I was first introduced to killer clown Art aka Terrifier watching the short film from 2008. Terrifier had just released and was doing the rounds. Damien Leone is making the sequel, Terrifier 2. Now it’s streaming on Netflix and to be honest, when I saw this during the initial release period I was super excited. Why? Because it’s simple-done gore-iously well. Mike Giannelli is responsible for all of Art the Clown’s antics and now he’s just as famous as the clown himself. Horror movies will never be the same again once you’ve seen the scariest clown ever.

Terrifier 2, Will This Killer Clown Be Back?

Terrifier 2 2020 Where women get sawn in half

What About Terrifier 2?

If you’re keeping up with news on this pesky killer clown, you will already know a sequel. Art will return to Miles County to stalk, maim, and destroy another teenage girl after being brought back from the dead. News sources have reported their crowdfunding campaign was super successful and promises bigger and nastier kills. Widespread carnage is sure to be included. It will be released in 2020 with Samantha Scaffidi and David Howard Thornton confirmed to return. Keep an eye on the official Terrifer Facebook Page to keep ahead of the rumors.

October news from Twitter shows that Damien Leone has released the below image as the film is now in pre-production. Something to get the enthusiasm churning, he has added a byline suggesting the sequel will pick up where the first film left off. Once resurrected he trots off to Miles County to embark upon some Halloween carnage involving a teenage girl and her brother. Could this suggest a 2020 Halloween release date? I think it might.

Art the Clown First look images. The release date for Terrifier 2 is scheduled for October 2020

The Short Film

If you haven’t seen the short film featuring Art’s starring role, you can watch it here.

VIDEO: For the full short film of Terrifier, here is the Youtube link

Terrifier (short)runs for 20 minutes was released in 2011

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VIDEO: For The 9th Circle trailer, here is the Youtube link

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Written and directed by Damien Leone

The 9th Circle (2008) Short film 11 minutes

I cannot find this short film to rent/buy or stream on any service I have. Could the success of the original film have reignited Damien Leone’s goal of turning it into a feature film? Has it been pulled from online viewing? In any case, Art the clown featured in The 9th Circle for about 4 minutes.

All Hallows Eve Film (2013)

If this is Damien Leone’s first feature film and Terrifier is his second, give this man some money and let him make The 9th Circle! All Hallow’s Eve has some weird Hellraiser-esque moments in it in the form of a r*pey devil.

Art shows up in full glory along with some other delightful villains. The original short film for The Terrifier features in full.

This movie does contain scenes that give an almost glimpse into Art, where he came from and who his family might be. Although I didn’t see the pumpkin head killer from the sequel in this, he might have just been in another room. Unseen.

All Hallows Eve is a really cool and crazy movie with a wrap-around story showing a babysitter looking after two kids on Halloween night. Interestingly, parts of the trailer for The 9th Circle is seen on the VHS tape watched in this movie.

I give All Hallows Eve

3.5 have you checked the children’s out of 5.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

All Hallows Eve 2 (2015)

All Hallows Eve gets cited as included in the anthology by Damien Leone. It has the same wrap-around story as the first movie showing a woman putting on a VHS tape and watching short films. There are 8 short films from different directors. Art the killer clown is not featured in any of the films and neither are any previous characters. But this film uses a pumpkin-faced killer instead of Art. Maybe he is another member of Art’s basement family?

I did read in an interview with Damien Leone that The 9th Circle was green-lit dependant on the success of this movie. Had he stayed with Art the clown instead of a new killer, who knows where we would be now?

I give All Hallows Eve 2

2.5 that’s why I don’t eat pumpkin seeds out of 5.

2.5 stars out of 5

If you want to know which director did which short film here goes:

Marc Roussel: The Last Halloween. He has his own anthology feature comprising short films about the internet ‘Dark Web (2017).

Ryan Patch: The Offering.

Antonio Padovan and Bryan Norton: Jack Attack.

Jon Kondelik and James Kondelik: M is for Masochist.

Mike Kochansky: Mr. Tricker’s Treat.

Jay Holben: Descent.

Andrés Borghi: Alexia.

Elias Benavidez: A Boy’s Life.

Jesse Baget: Wraparound segment.

Ever wanted to take a selfie with your favorite killer clown? Did you hear about the Terrifier 2 release date?

Terrifier Movie Review (2017)

By far my favorite of these films is the original. No matter how you feel about gore-ridden movies and seemingly nonsensical stories, this is very well made.

People call rubbish on the acting. I liked it. People call rubbish on the story, on it having no depth. I liked the simple story and as far as depth, Art is a particularly complex villain. To know who he is, you have to have already caught glimpses of him on earlier films.

Call me old-fashioned but Art can stand up to any of the slasher villains like Jason Voorhees, Chucky, and Leatherface. Art’s calculated, sinister and playful in a nihilistic way. For a character that doesn’t speak and is reliant solely on facial expressions and gestures, I adore his guts out.

The story follows three women out on Halloween night. Art commences his night in the limelight by entering a café with his trash bag. In a modern twist like no other, I have seen in a movie of this type, one of the women thinks Art is an unmenacing form on a night like Halloween. She gets a selfie with him.

Final Thoughts on Terrifer, the Most Popular Killer Clown

As far as movies with characters making stupid decisions, I felt there was none of that here. Everyone in the film performs actions in mediocrity. All characters are justifiably present for understandable reasons. No one calls out “who’s there.” Apart from the town and building itself being weirdly lacking in population, the story is as tight as Art’s chains in the basement.

For a low-budget modern tale, the kill scenes are on point, interesting and; surprise-ridden. Think you’ve seen it all? Not until you’ve seen what Art is capable of. The director Damien Leone draws from all types of horror tropes and themes and then sticks his bloody filled stamp all over it.

I give Terrifier

4.5 bodies sawn in half out of 5.

4.5 stars out of 5

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VIDEO: For the Official Terrifer trailer, here is the Youtube link

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