Terrifier 3
The “Terrifier” movies have proven to be quite the entertainment industry attraction, a collection of disturbingly violent low budget horror films that apparently enjoy their own brand of chaos, proving that genre fans still exist who don’t want ‘elevated horror’. These movies’ audiences loved the fact that Damien Leone went all out trying to one-up himself with every violent act he captures only to watch audience members vomit or faint. These films leave much to be desired with some of them arguing that the makeup is quite sinister and letting themselves be outperformed by David Howard Thornton, who is known better for his understated physical performance, but have no intention of watching “Terrifier 3,” as it marks a decline in what was notable growth in cinematography from the first to the second chapter. It’s getting easier to see Leone realize that he’s becoming a more and more skilled director which is honestly exciting to see within the progression of the series. Those flaws he has when it comes to writing, such as poorly executed ideas, basic mythology, cheesy dialogue, and excessive fillers made the film longer than two hours which is quite common for the series. If only Leone could put all the pieces together but apparently not in this one.
Leone decided to set ‘Terrifier 3’ at Christmas, which gave him more options in terms of the setting and aesthetics, which included placing murder style Art the Clown (Thornton) in a Santa suit for the majority of the yellow pages. Leone’s cocking about with festive moments and his desecration of sacred imagery are ideas that a more intelligent screenwriter would spa it to something more effective but still. While superficial here, certainly makes for visually stunning images- a Santa with clown makeup and a chainsaw dressed in shades will definitely command attention.
‘Terrifier 3’ continues with the utterly ridiculous conclusion of the previous movie where a scarred Victoria (Samantha Scaffidi) literally gave birth to Art’s head, which was cut off. Please don’t ask. One of the things I appreciated in the second chapter is how it went into the extreme and émâché as it’s the type of content that works better as a dream rather than a movie where all the events and sequences must correspond. So, do we need to learn how Art got his head back on bod and how it was stitched? Not really. He just does.
While last girl Sienna (Lauren LaVera) fights through the trauma caused by the previous movie, Art and Victoria decide to stay in an abandoned house. Sienna comes out of the psychiatric ward to stay with her aunt Jessica (Margaret Ann Florence) and her husband Greg (Bryce Johnson) and their daughter Gabbie (Antonella Rose) who is shown in this film just for the sake of being put in danger (or rather in Art’s). Sienna’s brother Jonathan (Elliot Fullam) was in college, living through his PTSD, but this, too, is simply a reason for the increasing count of Sienna’s siblings for Art’s slaughter. It is needless to say, to claim that the plotting in “Terrifier 3’ is bare and lacking something is almost an encouragement, and yet there is so much of plotting. Sienna is incessantly discussing her trauma; isn’t there something about the narration in the movie that makes you want to witness yet another instance of an innocent tortured by the clown?
They’re terrible, that’s correct. People have already criticized the kill scenes in the “Terrifier 3” and have remarked that it blatantly seeks to cross the limits of decency more than the previous two controversial films. I calm down after, and just assume these guys are unnecessary to take seriously when they are this over the top in concepts and execution. However, I cannot and will not argue with anyone who is irritated about the effects received by a film such as this which walks the line of not just hacking and shredding but a lot of lines that most horror fanatics would leave untouched, including children being killed.
So what’s the excuse in completely disregarding Terrifier 3? There are two reasons (two, for all of you eager to bust out your calculators): One, the guerrilla film style of the film strikes a chord with me in a nostalgic way since those are some of the earliest B movie genre flicks I’d watched, and one of the reasons why I still love horror; it doesn’t have its elitism which makes it possible for someone with the fire and determination to be able to make a film for under $2 million I believe is what this film will make in profits before the bell rings on Friday for school. Two, Thornton is legit brilliant in the role, performing a role that is largely physical and bears striking resemblance to silent film than contemporary horror. (Also, adding Victoria to add- Stephen Away during this scene takes off some of the tension so many as the silent killer. For the fourth film, please do not do this again, Damien.) So in the meantime, when Leone and his psychotic alter ego still haven’t figured out writing, am going to continue cheering for “Terrifier” to get its act together. After all, theres a saying, everyone loves a clown.
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