Clowns has a cast of actors who are clearly passionate about what they are doing. The characters were developed and interactive, each one having his or her own personality and story. This was apparent as the actors interacted with us in very character-specific ways.
Honestly, I live for this movie and I'm not even sure why. It's lowest of budget, but there's just something about it that I find so very comforting. Better late than never, it's not at all hard for me to see why this has been so embraced by horror clown fans. Rides the line so perfectly in being referential, paying homage to Friday the 13th/The Burning/the genre of slasher itself and articulating itself modestly. Very watchable, very rural and very much a relic of it's time. There's a temperance to it that I very much respect. A certified classic.