You’d need to be under a rock to not know that Art the Clown is currently carving his way through cinema screens, leaving a trail of vomiting viewers behind him as he does unspeakable things in Terrifier 3 but we’re being led to believe that Art’s journey is almost over.
While Terrifier 3 would make you believe that this is Art’s third outing, it’s actually, technically, his fifth; the nightmarish villain first appeared in 2008’s The 9th Circle short film which was then integrated into anthology horror All Hallow’s Eve in 2013 but it wasn’t until 2016’s stomach-churning Terrifier got fans’ attention and then Terrifier 2 [2022] began to add some real story and mythology into the whole sordid affair that Art started becoming a villain in the same circles as Freddie, Pinhead or Jason and Micheal.
So it’s perhaps a surprise that, just as Art is reaching his disgusting heights, writer-director Damien Leone has announced that Terrifier 4, which is currently in development, will be the psychopathic clown’s last outing: “It will certainly be an epic showdown, an epic closure to this Art the Clown saga,” he says.
“The idea I’m toying with in my head would probably be in some regards the most experimental, so I can’t dive into it too much. Some really, really crazy things will happen in the next one.”
Given how many people Art has disposed of in the movies and the many, imaginative and sickening ways he’s done it, it’s hard to imagine – well, to right-thinking people at least – what Leone could possibly mean when he says: “really, really crazy things will happen in the next one.”
WATCH: The [very] red band trailer for Terrifier 3 is here to ruin your Christmas
I’m not gonna lie, the Terrifier movies are a bit much for me, as gore isn’t something I like and in this amount, I find pretty repulsive BUT I do like that this series is something some fans have been starved of for years and I’m happy that there’s an audience for talented film-makers to do their own things, even if it’s not for me, personally.
Maybe after Art, Leone will give us something new that’s more suitable to those of us who are a little less blood thirsty but until then, enjoy Art for his journey may be coming to an end.
On the topic of Art the Clown, he’s getting a sideways scrolling fighter game in the vein of Street Fighter and you can check out the NSFW trailer and details below:
Step into a world of pixelated carnage with Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, a gory retro fighting beat ’em up packed with intense action, dark humor, and tons of fun! Inspired by the classic beat ’em up games of the 80s and 90s.
Become Art The Clown, the sinister and unpredictable villain from the Terrifier series, as you unleash chaos across a variety of locations. Each stage is a movie set where a film about Art is being produced, but you’re here to disrupt the show!
Watch the trailer:
Source: Variety
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