Christ on a cracker, The Last Circus looks *INSANE*

Holy crap.  Why didn't anyone tell me about The Last Circus before today?  You're all fired.  I had to shove a lit cigarette up my nose because my mind just got blown.

1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A "Happy" circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon. This absurd and disturbing scenario raises the curtain on a twisted tale of love, revenge, and psychopathic clowns that could only spring from the mind of filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia.

It's not often that I have to stop a trailer every two seconds to take another screencap out of the sheer awesomeness of the visuals, but this thing just kept one-upping itself.  Murderous clowns, fascism, and sexy sex?  YES, PLEASE.  I'm equal parts terrified and tumescent. Check out the red-band trailer and more ridiculous stills below.

Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. Javier, the son of the clown, dreams of following in his father's career footsteps, but has seen too much tragedy in his life - he's simply not funny and is only equipped to play the role of the Sad Clown. He finds work in a circus where he befriends an outlandish cast of characters, but as the Sad Clown he must take the abuse of the brutish Happy Clown Sergio, who humiliates Javier daily in the name of entertainment.