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When you put James Gunn in charge of your universe, you are going to end up with something far less rigid than what we’ve seen out of Marvel, for better or worse. We’ve gotten cartoon brides of Frankenstein, hopecore Super-movies and beat detective Green Lanterns. Now, we have Clayface, a bloody R-rated body horror movie…

It makes sense that the R-rated Clayface might have a shoutout to the TV-MA Lanterns. It also makes sense in context, with this version of Clayface being a younger movie star, that he’d be from a place like Coast City. In the movie, it’s a bit of a fictional stand-in for Los Angeles, as a…

The “Clayface” movie delivers a blend of comic book backstory and body horror carnage as one of Batman’s most infamous villains gets the cinematic treatment for the first time. Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries plays Hollywood star Matt Hagen, who gets attacked by a Gotham gangster after sleeping with his girlfriend. The brutal assault completely…

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Clayface,starring Tom Rhys Harries,is the first villain-centered, R-rated, body-horror movie. The results are … mushy. Warner Bros. Pictureshide caption

“Clayface” is so far beyond traditional comic book films that have taken a drubbing in the court of public opinion in recent years.

Clayfaceis opening in theaters, bringing one of DC’s most grotesque villains into the live-action DCU franchise. A lot is hinging on the film’s performance: DC Studios has had a year of mixed results, with a major tentpole film like Supergirl flopping, while HBO’s Lanternsseries became a major breakout hit. Clayfaceis taking the DCU deep into…

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Thu, October 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC ClayfaceGives Comic Book Movies a FaceliftDC / Warner

The villain-centric movie emerging as a result of the comic book boom shouldn’t be a surprise to fans since villains carry their own monthly titles more often than you think. As for the results, it’s clear that there were some growing pains with trying to make the characters work on the big screen in the…