A motley group of people are forced to spend the night at an abandoned motel in the middle of nowhere that turns out to be haunted by the lethal spirits of malevolent clowns.

Writer/director Joseph Kelly relates the enjoyably daft story at a zippy pace, makes excellent use of the titular location, takes time to develop the characters, ably crafts a creepy atmosphere, delivers some cool bits of gore, and tops everything off with amusing touches of twisted dark humor. Ari Lehman, Martin Klebba, Chalet Lizette Brannan, Johnny Perotti, and Robert B. Oliver all have a field day as various berserk bozos. Julie Anne Prescott likewise impresses as the feisty Gemma. A fun flick.

Meeting together by chance, a bachelorette party and a group of amateur ghost hunters forced to stay at an abandoned clown motel realize they've been lead there as a trap to get killed by a group of malevolent, ghostly clowns for what happened to them years earlier and forces the group to find the truth behind their stay to get away alive.

This one was a solid enough indie effort. Among the film's better qualities here is the main setup that gives us a great group of characters to get behind. Told explicitly that the main clowns aren't anything to be feared and were a cheerful, peaceful group who wanted to be on their own, they're clearly the friendly and lovable kind of clowns in very short order. This then helps us sympathize with them easily when the jealous group ends up killing them by burning the motel down and setting off the kind of proper rampage later on which is a great plus for the film. This also goes along with the creepy and desolate look of the area. It's no surprise that a great deal of that comes from trading on the creepiness of clowns in general, as the lobby of the motel stuffed to the rafters with clown memorabilia and statues which give off an eerie vibe alone without the abject desolation of the motel. The changeover into the ghost clowns coming to get them, as the encounter in the motel room, the clowns springing the trap by the stranded car or the big action scene of them trying to escape inside the stalled RV while the clowns attempt to break into the vehicle. The ensuing chase through the grounds of the motel provides solid action, creepy stalking through the underground tunnels and some standout gore scenes in their brutal kills that get quite messy. These here provide the film with a lot to like about it. There are a few minor problems here. The biggest issue here is a general sense of nothing making any sense at all. There's nothing here about what caused the groups to get stranded at the motel or what they're doing there, nor why the clowns have the ability to get hurt like humans when they're supernatural beings who live on through a curse. Likewise, a scene where the motel itself seems to come alive through supernatural means in a blur of psychedelic waves that are never brought up again what they mean, and the marking found on one of their bodies is treated as a shock jump more than anything more serious. Finally, there's absolutely nothing about the finale which tends to jump to random conclusions and offer up nothing about what they mean or the connection to anything before finishing on a confusing and irritating tactic that fits with the confusion. The other real problem, which is one that shouldn't be held too much against the film, is the low-budget limitations that show up. The idea of shooting at the actual location during the day means there are obvious scares where the light outside changes between individual shots or creating a plane, flat look that's quite distracting. As well, the look-away during the kills to show select moments or just the aftermath shots feel like a cheat even though we do get enough gore in the other kills which shouldn't be that detrimental even if they are troublesome. The most problematic is at the end where the darkness in the underground tunnels which is way too dark to see what's going on and the shaking camera for the scenes are just utterly nauseating. These aren't really true flaws but should be held against the film.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

While this movie is full of terrible acting and huge plot holes, it's still not as bad as the other reviewers say. It's a good story and is definitely worth watching if you like low budget horror.