Inspirations for Charlie Chuckles

our film (specifically our villain) has several inspirations either other thrillers or real life events:-

1. John Wayne Gacy

a real serial killer who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage boys, he dressed up as 'Pogo the clown' and appeared at fundraising events, parades and children's parties because of this he became known as 'the killer clown', the makeup he wears as Pogo is a direct inspiration for the makeup Charlie Chuckles wears in our thriller





                          



John Wayne Gacy mugshot

Gacy as Pogo the clown

2. Pennywise the clown from the movie 'It'

probably one of the most famous evil clowns of all time Pennywise (played by Tim Curry) was a terrifying being with many supernatural powers such as his 'dead-lights' which paralyse his victims with fear as well as his shapeshifting abilities, he is immortal (just like Charlie Chuckles) he prefers to toy with his victims before finally killing them, usually appearing before them to strike fear in them, his calling card is balloons which appear throughout the movie usually popping spraying blood everywhere, his personality is another inspiration for Charlie Chuckles.

3. The Joker from the movie 'The Dark Knight'

The Joker (played by Heath Ledger) is another inspiration for Charlie Chuckles, he is a man who is obsessed with chaos and anarchy and wants to kill Batman, his backstory is unclear as he tells everyone a different story as to how he got his scars, his obsession with causing chaos is a direct inspiration for Charlie Chuckles.

4. Freddy Krueger from 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'

Freddy Krueger was a child murderer who was killed by the parents of the children he murdered, he somehow came back to get his revenge killing people in their sleep, he would appear in their nightmares and if you died in the dream you died in real life, he likes to torment his victims killing them in ironic ways such as a boy who was deaf he gave him super hearing and started scratching a chalkboard causing the boy's head to explode. The fact that he died and came back for revenge is an inspiration for Charlie Chuckles as well as the fact that he makes fun of his victims while killing them.