Killer clowns are a longstanding part of the horror villain pantheon , but we’re in a particularly ripe moment right now. Clown in a Cornfield was an indie hit earlier this year, Art the Clown’s Terrifier fame continues to grow, It: Welcome to Derry just premiered on HBO, and Hell House LLC: Lineage hits Shudder this week. It’s a terrible time to be clown-phobic, but we know for a fact that Stephen Cognetti , the creator of the Hell House LLC series, does not have that problem whatsoever.

“I love all the clowns you mentioned, Art and Pennywise and Clown in the Cornfield ,” Cognetti told io9 in a recent interview when we asked him about being part of the current clown craze.

“I think clown elements stripped down to the most basic—just the pale face, the less-is-more lo

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