Who you calling ancient?? I saw that movie, mister!! (if we are thinking about the same one), and it was based on a Stephen King novel. It was called "IT". Creeeeeepy It was probably a long time to you guys, but I'd hardly say ancient. LoL

Here's something I got from a Stephen King site:

"Is there anything scarier than clowns? Of course not. And who knows scary better than Stephen King? You see where we're going. It puts a malevolent clown (given demented life by a powdered, red-nosed Tim Curry) front and center."

Wasn't his best work, I thought.