Stitches (2012 film)

Stitches is a 2012 BritishIrish psychological horror comedy fantasy film directed by Conor McMahon and starring Ross Noble, Tommy Knight and GemmaLeah Devereux. The plot concerns a birthday clown returning from the dead to exact revenge upon a boy and a group of children who contributed to his death. Stitches was produced by Fantastic Films and Tailored Films in 2012 and marks the movie debut of Tommy Knight and standup comedian Ross Noble. McMahon began working on Stitches after receiving a 600,000 grant from the Irish Film Board, also utilizing funding from MEDIA Europe. Filming for the movie took place in Ireland. Stitches premiered in Dublin, Ireland in September 2012.

Years later, Tommy Tommy Knight is preparing for his seventeenth birthday. He is still haunted by the memory of his past birthday, and begins to have frightening hallucinations, such as a teacher turning into a clown and ripping off Vinnies testicles before tying them to a party balloon. Hesitating at the idea of throwing a large party, he considers instead inviting only a few friends. Ultimately, he settles on a large gathering, and Vinnie secretly distributes many more invitations over the internet. Tommy, Vinnie, Richie Eoghan McQuinn and Bulger Thommas Kane Byrne, all of whom had been present when Stitches died, prepare the house. As the guests, including Tommys love interest Kate GemmaLeah Devereux, arrive, Stitches comes back to life and leaves his grave.Tommy, startled by Paul dressed as a clown as a joke, injures his head. Bulger takes Tommy to find a firstaid kit, and Tommy retreats to his treehouse with Kate. There, Tommy discusses his memories of the ritual he encountered as a child. Meanwhile, Paul is attacked by Stitches, who rips off his ear and one of his arms and pulls a live rabbit out of his throat before kicking his head off the head lands in a pond. The clown then finds Bulger, scalps him and removes his brain with an ice cream scooper. Sarah, Roisin Barron Pauls girlfriend, enters the attic to look for him. There, she is attacked by Stitches, and manages to fight back. As she escapes, Stitches drives an umbrella through her skull, killing her. Through his telescope, Tommy sees Stitches in the house, and goes to warn Vinnie of his presence, but is at first unsuccessful, due to Vinnies desire to have sex with a formerly overweight classmate. Tom asks Kate to leave, but her boyfriend Dan Tommy Cullen stops her. ........

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