![]() ![]() On the set of Clownhouse, Salva told Winters’ mother she wasn’t allowed on set. Prior to filmmaking he had written children’s books and worked in a low-income childcare center. He was convicted of five felonies but given the shortest sentence he was eligible for even though the prosecutor noted that Salva seemed to seek out jobs where he would work with minor boys. When Salva was arrested, he was also found to be possessing child sexual abuse material (child pornography). Salva routinely raped Winters before and during production (Winters says over a period of six years) and even filmed some of the attacks. Salva’s 1988 sexual abuse of a minor conviction was for lead actor of Something in the Basement and Clownhouse, Nathan Forrest Winters, who was 12 at the time. Today, copies of Clownhouse are still difficult to procure. Francis Ford Coppola even let Victor Salva use his Napa Valley home for filming Clownhouse. Eventually public outcry caught up with the people involved and an attempt was made to erase Clownhouse from public view, ceasing distribution of the film. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance that year even though the year prior Salva was convicted of sexually abusing the film’s star. He became pals with Francis Ford Coppola who gave Salva $250,000 and lent his name and talent as producer for the Salva written and directed slasher film Clownhouse (1989). In the 80s Salva made a name for himself in the filmmaking world with a 37-minute horror short called Something in the Basement (1986). Most people know that writer/director Victor Salva was convicted of sexually abusing a minor and possessing child pornography in 1988. Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 horror movie that has a whole lot of creepy going on behind the scenes. Warning: this article discusses child sexual abuse. ![]()
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