The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home, but Stitches revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
467 audience votes
Key crew
- Conor McMahonDirector
- David O'BrienWriter
- Conor McMahonWriter
Cast
- Ross NobleStitches
- Tommy KnightTom
- Gemma-Leah DevereuxKate
- John McDonnellThe Motley
- Shane Murray-CorcoranVinny
- Thommas Kane ByrneBulger
- Eoghan McQuinnRichie
- Roisin BarronSarah
- Hugh MulhernPaul
- Tommy CullenDan
- Lorna DempseyMary
- Jemma CurranJenny
Stills
Themes
dark comedyslapstick comedyteen angstslaughterbluntsupernatural creaturekiller clownrevenge killingabsurdsuspensefulhilariousadmiring