And the blood never stops flowing in this in this sadistic two-hou-plus shock fest. The ghosts featured in the film computer-generated imagery, and the first of its kind to feature one in the lead role. The only time he is happy is when he’s soaked in blood. Casper is a 1995 American family comedy fantasy feature film, directed by Brad Silberling loosely based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. He wears a jester costume with pom-pom buttons and a white bald harlequin head cover, plus licorice-black teeth frozen into a grin. Even without all the disgusting kills shown in graphic detail (and there are plenty, from acid being thrown in faces to limbs being dismembered), the mere sight of Art is enough to inspire weeks of nightmares. That would be Art the Clown, who sets out to kill a teenage girl and her younger brother over one long and horrifying Halloween night.
And just like that, a new slasher icon was born. The low-budget slasher was made for $250,000 and became such a viral sensation due to its unrelenting gore (reports surfaced of moviegoers fainting, vomiting and growing ill during screenings) that it grossed $15.4 million. Damien Leone’s demented feature plays like he equivalent of making a Halloween costume out of spare parts but winning the Halloween costume contest anyway.
