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Vulgar2002

Name: Vulgar
Genre: Psychological, Survival, Splatter & Gore
Released: 2002-04-26
Rating: 4.7

“Everyone loves a clown... some more than others.”

Directed by Bryan Johnson

4.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.2Rotten Tomatoes 23%Metacritic 5TMDB 5.3

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Year

2002

Runtime

87 min

Box Office

Budget

$120,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$14,904

Domestic

$15,927

The premise

Vulgar is about a man who is a children's clown but has not been getting much luck lately. He lives in a cheap apartment which he can't even afford. Bums are constantly sleeping in his run down car and crashing on his lawn. He has a nagging mother who lives in a nursing home, and his best friend is a moocher. One day he comes up with the idea to become a bachelor clown.

Horror Vault's take

Will Carlson is a down-on-his-luck children's clown scraping by in a life that seems designed to grind him down — deadbeat friends, a demanding mother, and an empty wallet. Desperate for extra cash, he hatches an unconventional side hustle that goes catastrophically, irreversibly wrong. What begins as a grim character study of a man at rock bottom spirals into something far darker and more harrowing. This View Askewniverse-adjacent film is not the irreverent comedy its cult connections might suggest.

Content: Sexual Violence, Rape, Graphic Violence, Disturbing Themes, Exploitation Content