Behind The Mask: Making Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Ever wonder what it’s like to act when your costume is literally glued shut? We take you straight onto a cult-horror set, where latex suits creak, tiny motors hum inside masks, and the blood gag has to hit its mark on the first try. It’s sweaty, surreal, and oddly joyful—exactly the messy alchemy that turns a low-budget oddity into a lifelong favorite.

We break down how performers adapt when they can’t hear live direction, why body language becomes the lead actor, and how practical effects teams choreograph with camera operators to sell impossible moments. The “blood cocoon” sequence gets a full deconstruction, from rig setup to the shock of watching that red surge on playback. Along the way, we map the film’s DNA: TV creature-features, B-movie tradition, and the VHS era that made sleepovers and cult classics inseparable. Camp and dread mingle on purpose—clown faces, carnival colors, and suburban backdrops twist into something both funny and unsettling, which is exactly why the imagery refuses to leave our heads.

We also open the vault on sequel chatter. Scripts exist, energy is high, but rights tangles and studio timelines keep the brakes on. We talk about protecting the original’s texture if a new chapter lands: practical effects over polish, tactile gags over clean CGI, and performances that read through foam, paint, and silence. Fans keep the flame alive, and we’re right there with you, cheering for the greenlight and promising to keep the story honest if it comes.

If cult horror, practical effects, and the secret life of monster suits are your thing, you’ll feel right at home. Hit play, share with a friend who rewound VHS tapes to rewatch the kills, and drop a review to tell us your favorite practical gag—and whether you’d brave a glued-shut suit for movie magic.

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome And Film Focus
• 0:27 Inside The Monster Suit
• 1:05 Blood Cocoon Scene Memories
• 1:32 Camp, Comedy, And Cult Appeal
• 2:13 Acting Through Masks And Motors
• 2:58 Favorite Scenes And Set Vibes
• 3:43 Classic TV And B-Movie Roots
• 4:09 Horror Across The 70s To 90s
• 5:11 New Projects And Sequels Stalled
• 6:02 Rights, Waiting, And Studio Hurdles
• 6:30 Gratitude And Sequel Rally
• 6:32 Clown Imagery In The Subconscious

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:00

All right. AKA killer pounds from outer space. Right on.

SPEAKER_05: 0:16

Awesome. First of all, thank you for taking the time to swim in the bowl with me. I'm hoping the counter. Awesome. I guess let's talk uh killer pounds from outer space. So what was it like?

SPEAKER_00: 0:34

Well, I see. The antagonist of the film. It was uh the real ones. And it's the real being asked about it.

SPEAKER_02: 0:48

The whole thing is just weird. It's simply that. If it was weird doing the shooting, you know, when they put you in costume, uh they glue the back shut and then you're locked in the costume and can't get out and do the scene. That's already you know, then they have to flip the back and um yeah, like this scene here. Sucking the blood out of the cocoon. I mean, that was that was really weird doing it. You know, when you see the blood coming up, yeah, yeah. I mean, red guy.

SPEAKER_01: 1:27

Uh it's uh it was surreal doing it and a surreal seeing it. I think that's the magic of the film. Is that it's just more personal over the time to create a original and funny, can't be and it was as fun to do as it is when we watched movies. I mean the bolt thing was a wild ride. And then this 30 years later, and we are this is uh I like doing this is a bonus of magic of all things.

SPEAKER_00: 1:58

I'm gonna look up your fans amazing.

SPEAKER_06: 2:13

Yeah, um usually looking for dog because a lot of times dog couldn't direct our stone because I do understand because a lot of masks have motors in their heads.

SPEAKER_01: 2:28

Um we could hear the sound on the motor that kind of resonate to our skull.

SPEAKER_06: 2:38

We couldn't really hear any direction, so uh before we did the scene, he would tell us what you are in the back of the needed something different.

SPEAKER_04: 2:56

Yeah. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_05: 2:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06: 2:58

And uh I think one of my favorite scenes from the dog was the red.

SPEAKER_00: 3:10

I think the call is right.

SPEAKER_05: 3:16

Um I mean there's my Israeli instantly. Yeah, the whole like again.

SPEAKER_06: 3:39

Right, right.

SPEAKER_05: 3:41

Right, right, right.

SPEAKER_00: 3:43

Um everything is bad is just a classic TV films and um e-grade as well.

SPEAKER_06: 3:55

Right, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 4:05

We try to get all the streets. Right.

SPEAKER_04: 4:09

You know, but I mean I I I personally, you know, uh especially as I was lately think that you know horror and and horror kind of expected stuff that I grew up with in the 80s and 90s.

SPEAKER_06: 4:23

And you have a lot of people. Yeah, because it includes the 70s too.

SPEAKER_04: 4:29

Um for making uh most of the horror.

SPEAKER_00: 4:39

That's what I think.

SPEAKER_04: 4:43

Like these deserts incredible to be a lot of people. Those are video world.

SPEAKER_03: 4:54

Uh thing I just gotta be so I know I know it's a right situation. I think they all want to stimulate it like that. Um three new films and two sequels or something. Exactly. Oh, it's much like um it's like uh pretty much. Yeah, yeah. Like we have the wait, and I think we also for that thing with AB20. Yeah, twenty seven. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04: 5:42

So uh yeah.

SPEAKER_00: 5:51

We've been waiting for me, we can't do it. Right, right.

SPEAKER_03: 5:58

Yeah, I told him to just told you. I owe the two of the rest of the cash and pay uh killing power.

SPEAKER_06: 6:19

Yeah, sometimes it's more penny-wise leading, sometimes when it's a spaceship. You know, but uh it's it's it's it's it's stuck up there in the subconscious. So uh thank you guys. Right on a pleasure. Um just let's get that sequel going, yeah. Go find me. Uh whatever, let's uh whatever I gotta do to help make it happen. Uh I I I wanna see it. I know a lot of other people do too. So awesome. Well, thank you guys so much for taking the time to swim in the bowl with me. Uh hope the time of trouble is great.