“Killjoy” seems like a very appropriate name for a film this bad. I felt any sense of joy being violently murdered by this completely underwhelming picture. Sadly, this is apparently the first instalment in a franchise. Most sequels tend to be worse than the original but the first “Killjoy” couldn’t set the bar much lower.

Michael is a nerdy young man, who struggles to make friends. He is attracted to Jada (Vera Yell). He wants to make her his girlfriend. However, she rejects him due to being in a relationship with a local gangster. The gangster murders Michael anyway but not before Michael is able to summon an evil force with black magic. Now, the demonic Killjoy (Ángel Vargas) is unleashing his terror on those that wronged Michael.

The characters in this film are absolutely dreadful and the performances are some of the worst I have ever seen. This is clearly a low-budget film so I imagine that the cast members were not paid very well and so they look like they would rather be anywhere else. The dialog is frequently awkward. Also, the human characters make dumb decisions. The killer clown looks rather pathetic with very amateurish make-up and costume design. Killjoy feels like a mixture of Freddy Krueger, Pennywise, Wishmaster and Candyman so don’t expect to see anything original with this character.

“Killjoy” looks like the sort of film that you could make with your friends over a weekend. Some of the special effects are laughably bad. None of the human characters are remotely interesting and the demonic clown is nothing special. “Killjoy” is a total waste of time and I can’t believe that there is a whole franchise. The only thing close to a positive that I can think of is that it isn’t quite as bad as “Leprechaun”, another terrible slasher flick that somehow launched a franchise.