I recently watched Cleaver: Killer Clowns (2019) on Tubi. The storyline follows a group of friends on a road trip who pick up the wrong hitchhiker, leading them to a farm run by Cleaver and his demented family. Cleaver has some twisted games in store for the group, but they're not going to enjoy them...

Directed by Mj Dixon (Thorn), the film stars Georgie Smibert (The Girl Who Loves a Girl), Kimberly Lasi (Sober City), Matthew Baunsgard (Freddy's Fridays), and Derek Nelson (I Am Rage).

This is a poorly written, mediocre-acting, low-budget horror film, and it feels like one. However, the kills are surprisingly good, with fun gore, creative blood splatter, and some truly cringeworthy scenes... so I kind of liked it. The costumes and makeup are also decent. The villains, though not the best when they're talking, are fun to root for, and I actually enjoyed their presence. The ending is cheesy but sets up the potential for more in the series.

In conclusion, Cleaver: Killer Clowns is what you'd expect from a low-budget, indie horror movie, but it does have a few redeeming elements for genre enthusiasts. I'd give it a 4.5/10 and only recommend it with the right expectations.

Ok, is it the worst thing ever? No, it's actually not badly written most of the time. Is it a 9 or 10 like some reviews are saying? Absolutely not. Some graphic stuff is good and to be fair for the obvious low budget, they accomplish a lot. Haven't seen the previous Cleaver movie, so judging this one on it's own merits. The daughter joining in on the 'cleaving' (is that a word?) was a nice touch. Plot holes? Yep. My biggest drawback is how terrible a lot of the acting was almost all the time. The sheriff (deputy at the start) pursuing Cleaver for five years -- her lines were ok, but how many times are you going to stand really close to a killer with a weapon and either trip and fall over, drop your weapon, look away when he's two feet from you, or flat out have the killer just get the drop on you? Seriously, at one point she literally has a gun pointed at Cleaver's head and he has the time to swing his cleaver at her in a wide arc and knock her back before she can just PULL THE TRIGGER?? C'mon. She also comes across a girl that can magically track Cleaver because he took her sister years ago. That's it? So everyone who's lost a loved one to a killer can just magically track that killer, huh? Not to mention she acts like a grizzled bounty hunter better at tracking than the seasoned Sheriff when she looks 25 at most and should be at the mall hanging out with her besties. Just a jarring disconnect between her look and her words/actions we get from her. That and she already knows where Cleaver is, and doesn't bother to tell the local Sheriff but waits to tell the visiting Sherrif about it instead, because??? Another girl gets a two inch diameter pipe rammed through her leg, then stands up later and is able to use it to hit a home run with Cleaver's head when there is zero chance she could put that kind of weight into the swing on one leg and with what should be a giant hole in the other leg. There were some decent ideas and elements in this movie, but some odd plot points and wonky acting really overshadowed them. Maybe the original was better? Left it wide open for a third film, so I expect that will grace the streaming world at some point in the future.