If you already have a clown phobia, watching movies like "It" or "American Horror Story" is not going to help, because all it does is reinforce the fact that clowns are in fact dangerous and scary.

“The human brain is very good at pattern recognition and generalisation - so once you have an association that clowns are evil or sinister, that association can stick and apply to all clowns.

In Israel, the trend has been widely attributed to the popularity of the recently released horror movie “It,” which is based on a Stephen King novel and features a murderous clown. In a ...

In Arkansas, a man was arrested on September 20 after taunting a store clerk and driving around in a clown mask police described as "very scary looking ... with large teeth ... and a very creepy ...