| 100 Tears | |
| Director: | Marcus Koch |
| Producer: | Joe Davison Elmar Berger Alanna Baker |
| Starring: | Jack Amos Georgia Chris Joe Davison Raine Brown |
| Music: | Kristian Day |
| Cinematography: | Wesley Wing |
| Editing: | Marcus Koch |
| Distributor: | Anthum Pictures |
| Runtime: | 88 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $75,000 |
100 Tears is a 2007 American independent black comedy slasher film directed by Marcus Koch and written and co-produced by Joe Davison. It follows the story of a circus clown going on a murderous rampage after being wrongfully accused of rape. The film stars Georgia Chris, Joe Davison (who also produced the film), Jack Amos, and Raine Brown, and was distributed by Anthum Pictures in 2007. The film was generally well received by independent horror film critics and has since garnered a cult following.
After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus clown known onstage as Gurdy (Jack Amos) exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban legend, part tabloid sensationalism, he is now an unstoppable murderous juggernaut, fueled only by hate. And worse, when two tabloid reporters (Georgia Chris and Joe Davison) attempt to hunt him down, they find themselves kidnapped and trapped in his warehouse, hunted by him and his conniving daughter (Raine Brown), who already has a deceptive plan up her sleeve. It's a gory, horrifying fight for their lives with no telling who will emerge alive.
100 Tears is a low-budget splatter film produced for around $75,000.[1] It was distributed in limited theaters on June 23, 2007. The DVD version of the film was released on December 9, 2008. The film retains its NC-17 rating (for extreme horror violence) by the MPAA.
Though 100 Tears did not receive much mainstream recognition, it has received mostly positive reviews from independent film critics. The Scars Horror Reviews called the film "a big top blood splattering attraction," and that Jack Amos's performance as Gurdy the Clown "makes Pennywise look as harmless as Bozo the Clown".[2] Johnny Butane of Dread Central gave the film three stars out of five, calling the film "at times genuinely funny, outright ridiculous, painfully bad, and screamingly entertaining."[3] Horror Society praised the balance of horror and comedy, writing "humor can ruin a perfectly good dark and sinister horror film, but the balance in 100 Tears is in the right amount and does not seem to hurt the film in any way."[4]
Jay Decay at HorrorNews goes on to say, "Blood, guts and gore flying left and right in every scene Gurdy's a part of, and let me tell you, it's extremely entertaining."[5]
CultFlicks.net gave the film a 4 out of 10 star review, criticizing the story and lack of nudity for an NC-17 film, but praising the villainous clown stating "Gurdy is the king badass of your killer clown genre. Using a cartoon-sized meat cleaver, he out-butchers Pennywise, the Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and Pogo the Clown combined."[6]
| Award | Subject | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabloid Witch Awards[7] | Best Actress | Georgia Chris | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Raine Brown | ||
| Best Make-Up Effects | Marcus Koch |