Origins of the Clown Putting on Makeup meme This visual shows four of the five steps to applying the clown makeup that appears in the original video. The photos used to make up the meme come from ...

Art the Clown’s meme potential came to shine in Terrifier 2, as fans got familiar with the clown’s awkwardness. His movements and general demeanor couldn’t help but make fans chuckle.

The meme hilariously (if darkly) riffs on Pennywise’s ability to persuade people to come into the sewer, with the Internet offering everything from tacos to Tom Hardy as the ill-fated temptations.

Slate reported a few weeks ago that this latest creepy clown craze is not new and possibly dates back to 1981. The term coulrophobia is defined as the fear of clowns, and it appears people are ...