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Identical to the movie Scary or Die.


I mean, this is EXACTLY the same thing. In that movie, which is actually an anthology film featuring a segment called "Clowned," there is a story about a young man unwillingly transforming into a monstrous, child eating killer clown.

The only difference I see is that instead of putting on a costume as happens in Jon Watts' fake film trailer, which was apparently the basis for this feature, is that in Clowned the guy gets bitten by an evil clown at his little brother's birthday party instead of simply putting on some random costume he found to perform at his son's birthday party.

Everything else is identical, I mean, to the point that I think one filmmaker or the other might have the basis for a lawsuit, depending whose short was actually filmed first.

Could someone in the know give me some info on this?



S.F.W.

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I don't know but thank you! Been wracking my brain trying to figure out where I'd seen this plot before. I was thinking Masters of Horror, but you are right-it was Scary or Die. Cursed suit or bitten-either way the plots are nearly identical; I would think the first one might have basis for a suit.

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If anyone is getting sued it's the producers of Scary or Die, considering they ripped off the idea for their movie from the Clown trailer, which came out in 2010.

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they should both be sued for ripping off the idea from spiderman. venom, anyone?

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