s futuristic world. “We now mine entire planets, smelt them down and bring their resources back to Earth. This is accomplished with city-sized mining vessels called ‘planetcrackers.’ The Ishimura is one such planetcracker, and is on assignment around [planet] Aegis 7 when it goes dark and issues a distress call.” And that’s where the player takes…

NEVERMORON THE RAVEN Lionsgate Wondering what that spinning sound is? Well, it’s the corpse of Poe doing 360s in the grave after finding out director Ulli Lommel just bastardized his most famous poem. And there isn’t even much to tie this one to Poe’s work, other than the fact that the main character is named Lenore – a singer in an all-girl goth band whose members are being killed off by a bald lunatic who haunts her dreams. Oh yeah, an actual raven pops up every once in a while too. The film is so fucking confusing and convoluted that I had to check my drink to see if it was spiked. Being a Lommel production, The Raven also suffers from shaky, spedup action and features an irritating soundtrack. Nevermore!…

The rape/revenge film has a lot going against it right from the start, as not every genre fan appreciates a plot revolving around sexual violence against a woman – even if she is vindicated. But what if the rape-revenge film doesn’t even have a rape scene? Such is the case with Wicked Lake, a movie made to mess with genre conventions. Penned by Chris Siverston (writer/director of the Jack Ketchum adaptation The Lost) and Adam Rockoff, who’s best known for his book Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, the movie is a radical departure from notorious rape-revenge titles such as House on the Edge of the Park, Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave. “There is a definite reference to those…

THE X-FILES: REVELATIONS (1993-1999) Starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny and Mitch Pileggi Written and directed by various Fox In one of the stranger, more superfluous doubledips, Fox has released The X-Files: Revelations, a two-disc set, which, according to the box art, features eight “critical episodes” that have been deemed essential by series creator Chris Carter and executive producer Frank Spotnitz to “fully experience” the new feature film. Of course, if we take into consideration that the movie was touted as being equally accessible to fans and non-fans alike, this set shouldn’t be necessary in the first place. Yes, the mind boggles. Each of the episodes here (“Pilot,” Beyond the Sea,” “The Host,” “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose,” “Memento Mori,” “Post-Modern Prometheus,” “Bad Blood” and “Milagro”) are inarguably solid entries from the…

FOLLOWING THE EXCELLENT John Brahm triple bill they served up last Halloween, Fox has dug deep into its vaults to unleash Fox Horror Classics Collection Volume 2, a new set of classic chillers. While not all of the films fall squarely within the traditional boundaries of the horror genre, this set is still a solid release that brings a trio of vintage oddities to the forefront, each beautifully restored and presented with a handful of informative extras. CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932) Directed by William Cameron Menzies and Marcel Varnel Based on a popular kid’s radio program that combines elements of horror along with adventure, science fiction and fantasy, Chandu the Magician is deliriously paced pulp nonsense. Edmund Lowe is miscast as Chandu – an American educated by Eastern Yogis who…

Joe R. Lansdale Alfred A. Knopf There’s a key moment in Leather Maiden where our hero, in a race against time, blows a tire and has to get it fixed. That means going to Wal-Mart, which also means being trapped behind two small-town Jabbas with more than the allowed number of items for the express checkout line. Of course, life and death hang in the balance. This is Joe R. Lansdale at his best; the horrific juxtaposed with the mind-numbingly mundane. Chock full of gruesome murder, graphic sex and other wholesome family values, Leather Maiden finds Lansdale back in form after the slightly disappointing Lost Echoes (RM#67). At its dark heart, Leather Maiden is a ghost story, though nothing overtly supernatural can be found in it. It begins with the…

The Las Vegas strip on an “ordinary” night redefines what is ordinary. High rollers and hookers make their plays while hordes of voyeurs, looking to lose themselves in the “whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” fantasy, pack the wide neon-lit streets, finding themselves trapped not in the wildest night of their lives but in a queue to purchase mundane trinkets at M&M World. Here, in this desert oasis, everyone wants a thrill, wears a mask. As you might imagine, then, Halloween in Vegas take a little more effort. There are several haunted houses and special events that will make a visit here in October especially spooky (see sidebar). But only one turns a $150 million theme park into a massive playground of killer clowns, sword swallowers and fog-shrouded roller…

