The many fans of the Chiodo Brothers’ kult klassic KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE are anxiously awaiting the movie’s Blu-ray debut next week (see details here), and they have even more reason for rejoicing; the long-awaited sequel (and perhaps more than one) is close to happening, as Fango learned from original star Grant Cramer.

Speaking to us at last weekend’s Horrorfind convention in Pennsylvania, Cramer, who played Mike Tobacco in KILLER KLOWNS, says that he’s stayed in touch with Stephen, Charles and Edward Chiodo over the years since that film. “Then we got together over the past several years and pounded out a story for a sequel that we’ve got in the works, called THE RETURN OF THE KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE IN 3D,” he tells Fango. “We’re working out a few details, but Charlie’s done all the artwork. It’s been a lot of fun working with the Chiodos, because they literally still have the same dynamic between them that they probably had in their backyard, in the garage, when they were 12 years old.”

RETURN OF THE KILLER KLOWNS will see Cramer reprising the Tobacco role in a story set 25 years after the original. “The idea is that there may be multiple sequels, and in each one, there’ll be one character [from the first movie] who carries over. So we’ll pick up where each of them has ended up in some new small town, and happen to be there when the Klown stuff happens again. My character ended up being the first one, and I think it was one of the Chiodos who came up with the idea that everybody thinks Mike Tobacco is crazy. He’s kind of the town drunk/derelict who’s always mumbling about the Klowns coming back, and everybody thinks I’m nuts, because I’m sure they’re going to return to attack the world again.

“And of course, when it happens, I have been planning for them to come back,” Cramer continues, “so I end up being the mentor to these two young street performers whose car breaks down, and they end up in the small town of Kismet. It’s another town up in the mountains, and now all the fun begins again, except when they get into trouble, Mike comes up and teaches them the history of the Klowns and how to fight back against them. He’s somewhere between the energy of Kris Kristofferson’s character in BLADE and Christopher Lloyd’s character in BACK TO THE FUTURE. He’s a little high-strung [laughs].” We can’t wait, and will keep you posted on further KLOWNS developments.

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