It's Bozodonna! Clowns scare me. I have this phobia so I don't know if I would like to come across this while flicking through the cable channels late at night. First of all, notice that I called my fear of clowns a phobia. It's called coulrophobia or clownophobia. This is a real phobia that affects approximately 10 percent to 20 percent of the population - myself included. When they play Send in the Clowns, I go running.