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100 Tears is a 2007 American independent black comedy slasher film directed by Marcus Koch and written and co-produced by Joe Davison. It follows the story of a circus clown going on a murderous rampage after being wrongfully accused of rape.
100 Tears worked because it really had a nice balance of blood-splattering gore and quick one-liners delivered with witty humor. If you are one that does not like any humor in a horror film and thinks that humor ruins a film, maybe 100 Tears is not your type of film.
- Classic Killers and Modern Monsters
- Twenty-First Century Terror
- The Cyclical Nature of Horror
- Conclusion
The first killer is Gurdy, the killer clown mentioned above. He never speaks. He never hesitates. Gurdy kills his victims quickly and with the biggest meat cleaver money can buy. His kills are splashy and fast, reminiscent of classic splatter films from Olaf Ittenbach (Beyond the Limits)and Juan Piquer Simón (The Rift). Gurdy’s antagonism harkens b...
100 Tears was released in 2007. Two years prior, Hostel became a sensation that spawned several more extreme films alongside Saw. This style of horror was ascendant just as the splatter film was going into remission. Splatter had been the pinnacle of gorehounds for quite some time, and the shift to the extreme wasn’t without its detractors. Neverth...
Christine eventually shoots Gurdy, leaving him dead in his warehouse basement hideout—in effect, the extreme genre taking over for the splatter genre once again. Gurdy has been the main antagonist and seeing him abruptly dispatched drives a certain feeling of finality. With his death, Christine takes over the mantle of primary villain. The tension ...
Eventually, splatter would climb back to the top, and extreme horror would go into remission. Even more relevant is the fact that the woman who escaped is one that Christine herself failed to kill. She tortured her over an extended period and left her for dead. The pleasure Christine takes from inflicting suffering eventually gets her killed, much ...
100 Tears is a 2007 American independent black comedy slasher film directed by Marcus Koch and written and co-produced by Joe Davison. It follows the story of a circus clown going on a murderous rampage after being wrongfully accused of rape.
- Marcus Koch
Jun 23, 2007 · Overview. After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced.
100 Tears is a 2007 American independent black comedy slasher film directed by Marcus Koch and written and co-produced by Joe Davison. It follows the story of a circus clown going on a murderous rampage after being wrongfully accused of rape.
Jan 16, 2013 · They focus all their attention on a series of murders committed by a clown dubbed the “100 tears murders.” The killer, Gurdy the circus clown, was wrongly convicted of rape and returned to settle the score for those that falsely accused him.
