Terrifier 3 (2024)

Preceded by: Terrifier 2 (2022)

	Directed by: Damien Leone	COUNTRY USA Genre Horror/Slasher NORWEGIAN TITLE Terrifier 3 RUNNING TIME 125 minutes
	Produced by: Damien Leone Phil Falcone
	Written by: Damien Leone

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Art the Clown	David Howard Thornton	½
Sienna Shaw	Lauren LaVera
Jonathan Shaw	Elliott Fullam
Victoria Heyes	Samantha Scaffidi	½
Jess Shaw	Margaret Anne Florence
Greg Shaw	Bryce Johnson
Gabbie Shaw	Antonella Rose	½
Adam Burge	Chris Jericho	-
Santa Claus	Daniel Roebuck	-
Bystander	Tom Savini	-
Michael Shaw	Jason Patric	-
Smokey	Clint Howard	-

Review

If you've stuck around for this third installment in the series, you're probably partial to Damien Leone's particular variant of body horror and flesh mutilations, and you'll also appreciate the upgrade in production values and narrative complexity on offer this time around. Art the Clown may have been decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, but Leone obviously finds a way to bring him back – by virtue of a foray into the familiar demon possession territory. It might not be the most original or inspired choice, but Terrifier 3 offers a better balance between story and horror elements than its predecessors, and there are some truly gruesome scenes that may be among the most skilfully executed in the history of this subgenre, notably one of Art's more thorough manglings, which takes place in a communal shower.