Halloween draws near yet again, and for whatever reasons, for at least 50 years, filmmakers have associated that Private Holiday with Christmas and have moved two months ahead. Since your favorite psychopathic clown has somehow grown tired of the same Halloween holiday, why not give him some new epic holiday time of the year? Just two years after releasing the second chapter, the author has tackled sol, and Terrifier 3 is currently circulating, which already caused a hysterical reaction in a number of viewers for walkouts at a U.K. screening. Leone treats such as a compliment to his high-priced special effects crew, not as a criticism towards the quality of the film; these guys thought it would be easy and found it they were wrong.
This is a terrible idea; it is something you will regret. Even if any reservations about watching this film are rather mild, this is probably not a film for you, or bring earplugs and an eye mask to the theater. Disgusting doesn’t even begin to describe it. More disgusting things just keep on coming. Fortunately, if one can endure most of Art the Clown’s nastiest of kills that the Terrifier franchise has to offer, mostly contained in this rather ambitious threequel, then it is possibly the most well-rounded offering of the series to date with apparent increased resources to back it up. True, the cast is still quite venerable, the makeup surpasses the previous parts, and the over the top scenery only further proves that perhaps this demented and beautiful series just can’t be stopped.
Like any successful sequel would, Terrifier 3 is also rather clever in bringing back its familiar faces from the last part. That includes David Howard Thornton as Art, but more importantly, the scene-stealer Samantha Scaffidi as his disfigured and unhinged new accomplice Victoria. For those who were watching Terrifier 2 and perhaps were hooked up with the very first mid-credit scene of the insane asylum, there’s already an understanding of how it is possible that Art is still alive and kicking at the beginning of the third part, even though Sienna (Lauren LaVera) has, more or less, cut his head off at the end of the second one.
Yes, Sienna is back for part three of Leone’s growing canon, explicitly the ‘final girl’, and ‘Out there live the last remaining version of Sienna. She has just come out from her own mental hospital when we first see her again in the third round. Since we might recall what happened to most of her immediate family in the second film, it’s her extended relatives who opt to take Sienna in after a rehabilitative stay where she is still recovering from the traumatic (to put it mildly) events in her life that was brought out by Art. Thankfully, she still has younger bro Jonathan (Elliot Fullam, also returning from the second part) to do the check up on her and keep her phobia condition in check. But the bloody elephant in the room still exists as it is gaseously there — even if the silent-but-deadly clown needs some waiting till they are able to find him.’
Yes, there’s something in the air. That is the reason why Sienna always keeps her guard up, while Art is already running towards the atmospheric Christmas decorations of Miles County with a sword in his right hand and h Kalk’s stick in the other. There is always a selection of must-watch Christmas horrors every year, many of which are violent in nature, but not one has come close to the sheer revulsion as Terrifer 3. It’s almost more enjoyable that way since the ground-churning violence is countered with ridiculousness from the self intrinsic stupidity of most of the audience, in that the battle’s loudest sound cuts through over cheerful tunes of Christmas songs, as the imagery is terrible to its core – who does not remember the chants of chestnuts roasting by an open fire.
‘Ambitious filmmaker’ is probably the best phrase one can use for Leone. Hearing about seasoned performers such as Jason Patric and even Clint Howard appearing for a few scenes here is a sign that there is a shift in filmmaking strategy within Leone. But worry not, all you cheap-thrills horror fanatics out there – Terrifier 3 continues on in the old-fashioned manner of its predecessors as well. Effective throwaway-like teenage performances where a lot of teenage girls like to keep their inner thinking up tiptoe and not to despise Randy’s rules of Scream 1996 and get thoroughly sliced and diced by Art as he ventures further and further into Sienna’s territory.
If you are an absolute fan of Terrifier you should have come across and/or read the killer shower scene which indeed will define Art’s worst act to date. Thornton, who plays this monstrous hook-nosed clown killer so effortlessly in real life, recently disclosed something about a certain murder scene that drove him almost insane in real life. Of course, it is this sick and tragic over-the-top bathroom ‘betrayal’ scene that he is referring to. Or perhaps it is the actual explosion in an enclosed space posing as a Santa workshop that brings the point home, that Art in all fictional propriety hates children so much he has no qualms slaughtering a bunch of adorably innocent kids minding their own business with Christmas wish lists as they wait to meet Santa Claus. Really Art? Children? You want to try that? Why? Terrifying. No, really; just no, really, because children? Are you serious about kids?
Leone has already come out on record confirming the plans of making a fourth terrifier, and you will understand why after watching this wacky threequel. Terrifier 4 should really change pace after the third in order to cut the “How did you do that?” question short. Or at the very least few more breaths to skonfiguration its lanes towards a fitting.
Well, this Christmas spirit, which is infused into this third film also helps it not to remain unnoticed (and additionally offers some really great opportunities to Leone), nevertheless with Terrifier 3 taking place immediately after the events of Terrifier 2, and with the third installment being released just two years later, viewers are probably going to be over this franchise for a while. The length as well as the disgust of the films has been increasing necessitating a borderline in the franchise and this was it. There is no way they can proceed in this direction and within a short while, something new will be too boring or simply awful.
For that matter, at the very least, this relatively high-quality latest episode is likely to become an enforce for new generations of special effects practitioners in all corners of the globe, while acting as an actual softcore B-movie, just fit for the Halloween season, in case the normal lower tier horror movies are not sufficient anymore. Intended.
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