Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve. (IMDB)
I don’t know what’s up with Damien Leone, but I hope that he never changes. Terrifier 3 is what real horror should be. It’s brutal, insane, violent, gore and relentless. But what I love most about the movie is that it’s raw, from the camera style to the almost entire absence of CGI.
Damien Leone said that several big studios showed interest in financing this movie based on the unexpected success of Terrifier 2, even without a full script, but he turned them all down because he is certain that they would never let him film the opening scene alone, which he describes as “very controversial”. Leone commented that the only reason that he can be so uncompromising in his depiction of horror and gore is because he finances his movies independently, creates all the special effects himself to keep costs down, and has no big studio breathing down his neck to make the movie more mainstream. (IMDB)
Leone also said that he would take this movie further than the previous ones… Did he succeed? HELL YEAH! He makes even the most seasoned and desensitised horror fan (such as myself) feel uncomfortable with some scenes.
I was particularly happy that the horror scenes weren’t as punctuated by the story as they were in the second movie. I don’t watch Terrifier to get caught in drama, I’m here for the kills, may they be as bloody and sick as a human brain can possibly imagine them.
Also, we watched it a few days before Christmas and I enjoyed the holiday theme, nice touch!
So, if you wanna watch a REAL HORROR movie, Terrifier 3 is what you’re looking for. Warning: keep the kids away, there isn’t even a PG rating that could fit this movie, it’s the worst (or the best if you’re like me).
The All Hallow’s Eve series introduce the psychotic ART the clown from the Terrifier movies. Being a fan of the Terrifier franchise, I had high hopes for All Hallow’s Eve. Truth be told, it was very bad. I don’t mind amateurism in horror, I think that sometimes it adds to the vibe of the movie (especially in the found footage genre), but amateurism apart, it is unwatchable. Slasher movies rarely make me nod off, but this one was a 83 minute long battle against sleep.
While some actors did a better job, others had the charisma of a wood stick. Not one you could take a liking to. The storyline is a big bag of “I don’t know where I’m going with this”. I’ve read on IMDb that “the alien in the second story was originally going to be a puppet, but when the puppet didn’t work, it was replaced by a man in a suit instead”. I can tell you, it looked like a dude in a very poor quality Halloween costume. For a slasher this is pretty bad.
I will not watch the other two All Hallow’s Eve movies, and most certainly not recommend watching this to anyone.
After a girl goes missing, two of her friends and a mysterious set of strangers find themselves drawn to the cabin in the woods where she disappeared. They will laugh, they will drink, they will kiss, they will make love, and THEY MUST ALL DIE. – Imdb
This could have been a perfect recipe for a good slasher movie…
However, the only thing that I could think about during the entire movie is: “What the hell am I looking at?”. The movie was super bad and absurd at the same time, yet we couldn’t stop watching it. The acting was bad, the script was laughable and the effects… well, don’t get me started on that one.
I still don’t understand how this production ever got released. It felt more like a 84 minute gory hallucination than an actual movie. Like most reviewers on Imdb say: “Heed my warning! Don’t waste your time on this one!”.
