Jon Watts is best known for directing the Tom Holland-starring “Spider-Man” movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, bringing a youthful charm to the franchise, which he most recently replicated in the jovial Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Skeleton Crew.” So one might be surprised to learn that Watts began his career directing a dark, low-budget, horror film produced by Eli Roth.
“I was definitely not aspiring to make uplifting action comedies,” Watts tells Variety, reflecting on his unlikely career trajectory.
Watts’ first feature, “Clown,” is a body horror film that he co-wrote with his regular writing partner, Christopher Ford. The film began as a fake trailer that he and Ford released on YouTube in 2010, introducing the premise of a father who dresses up as a clown for his kid’s birthday party, only to find the costume unremovable and eventually possessive of his body and soul.
The fictitious trailer says…
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