# Clayface Is DC Comics’ Scariest Horror Movie Ever: Review

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/clayface-is-dc-comics-scariest-horror-movie-ever-review/
- Published: 2026-10-21T19:00:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T05:43:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Consequence
- Original article: https://consequence.net/2026/10/clayface-review-dc-comics-mike-flanagan/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Horror

## Key points

- Matt Hagen’s experimental treatment gives him shapeshifting powers.
- Graphic body horror and revenge scenes are the film’s strengths.
- The review finds its DC universe connections slight.

## Summary

*Clayface* is a gruesome DC horror film about actor Matt Hagen, whose face is mutilated by a Gotham crime boss. A scientist’s experimental treatment restores his appearance but gives him shapeshifting abilities, setting him on a path towards vengeance. The review says director James Watkins makes effective use of the premise for graphic body horror and inventive revenge sequences.

The film stars Tom Rhys Harries, with Naomi Ackie as the scientist who treats him; Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini wrote the script from a story by Flanagan. The reviewer finds Harries convincing and the film successful as a standalone horror story, though Matt’s character arc feels limited. Its links to the wider DC universe are slight, with Gotham providing the main connection.

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