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I checked Terrifier 3, and it's more of the same but in a mostly good way.

Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.

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The kills are brutal, there's a weird but legitimately funny dark humor to some of it, and somehow Leone managed to escalate things even more.

But I think we're getting close to the point of redundancy. This one had a little too much overlap with Terrifier 2 imo. Replace Sienna's mother and brother with her aunt and cousin/niece...Sienna's fodder friends are switched for Jonathon's. Then take all the "Chosen one" implications of 2 and give them added confirmation here.

It wast just different enough, thanks partially to the Christmas switch-up, that it still kept me entertained. But I think we need a more deliberate tweak to the formula to keep things interesting going forward. To put it another way, I liked the movie but don't have a lot to say about the positives because there's not much new to speak on. Art is still Art, Sienna is still a rockstar Final Girl, and the gore/vibes make up for a pretty simple plot.

My negatives have to go into spoiler territory, because the broad strokes were still gold with this movie but I felt there were some missed opportunities in the plot:
- The biggest missing piece is the demonic entity/little clown girl. I don't think they even referenced her in this one, and now I have to rewatch Terrifier 2 to confirm that she wasn't just supposed to be in Art's head (I could have sworn she wasn't). She seemed like a driving force of the plot in part two, but played no role in three.

- Jonathon was a plot casualty too. He played a major role in Terrifier 2, but showed ZERO development between 2 and this film...unless you count being killed off screen. His subplot didn't serve him at all; it just gave Art two new fodder characters for a kill-scene. Albeit, the "true crime podcast" girl was a cool idea, but wound up being a typical trope without much to add.

- I'll just add that, I assume they off-screened Jonathon's death in case they want to write him back into the plot and play it as a fakeout kill. It wouldn't solve Jonathon being a useless part of this movie either way. Plus, tbh, Gabbie is a better "protect the child" character because she's proactive and isn't such a lame.

- On that note...Gabbie getting dragged into hell...I'd rather this be the fakeout death, and I'd love for this moment to prompt Sienna to go into Art's world a la Hellraiser 2: Hellbound. But as it stands, Leone killed off the only interesting new character he created.

- Speaking of killing off key characters, Leone has killed everyone off. We're down to Art and Sienna, which is fine. But it devalues anyone we're introduced to going forward, since they'll all feel like fodder. If Jonathon and Gabbie can have such unceremonious ends to their stories, and the demonic entity from part 2 just got forgotten...I'll be hard pressed to care about anyone new.

I realize that seems like a lot, but it's really a bunch of complaints at the margins or about the broader Terrifier plot. The movie stands alone as a strong addition the series. Terrifier 2 remains the pinnacle of the franchise, but this is easily better than part one. It left enough bread crumbs to move the series toward a fun conclusion, but it feels like a bridge movie rather than one that will standout...unless you count the Christmas theme.
 
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I checked Terrifier 3, and it's more of the same but in a mostly good way.



whats-going-on-with-vickys-arm-terrifier-3-i-couldnt-find-a-v0-jcv46kptfn0e1.jpg


The kills are brutal, there's a weird but legitimately funny dark humor to some of it, and somehow Leone managed to escalate things even more.

But I think we're getting close to the point of redundancy. This one had a little too much overlap with Terrifier 2 imo. Replace Sienna's mother and brother with her aunt and cousin/niece...Sienna's fodder friends are switched for Jonathon's. Then take all the "Chosen one" implications of 2 and give them added confirmation here.

It wast just different enough, thanks partially to the Christmas switch-up, that it still kept me entertained. But I think we need a more deliberate tweak to the formula to keep things interesting going forward. To put it another way, I liked the movie but don't have a lot to say about the positives because there's not much new to speak on. Art is still Art, Sienna is still a rockstar Final Girl, and the gore/vibes make up for a pretty simple plot.

My negatives have to go into spoiler territory, because the broad strokes were still gold with this movie but I felt there were some missed opportunities in the plot:
- The biggest missing piece is the demonic entity/little clown girl. I don't think they even referenced her in this one, and now I have to rewatch Terrifier 2 to confirm that she wasn't just supposed to be in Art's head (I could have sworn she wasn't). She seemed like a driving force of the plot in part two, but played no role in three.

- Jonathon was a plot casualty too. He played a major role in Terrifier 2, but showed ZERO development between 2 and this film...unless you count being killed off screen. His subplot didn't serve him at all; it just gave Art two new fodder characters for a kill-scene. Albeit, the "true crime podcast" girl was a cool idea, but wound up being a typical trope without much to add.

- I'll just add that, I assume they off-screened Jonathon's death in case they want to write him back into the plot and play it as a fakeout kill. It wouldn't solve Jonathon being a useless part of this movie either way. Plus, tbh, Gabbie is a better "protect the child" character because she's proactive and isn't such a lame.

- On that note...Gabbie getting dragged into hell...I'd rather this be the fakeout death, and I'd love for this moment to prompt Sienna to go into Art's world a la Hellraiser 2: Hellbound. But as it stands, Leone killed off the only interesting new character he created.

