For 20 years a man named Luther Baxter posed as Gordy The Clown, better known to the public as the Teardrop Killer. Two news reporters, looking for a front page article to write, go into investigating the Teardrop Killer, only to find themselves face to face with a serial killer.
So as we start we role credits over a man putting on what appears to be clown makeup, in a room full of porcelain clown dolls. In the same room is a girl bound, trying to break free, as she does we see the clownís brains getting blown out by his own hand.
Next we jump back to the week before all of this happened where we meet news reporters Jennifer and Mark, who are in a big discussion about what kind of story they can write up to get on the front page of the newspaper they work at. So Jennifer suggests doing an article on serial killers, which Mark denies at first, but finally agrees to do. So they go off to investigate things while we head to a halfway house where it appears that our killer pal Gordy the Clown shows up, with an enormous clever in hand, to have a little fun with the residents, killing 9 and kidnapping a couple more to later torture and dispose of.
The next morning Jen and Mark show up at the crime scene and go inside to look for clues but in turn find a terrified girl claiming to have seen a killer clown in the building. And then the investigation continues. As they get closer to finding Gordy, he himself tracks down an important family member to join him in his bloody spree. Will Jen and Mark get any closer to The Teardrop Killer or will his killing continue? Watch and see.
 
Now I gotta say I really like these boys at Pop Gun Pictures, Joe over there was so kind to send me the screener and on top of that a small bag of my favorite, candy corn. THANKS JOE!
Back to the movie. I gotta be honest, the way the story unfolds doesnít grasp me really tight, but I really gotta say Jen and Markís characters really helped move the story into place and although it really put a lot of down time on the killing spree, they did a damn good job putting things together.
As for Gordy, my friends here we have one twisted son of a bitch, he carries around this enormous clever, running around decapitating people and severing their limbs before brutally disemboweling them. Come on, how does it get any better than that? The kill scenes were outstanding and considering this movie isnít a high budget movie, the FX for this movie showed that Marcusís team could hold their own and produce some truly twisted visuals.
In my personal opinion as far as the story goes itís not the easiest to keep up with but itís not bad, though if your expecting a compelling story this won't take you to the moon. With that said this is one brutal movie. Blood, guts and gore flying left and right in every scene Gordyís a part of and let me tell you, itís extremely entertaining. The majority of the kills bring me back to the 80ís before CGI destroyed the realism of a murder. This movie is perfect for extreme gore hounds and I myself loved it. 100 Tears is an 80ís slasher for modern times, dusted off and resurrected in the form of one pretty gruesome film.
Pop Gun Pictures fed my two most serious cravings, candy and carnage. 100 Tears is definitely recommended for genre fans, and all you wussies go and check it out too, the gore scenes are excellent!
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MOVIE YEAR: 2007
DIRECTOR: Marcus Koch
WRITING CREDITS: Joe Davison
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Raine Brown, Jack Amos, Joe Davison
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 90 min
RATING: 8/10
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