In 1983, Whitehouse's campaigning culminated in her launching a private prosecution against the distributors of Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, a graphic horror film. Though her case was ultimately unsuccessful, it added fuel to the debate and placed further pressure on the government to take action.

Art the Clown is scaring audiences out of the theaters. The first official screening of “Terrifier 3,” the latest project from Damien Leone’s horror-slasher series that follows a sadistic killer clown, took place on Wednesday in the United Kingdom.