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Brains Behind Staten Island Clown Raise Funds for New Movie

By Nicholas Rizzi | June 15, 2015 1:30pm
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STATEN ISLAND — A group that sent a creepy clown to terrorize Staten Island now plans to bring him to the big screen.

Fuzz on the Lens Productions started an online campaign to raise $50,000 for a new feature-length comedy, "Abnormal Attractions."

"It's a comedy about monsters and humans living in a world where fairy tales actually exist," said Michael Levy, 25, one of the production company's owners.

"It has a lot of really, really cool themes that I think are important in this day and age. This film is all about respecting one another."

The film is planned to star Malcolm McDowell, famous for his roles in "Caligula" and "A Clockwork Orange," as the Boogeyman. Comedian Gilbert Gotfried and actor Ron Jeremy are also lined up, the producers said.

Aside from the Boogeyman, the movie has other monsters like Frankenstein, a yeti, zombies and vampires — as well as the Staten Island Clown.

A $777 pledge to an IndieGoGo campaign will get you the costume the character wore around the streets of the borough.

The film will shoot mainly around Staten Island until the end of summer. Release is planned for mid-2016, Levy said.

"We're bringing Hollywood to our home town," said Levy. "We want to do it here, we're proud of where we're from. I think Staten Island is a big movie set."

"Abnormal Attraction" will be the first full-length movie made by the company, which officially started in 2010 but dates back much longer.

Brothers Michael and Jason Levy, 23, grew up with an interest in movies and filming and met Steven Della Salla, 25, while they were students at Our Lady Queen of Peace school in New Dorp.

The trio went to Monsignor Farrell High School together, making movies the entire time, and decided to start a company.

Last year, they thought a creepy clown prowling the borough would be a good way to bring attention to their company.

However, the stunt got attention from national news websites like BuzzFeed and even got coverage around the world.

"We figured it would hit to an extent, but not like that," Levy said.

They eventually came clean to being behind the clown on Z100's "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show."

Levy said it's helped people recognize the company's name — or at least the Staten Island Clown — and got them more connections in the industry, which made getting bigger name actors to sign up for their new film easier.

The group has already raised nearly $15,500 and have until July 1 to reach $50,000. While they hope they get the money from the IndieGoGo campaign, they said they already have some funding and will make the movie regardless.

"The money is going to change a little bit about how we do it, how big we can go with different things, but it will be made," Della Salla said. "We like challenges."