Soundtrack HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY Danny Elfman VARESE SARABANDE For Guillermo del Toro’s reverent ode to Ray Harryhausen, Danny Elfman makes good use of his carnivalesque melodies, swirling, ebullient brass and eddying chorals. But in spite of a few darkly toned opening cuts, the score differs greatly from the brooding monster noir that Marco Beltrami applied so perfectly to the first feature film. Instead of all-out edginess and swaggering, bluesy cynicism, Elfman opts for sweeping romance and tenderness in cues such as “A Big Decision” and the gorgeous, choral-heavy “The Last Elemental.” Vocal chanting dominates the new Hellboy theme, and the use of low brass offers some bite, alongside Elfman’s sly evocation of Bernard Herrmann through low sustained woodwinds. But amid all the gloss and polish, it’s perhaps too…

It’s amazing what a difference two years can make. In 2006, Toronto, arguably one of the film fest capitals of the world, lacked a genre fest. Now, in 2008, the third annual Toronto After Dark film festival is boasting an expanded lineup of sixteen feature films and many more shorts from a submission pool of more than 700 entries. “That’s a record for us, and, I believe, one of the largest, if not the largest, submission hauls of any genre film festival worldwide,” says festival director Adam Lopez. “And the quality has really gone up.” Lopez is energized when talking about the mixed genre lineup. You can tell he’s a marketing major by the way that he can rattle off quick synopses of every film almost by whim. When asked…

THIS HALLOWEEN RUE MORGUE CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FM VIA A COVERSATION WITH FOUNDING EDITOR FORREST J ACKERMAN. THE HEADLINE OF FORREST J ACKERMAN’S EDITOR’S NOTE IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND SAID IT ALL: “WELCOME MONSTER LOVERS.” Over the course of 25 years and 191 issues, Ackerman, along with his business-savvy publisher Jim Warren, ran North America’s first genre film bible, and helped change the face of fandom from a handful of committed devotees to a multi-million dollar industry. Hitting newsstands at a crucial point in the late 1950s, just as horror and science fiction were reaching new heights of visibility, each issue of Famous Monsters (or “FM” for short) presented a ghastly goldmine of photos and information about the genre classics of yesterday and…

IT’S BEEN SAID THAT HORROR, in all its myriad forms and mediums, is an extension of our earliest ancestral myths, our earliest fables of awe and terror. Spoken-word horror weaves a spell all its own; a powerful incantation that stimulates the dark imagination of the listener. Perhaps this is why horror seems so perfectly suited to that theatre of the mind: radio. From the very beginning of the so-called “radio days” (which kicked off in the 1920s), when Guglielmo Marconi’s omnipresent invention served as a prime medium of popular entertainment, plays of horror, mystery and the supernatural proved to be natural choices. With a strictly audio format, scary stories preyed on the imagination and, like the best horror fiction, radio horror met its audience halfway, suggesting partially obscured terrors that…

WINDOW PAIN STUCK Starring Stephen Rea, Mena Suvari and Rukiya Bernard Directed by Stuart Gordon Written by John Strysik and Stuart Gordon Paradox There’s hit and run, and then there’s what Chante Jawan Mallard did. In 2001, the Texan woman, while drunk, plowed into a homeless man, Gregory Briggs, who flew partway through her windshield, getting lodged in the vehicle – which she then drove home and parked in the garage. Gregory begged for help, but instead of saving his life, Chante went inside and humped her boyfriend while her victim died slowly. With the help of accomplices, she tried to cover up the murder but was eventually caught and convicted to 50 years for the crime. And you thought there were monsters in the pages of Rue Morgue…. In…

IT’S BEEN OVER SEVEN YEARS since Grindhouse releasing – better known as Bob Morawski and Sage Stallone – started working on their DVD release of Juan Piquer Simón’s gory 1982 Euro-sleazefest Pieces, and it’s finally due on shelves this Halloween. An all-time big-screen favourite exploitation film, Pieces has enjoyed a long life as one of the slasher subgenre’s most enduring classics. From the inexplicable sexual prowess of the nebbish protagonist to the rampant legwarmers to Lynda Day’s classic quotes (“Bastard! Baaasataard! BAAAASSTAAAAAARD!”), the film leaves fans feeling warm and fuzzy even beyond the unrepentant gore that made it famous, including an axe going into a face – with no cutaway! “I first saw Pieces on opening day when it was originally released in the US in the early ’80s. I…

