Terrifier 3: Payaso Siniestro

I've seen parts 1 and 2 and applauded this take on a new horror character to stand up with Freddy Kruger. The dark humor and crazy creative kills continue in part 3, but at times I felt that Art was mimicking himself and was too self aware and appreciative, rather than organically funny. (Like in the sun glasses scene in part 2).

The female companion to Art was interesting but I grew tired of her and she seemed to interfere with Art at times.

The special effects gore is off the chart and surprisingly realistic. I see part 3 as a worthy effort to explore some other avenues, but risks sending the overall concept on a detour that could easily end the series. I enjoyed parts 1 and 2 more. The last scene which lays some foundation for #4 looks like a good start. The producers have a goose that has laid some golden eggs, they need to be careful not to kill it.

While the dialogue has never been top notch, and does 't have to be, especially the dialogues with Jonathan were beyond cringe this time around.

The movie delivered on the mindless slasher trope but I can't shake the feeling the extra budget went to marketing instead of actually trying to make a better movie.

The second movie had a scene that crossed a certain boundary and I was expecting the third installment to do at least the same, or more. It did add new things to Art's repertoire but it didn't have the same effect on me.

A lot more happened off screen that diminished the "in your face" attitude the first two movies had. And I'm not talking about a certain scene that went amiss towards the end, that was most likely the only bit of actual storytelling that took place and left the audience guessing.

No, probably budget cuts to.... Leave more money on the table for marketing.

This is the third installment of the Terrifier film franchise. This movie had a bigger production budget that surpassed the combined budgets of the first two films. They filmed this on a budget of 2 million dollars. You can tell by the improvements and quality of the film, bigger budgets results in more effects. Now as for this installment without giving any spoilers, this film does surpass its previous two films in hardcore violence and gruesome deaths, which is to be expected given the fact its Art the Clown, not Mr. Rodgers. I know many have come down on this film for the excessive violence especially towards women. If you look at thrasher films like Friday The 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or any in that genre mostly the targets of those films have been female leads. The Terrifier films is no exception. Now given how film has progressed with technology and special effects it makes the death scenes more gorey and violent which really is no different from films in that genre back in the 1980's where this slasher genre really got its launch in my opinion. Is Art over the top? Yes of course he is, but that is the trademark of this Franchise. Now as for the film, the plot is typical, and somewhat predictable. They do expand the character of Victoria better in this film. They also have actors you might recognize such as Clint Howard and Jason Patrick who played Michael in the Lost Boys, so that is a plus. This film relies on its violence to carry the film, but I would like the plot to be more developed in the next installment. You can reduce the gore and focus on development which would not hurt this film, but recreating blood baths no matter how imaginary they are become dull over time and audiences become desensitized. I gave this film 6 out of 10. Now people who hate on this film for the reasons I mentioned earlier, remember this is the Terrifier franchise and you have seen from the previous installments what you're in for with this film. If you despise these type of films simply do not watch them, they are not for everyone, that is why we all have the freedom to choose what to view. Now I agree this film should be for mature audiences, not children. If you have parents that allow their young children to watch these types of films, then they are more terrifying than Art the Clown. Overall the film is all right, but a better focus on the plot will keep this film from reaching the status of so many other slasher films in that genre. Art the Clown is the new guy on the scene, but remember he was actually introduced in film many years ago, and now is just building steam. Let's build on his status with better stories, and then he will be the true slasher film icon of this era.

Let's start this off by saying, I liked the first two. The first one was ROUGH, and showed off its low budget and humbleness. Second one was great, was striking that perfect balance of shock, gore, and comedy. Third one... Too much shock, for shock sake, and not as much comedy.

The major issue here is weirdly too much backstory and "LORE", they're trying to add rules and logic to everything, while also being cheeky fun. The lore is convoluted and confusing. You can't be like; eh don't think too much about it, and then dedicate a quarter of this film to the logic behind the Art Demon.

Then there's the "SHOCK VALUE" of this one which was more TEENAGE REBELLION than genuine shock. "Isn't it crazy the melted face lady is masturbating with a shard of glass?" "Am I pushing your buttons Christians with this ham-fisted blasphemous JESUS symbolism?" Eh, just lost the tastefulness and subtly. There was shock, in the other two, for sure, but it was never so juvenile and basic.

Everything else was fine, not great. The gore was way better, they remembered humans have layers inside of them, and you don't see as much hollow cavities with really floppy and rubbery shells like in the first two.

If you missed it in theaters, not that big of a deal.

Listen: I'm not traditionally a gore guy. So when my girlfriend asked me to watch the first two Terrifiers to get ready for this one, I was not too excited. Turns out I love ALL of them. But this one, Terrifier 3, is special. I mean it when I say I haven't laughed that hard in a theater in a long time. Leave it to art the clown's deviant ridiculousness to make me smile! It is so over the top, so batshit, to the point that the kills become some creative and intentionally hilarious that I can't hold it in anymore. He's a truly special villain because he's as scary as he is funny. That's very hard to do. And Damien Leone struck gold with art the clown. He's the 2020's slasher hero no questions asked. And this franchise will go down as one of horror's greatest. If you're a horror fan you definitely need to watch all of them. They each have their own identity. The 3rd one is my favorite even though the second might be the best and has the most classic scenes. So so fun!