"I've always heard it is the uncanny valley, the same way dolls bother people." Jake knew a lot more on the subject than this person probably wanted to hear. "Some people don't like the painted on expressions that make it hard to see emotions, my cousin doesn't like the make up, or the unpredictable noises."

What the father beside him was mentioning all felt normal for kids. Fear of clowns. Didn't like zombies. Maybe this was one of those overreactive parents that didn't ever want thier children upset about anything? Jake couldn't know for sure.

"There are plenty of tutorial videos on horror make up." Jake had watched more of them as a teen than anyone probably should have. "If you want something movie grade, I'm not bad at evil clown make up."

His typical interest was demons and vampires but it might be fun to make up a bunch of kids some afternoon.