NOT SO PRETTY AS A PICTURE THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY (1945) Starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders and Angela Lansbury Directed by Albert Lewin Written by Oscar Wilde and Albert Lewin Warner While Val Lewton was dabbling in sparse psychological horror with his B-unit at RKO, and the Universal monster sequel machine lumbered on despite ever-shrinking budgets, director Albert Lewin was busy preparing one of the very few A-level horror productions of the 1940s. The Portrait of Dorian Gray, OscarWilde’s 1891 novel of vanity and depravity, was frequently adapted during the silent era, offering a Faustian, more urbane spin on the kind of ideas of duality and human nature that propelled Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lewin’s melodramatic update, now available on DVD…

A Hallowe’en Anthology: Literary and Historical Writings Over the Centuries Lisa Morton McFarland Wikipedia is awesome, but we still need books. For example, if you want to know the origins of Halloween, Wiki gives you but a scant reference to the Celtic festival Samhain, admitting little is known about how the early Irish celebrated October 31. Lisa Morton knows, though; the author of the Hallowe’en Encyclopedia has now collected as complete an anthology as can be found of original material related to our favourite fest. Poems, essays, newspaper accounts and more are presented here in chronological order from 1548 to 1920, documenting the evolution of All Hallow’s Eve from a pagan celebration to America’s trick-or-treat sensation. Morton aims to preserve the authenticity of the references by retaining as much of…

“HORROR IS PROBABLY THE ONLYGENREWHEREITS WRITERS have to apologize for writing it,” states Matthew Warner, author of Horror Isn’t a 4-LetterWord. “People don’t curl their lips at romance or science fiction writers in quite the same way.” Sure, it’s harsh, but perhaps only because it’s true. Horror entertainment has been repeatedly and unjustly blamed for inciting violent crimes, its fans are often frowned upon for enjoying such “sick” books and movies, and horror writers themselves are constantly asked why they can’t write a “nice story” for a change. It seems like everyone has an opinion, including, thankfully, the purveyors of horror themselves. That said, Matthew Warner isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last horror writer to release a book of non-fiction musings on the genre. But what’s particularly…

+ MONSTER MAYHEM HAUNTED VILLAGE sets up in a parking lot south of the hotel strip and offers three houses (mansion-, clown-and casino-themed) plus The Boneyard, an outdoor graveyard maze of corpses, for $20. Open 7 p.m. to midnight most nights October 10 to November 1. Visit monstermayhem.net. + CASTLE VAMPYRE, CIRCUS OF HORRORS AND THE MORTUARY make it worth the drive to the outskirts. They feature monstrosities and freaks, blood-spattered showgirls and the best Halloween value at $24 for all three including line pass. Opens October 3. Calendar and directions at freaklingbros.com. + HAUNTED VEGAS TOURS will get you off your feet and onto a bus ride for two-and-a-half hours of ghost stories and hunting for paranormal activities in eerie locations known for sin and death, hosted by a…

APRIL 17, 2001 WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR HORROR PUNK. From out of almost total obscurity, a dark-haired, pale-faced band by the name of Son of Sam released its debut album Songs From the Earth – only to disappear again without so much as a live performance. Why should anyone have cared? It’s all about the lineage, my fiend. Founded by Danzig guitarist Todd Youth, Son of Sam was the genre’s first true “super group,” also featuring Samhain founding member Steve Zing on bass, former Samhain and Tiger Army drummer London May and none other than AFI frontman Davey Havok on vocals. But what’s really impressive is that the sum of the group was arguably just as great as its individual parts. The band was formed on the 1999 Samhain…

GRAPHICS: PLAYABILITY SHIVERS: ZOMBIES!!! 7: SEND IN THE CLOWNS! Board Game Twilight Creations If you suffer from coulrophobia – a fear of clowns – then the developers at Twilight Creations are out to destroy you. Seriously, the only thing scarier than a horde of zombies is a horde of zombie clowns! Whether they’re running you down with their little clown cars or making balloon animals out of your lower intestines, those big shoe-wearing, blood-red-nosed harlequins from hell want nothing more than to eat your brains with a side of pink cotton candy in this latest expansion pack for the Zombies!!! strategy board games. Zombies!!! 7: Send In The Clowns! can be used with any of the other titles in the series and comes with fifteen new map…