This will be the second film I have seen this year without having seen any of the originals prior, and I gotta say: Terrifier 3 had me nostalgic for other reasons, not only because it was filmed in Panavision anamorphic lenses that makes the whole experience feel so authentic, but it was just so simply gorgeous, well-written, beautifully acted, and of course: extreme in all and every way possible with some of the most horrific imagined gory scenes I’ve witnessed in my time as a moviegoer.

I am actually not even a huge horror / slasher / gore film fan per se; I just am guilty of hopping on the bandwagon for this insane 2024 run we’ve had (shoutout to all the films doing their thing this year!). For whatever reason, seeing Terrifier 3 was as exciting as watching Scream for the very first time in a way for me since all of the hype I’d been building up about it this last few weeks.

So without spoiling anything too juicy (or bloody!), you can expect to be shocked (it’s OK to not look) at just how gruesome and relentless Art the Clown can be, and how serious he is about getting his victims (not even the kids are safe!). Oh, and his psychotic accomplice and #1 enabler Victoria Hayes who has some things cooking as well.

The coolest thing about Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 has to be that the budget was only $2 million, and is already hitting close to $40 million at the box office as of October 26th (if you want a sick return on your investment, just make a really low budget slasher hit!).

Overall, spending 2 hours with Art the Clown can be actually kind of a good time. If you look past his killing sprees, unnecessary messes, terrorist activities at the mall, and his torturous human experiments, that is. Otherwise he’s just a really fun guy all-around, and even has a really good sense of humor, too.