100 Tears

Plot

After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus clown known onstage as Gurdy (Jack Amos) exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban legend, part tabloid sensationalism... he is now an unstoppable murderous juggernaut, fueled only by hate. And worse, when two tabloid reporters (Georgia Chris and Joe Davison) attempt to hunt him down, they find themselves kidnapped and trapped in his warehouse, hunted by him and his conniving daughter (Raine Brown), who already has a deceptive plan up her sleeve. It's a gory, horrifying fight for their lives with no telling who will emerge alive.

Cast

Jack Amos as Gurdy the Clown

Georgia Chris as Jennifer Stevenson

Joe Davison as Mark Web

Raine Brown as Christine Greaston

Becca Wheel as Karen

Pauline Schaffer as Abby

Jenn Lee as Claire

Kibwe Dorsey as Detective Spaulding

Rod Grant as Detective Dunkin

Norberto Santiago as Drago Villette

Jerry Allen as Ed Purdy

Jeff Dylan Graham as Jack Arlo

Krystal Badia as Jill Bryner

Leslie Ann Crytzer as Tracy Greaston

Jori Davison as Roxanna

Brad Rhodes as Ralphio the Strongman

Regina Ramirez as Bookstore Patron

Clayton Smith as Young Gurdy

Production and release

100 Tears is a low-budget splatter film produced for around $75,000. It was distributed in limited theaters on June 23, 2007, and received an NC-17 rating for extreme horror violence. The DVD version of the film was released on December 9, 2008.

Reception

Because of its strictly limited release, 100 Tears has not been well known by the mainstream media, but it has received mostly positive reviews from independent film critics. The Scars Horror Reviews called the film "a big top blood splattering attraction," and that Jack Amos's performance as Gurdy the Clown "makes Pennywise look as harmless as Bozo the Clown". Johnny Butane of Dread Central gave the film three stars out of five, calling the film "at times genuinely funny, outright ridiculous, painfully bad, and screamingly entertaining." Horror Society praised the balance of horror and comedy, writing "humor can ruin a perfectly good dark and sinister horror film, but the balance in 100 Tears is in the right amount and does not seem to hurt the film in any way".