Terrifier 3 (2024)
October 11, 2024 7:43 AM - Subscribe
[TRAILERIFIER] After surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna (Lauren LaVera) and her brother (Elliott Fulham) are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art the Clown (David Howard Thonrton) returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.
Also starring Daniel Roebuck, Samantha Scaffidi, Antonella Rose, Margaret Anne Florence, Charlotte McKee, Clint Howard, Jason Patric, Tom Savini, Chris Jericho.
Written, directed, and edited by Damien Leone. Produced by Damien Leone, Phil Falcone, Steven Della Salla, Jason Leavy, Michael Leavy, George Steuber for Dark Age Cinema. Cinematography by George Steuber. Music by Paul Wiley.
77% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Now playing in US theaters. JustWatch listing.
Also starring Daniel Roebuck, Samantha Scaffidi, Antonella Rose, Margaret Anne Florence, Charlotte McKee, Clint Howard, Jason Patric, Tom Savini, Chris Jericho.
Written, directed, and edited by Damien Leone. Produced by Damien Leone, Phil Falcone, Steven Della Salla, Jason Leavy, Michael Leavy, George Steuber for Dark Age Cinema. Cinematography by George Steuber. Music by Paul Wiley.
77% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Now playing in US theaters. JustWatch listing.
FUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKK YEEEEAAAAAHHHH on the poster that popped up for this post.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:16 AM on October 11 [2 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:16 AM on October 11 [2 favorites]
Between Art making a cameo appearance on Pete Davidson's sitcom and a review for this film in The New Yorker (!!!), the improbable mainstreaming of the Terrifier phenomenon is upon us! I hope this isn't such a smash hit that the streaming debut takes forever; I haven't been to a theater since covid, and there's no way my delicate partner could handle going with me to see this (maybe if there's some Once upon a Deadpool style PG release; I think she'd love Art!). It seems as though Damien Leone has managed to Stay Gold in the face of Hollywood, which thrills me to no end. If he is seduced to the dark side of legit blockbuster filmmaking, I hope Todd McFarlane is still trying to make Spawn -- that would be cool.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:00 PM on October 11 [1 favorite]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:00 PM on October 11 [1 favorite]
Just saw this: my teeth hurt from grinding them and my cheeks hurt from a combination of smiling and making a YIKES face.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:24 PM on October 11 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:24 PM on October 11 [1 favorite]
Saw in the theater tonight a special sign warning that this film was extra-gruesome and if you felt unwell you should seek assistance from staff. Can't remember the last time I saw something like that for gore rather than for a medical issue like flashing lights.
posted by praemunire at 9:26 PM on October 11 [1 favorite]
posted by praemunire at 9:26 PM on October 11 [1 favorite]
I don't know if I could even review this. It does more of the thing the other two did that some of us liked. It was bonkers and I had a great time.
I don't think I could explain to non-horror people why this plays as "fun."
I will say that I despise rats and rats featured prominently in one kill and it didn't bother me at all. The film is so many steps past realism into absurd that even using something I have a semi-phobia of didn't upset me.
Also big points for the awful true crime podcaster person who callously asks survivors what Art is like... and then finds out.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:05 AM on October 12
I don't think I could explain to non-horror people why this plays as "fun."
I will say that I despise rats and rats featured prominently in one kill and it didn't bother me at all. The film is so many steps past realism into absurd that even using something I have a semi-phobia of didn't upset me.
Also big points for the awful true crime podcaster person who callously asks survivors what Art is like... and then finds out.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:05 AM on October 12
Sienna's uncle seemed familiar so I looked him up on IMDB... it's Josh Ford from Ryan Murphy's Popular!
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:15 AM on October 12
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:15 AM on October 12
Whew! This whole trilogy does not play around! Got my teenagers good.
I confess I did far more :::listening::: to it than watching. I had to be there for parental guidance. Turned out I needed the parental guidance!
posted by edithkeeler at 5:59 PM on October 14 [1 favorite]
I confess I did far more :::listening::: to it than watching. I had to be there for parental guidance. Turned out I needed the parental guidance!
posted by edithkeeler at 5:59 PM on October 14 [1 favorite]
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But they are for some of us!
If you see this and have any opinion, positive or negative, welcome!
If you are not going to see this and are looking for a place to explain why you think this movie isn't worth seeing, why it shouldn't exist, or what you suppose must be wrong with the people who will be seeing it, I am gently going to suggest that is a better thing to do on Threads or BlueSky or Mastodon or Facebook or Xitter or Tumblr or your blog, etc.
Not only are my kid and I seeing this tonight, like sick fucks, we're seeing it at the movie theater that serves dinner and will be ordering pizza. I will report back on how that goes.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:46 AM on October 11 [1 favorite]