the Philip Botti 1996 movie Middletown. The movie won the New York Underground Film Festival Choice award. It has been featured in the local New Jersey magazine Weird NJ, as well as on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in a Kevin Smith short. There is a deleted scene in the 2000 film Vulgar (produced by Kevin Smith), in which the main character is still traumatized after being raped and just stands next to the Clown of Middletown, depressed. The Evil Clown also appears in the first few minutes of Smith's 2006 film Clerks II. His 2022 film Clerks III contains a scene where the main characters drive past the Evil Clown, and a later scene has Jay wearing a sweatshirt with a picture of the Evil Clown printed on it. References See also Evil Clown of Middletown from Weird NJ Roadside America Individual signs in the United States Middletown Township, New Jersey Roadside attractions in New Jersey Tourist attractions in New Jersey Outdoor sculptures in New Jersey Fictional clowns Tourist attractions in Monmouth County, New Jersey 1956 establishments in New Jersey Statues of fictional characters