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Terrifier (2016)   
Followed by:
Terrifier 2
(2022)
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Directed by:
Damien Leone |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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Genre
Horror/Slasher |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
Terrifier |
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RUNNING
TIME
86
minutes |
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Produced by:
Phil Falcone
Damien Leone
George Steuber |
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Written
by:
Damien Leone |
Review
The budget is visibly low, the
script badly underdeveloped, and the creativity dries up quite some time
before the ending... but this "home made" slasher is still rather
impressive and features a couple of well-made, gruelling scenes. The
filmmaker is called Damien Leone, who after having made two previous
low-budget horror movies was able to get this one off the ground through crowdfunding. His antagonist, Art the Clown, is a remnant from
Leone's first
anthology film All Hallows' Eve. But although Art has his very own quirks
and peculiarities, he is basically just another killer clown, with
little in terms of personality or background. This is one of the reasons why
Terrifier becomes flat and dull long before the finish
line. The three girls the killer is chasing can only scream so much before we
figure out that this is all they're ever going to be able to do. Leone
is clever enough to include small bits of absurdist comedy interspersed in all the
blood and gore, just to give us some added fun, but with one single set
and one single mode for the final 45 minutes of running time, the film
will surely wear out even the most enthusiastic horror fan.
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