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although clowns are originally comic performers and characterized to humor and entertain people, the image of the evil clown is a development in popular culture in which the playful trope of the clown is rendered as disturbing through the use of horror elements and dark humor. evil clown backgrounds. the concept of the evil clown is related to the irrational fear of clowns, known as coulrophobia. the cultural critic mark dery has theorized the postmodern archetype of the evil clown in "cotton candy autopsy: deconstructing psycho-killer clowns" (a chapter in his cultural critique the pyrotechnic insanitarium: american culture on the brink). evil clown backgrounds.

using mikhail bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque, jungian and historical writings on the images of the fool in myth and history, and ruminations on the mingling of ecstasy and dread in the information age, dery asserts the evil clown is an icon of our times. clowns are often depicted as murderous psychopaths at many american haunted houses. the evil clown archetype plays strongly off the sense of dislike caused by inherent elements of coulrophobia; however, it has been suggested by joseph durwin that the concept of evil clowns has an independent position in popular culture, arguing that "the concept of evil clowns and the widespread hostility it induces is a cultural phenomenon which transcends just the phobia alone". evil clown backgrounds. a study by the university of sheffield concluded "that clowns are universally disliked by children. some found them quite frightening and unknowable. this may be because of the nature of clowns' makeup hiding their faces, making them potential threats in disguise; as a psychology professor at california state university, evil clown backgrounds. northridge stated, young children are "very reactive to a familiar body type with an unfamiliar face". this natural dislike of clowns makes them effective in a literary or fictional context, as the antagonistic threat perceived in clowns is desirable in a villainous character.