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Michael Shlain

Michael Shlain

29th Oct 2021 Insight
The face of fear: How clowns became a modern horror archetype

The face of fear: How clowns became a modern horror archetype

Coulrophobics beware; Michael Shlain, director and co-founder of Butcher Bird Studios, explores how the image of the clown in film and advertising has always straddled fun-loving and frightening.

Michael Shlain

Michael Shlain