Art the Clown started back in 2011 with a short movie by the same name, truth be told I didn't like it. The creator Damien Leone would keep Art around in his feature film All Hallows' Eve (2013) but as a small role.
Now here we are and Art has his own movie, but is it any good? Honestly, not really but it's better than his last solo outing.
It follows the standard slasher formula and sees a couple of girls on Halloween night come under attack from a psychotic clown.
So again this is generic stuff, it embraces all the usual tropes and though not predictable certainly has no surprises. It's also pretty ugly and oddly paced throughout.
What Terrifier does have however is sheer unadulterated brutality. This is gory nasty no holds barred merciless stuff, I was quite shocked actually. Considering the budget they make all of it look really good, so kudos to the sfx department.
I love clowns as antagonists but Art doesn't seem to tick enough boxes for me. He's less of a clown and more of a mime and doesn't seem to be an interesting enough character to carry his own film.
Passable stuff but by this time next week I'll have forgotten it.
The Good:
Impressively grisly visuals
Jenna Kanell
Unpredictable
The Bad:
Doesn't exactly flow
Poor cinematography
Plot summary
A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
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August 31, 2018 at 04:20 PM
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Terrifier: Brutal but generic
Wasted opportunity....
Off to the good stuff first.
* The killer clown is the creepiest and scariest i have ever seen.
* Considering its budget, the cinematography, gore, effects and make up are outstanding.
* The killings are amazingly enjoyable. In this part the movie does not hold back!
* It starts out very promising.
Now for the bad stuff:
* They kill the main actress at the half of the movie. So.... there is no one really to care about.
* The killer clown could have EASILY been killed AT LEAST 5 times during the movie. Once you realize the pattern as a viewer (the clown hurts the victim, victim fights back, knocks off the clown, runs away, the clown re-hunts the victim), it becomes extremely boring and predictable.
* They put supernatural stuff crap at the end of the movie, so the clown can be resurrected at any time, hoping the producers to have an easy sequel excuse.
The worst thing of the movie is the "pattern" as i mentioned. I ruins a movie that had the potential of becoming a cult classic.