- Speaking of killing off key characters, Leone has killed everyone off. We're down to Art and Sienna, which is fine. But it devalues anyone we're introduced to going forward, since they'll all feel like fodder. If Jonathon and Gabbie can have such unceremonious ends to their stories, and the demonic entity from part 2 just got forgotten...I'll be hard pressed to care about anyone new.

I realize that seems like a lot, but it's really a bunch of complaints at the margins or about the broader Terrifier plot. The movie stands alone as a strong addition the series. Terrifier 2 remains the pinnacle of the franchise, but this is easily better than part one. It left enough bread crumbs to move the series toward a fun conclusion, but it feels like a bridge movie rather than one that will standout...unless you count the Christmas theme.

I agree 2 is better. I also enjoyed watching 1 the first time more but on rewatches its not interesting. I feel like the 3rd act of 3 was rushed. I feel like there was more there that they cut out and Damien cut it out, because the biggest criticism towards 2 was that it was so long. LL as Sienna was the best part of both 2 and 3. I also liked Kailey Hyman as Brooke.

The pale girl wasn't in 3. I'm not sure the real reason, but in the movie it is the entity that brought Art back to life at the end of 1. In part 3 it is Victoria.
 

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I agree 2 is better. I also enjoyed watching 1 the first time more but on rewatches its not interesting. I feel like the 3rd act of 3 was rushed. I feel like there was more there that they cut out and Damien cut it out, because the biggest criticism towards 2 was that it was so long. LL as Sienna was the best part of both 2 and 3. I also liked Kailey Hyman as Brooke.

The pale girl wasn't in 3. I'm not sure the real reason, but in the movie it is the entity that brought Art back to life at the end of 1. In part 3 it is Victoria.

Sienna's the best final girl since Sidney Prescott...and if Leone does a real Donte's Inferno for her finale, she might be in the GOAT convo.

I agree about act 3 feeling rushed. Too many key character off-screen interactions with Art. But it feels weird that the third act got cut to shreds because they coulda cut short some of the family stuff. I REALLY don't think we needed so much of Jonathon at college given his role in this story.

I don't think I ever realized the pale girl brought back Art. I knew she seemed powerful and like the true "big bad" of part 2. But that's why I was annoyed there wasn't so much as a reference to her in this sequel.
 

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Sienna's the best final girl since Sidney Prescott...and if Leone does a real Donte's Inferno for her finale, she might be in the GOAT convo.

I agree about act 3 feeling rushed. Too many key character off-screen interactions with Art. But it feels weird that the third act got cut to shreds because they coulda cut short some of the family stuff. I REALLY don't think we needed so much of Jonathon at college given his role in this story.

I don't think I ever realized the pale girl brought back Art. I knew she seemed powerful and like the true "big bad" of part 2. But that's why I was annoyed there wasn't so much as a reference to her in this sequel.

Same.

I watched this interview and Damien Leone tells the lore of Terrifier. Its should be timestamped at 37:22 where he says exactly what's going on.

 

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Heretic was absolutely disappointing. Ok I went into it just expecting a mid ass movie. But the first half was excellent and caught me by surprise. Hugh Grant did a great job and I always liked him as a actor. The build up was great and I really enjoyed the dialogue. :whoo:

Until the 2nd half. :beli: No need for the spoilers. It’ just got really bland and predictable at and i was waiting for something out of left field . Maybe I’m wrong for expecting a supernatural element, but I thought it would have been the perfect mix for this film. But ended up being like any other mid horror movie that came out this year. The acting was great tho and story wasn’t too bad . So still a decent watch . First half was just so good it got me hype and left me underwhelmed
 

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Late night with the devil, first omen and alien.

Every time I even see the title “Maxxxine” it infuriates :birdman:

me



lol. It’s my fault for loving pearl so much to think this would be a classic to top off the franchise. Wasting bae talents like that


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Heretic was absolutely disappointing. Ok I went into it just expecting a mid ass movie. But the first half was excellent and caught me by surprise. Hugh Grant did a great job and I always liked him as a actor. The build up was great and I really enjoyed the dialogue. :whoo:

Until the 2nd half. :beli: No need for the spoilers. It’ just got really bland and predictable at and i was waiting for something out of left field . Maybe I’m wrong for expecting a supernatural element, but I thought it would have been the perfect mix for this film. But ended up being like any other mid horror movie that came out this year. The acting was great tho and story wasn’t too bad . So still a decent watch . First half was just so good it got me hype and left me underwhelmed
Yeah, this is pretty much how I felt with an additional "damn, I wish the twists weren't ruined for me" on top.
 

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Watched Black Christmas for the first time, but 30-40 minutes in I kept drifting in and out due to being tired. From what I saw I wasn’t feeling it. I’ll check it out again in the future. :ld:

After my power cat naps I watched Dear Santa and it’s all right at best. There’s heart to it, but nothing that really stays with you. Only time I chuckled was when Jack Black had screen time, and even then it wasn’t often. The ending had me :stopitslime:. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re a huge JB fan.
 
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