Who's your daddy? Well, more accurately, is Art the Clown somebody's daddy? Here's what the fans have to say about this popular fan theory.
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00:00 Who's your daddy? Well, more accurately, is Art the Clown somebody's daddy? Here's what
00:05 the fans have to say about this popular fan theory.
00:08 Though slasher movies have consistently tried to outdo one another for decades, Damian Leone
00:12 may have finally snatched the crown from horror icons like Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger.
00:17 The first "Terrifier" movie contained some of the most gruesome kills in slasher history,
00:21 but "Terrifier 2" handily outdid the original and was a hit with critics and audiences.
00:26 However, the ending of the first film in the plot of "Terrifier 2" opened the series up
00:30 to a whole host of questions. After a mysterious force brings Art the Clown back from the dead,
00:35 it's up to Sienna and her little brother Jonathan to fight off the seemingly unstoppable killer.
00:39 Still, arguably the most interesting aspect of the hit horror sequel is that Art is revealed
00:44 to be somehow connected to the siblings in "Terrifier 2." While many have suggested that
00:48 Art could even be their father, the Redditor has poked several holes in this theory, offering
00:52 some pretty convincing counter-arguments.
00:54 While the drawings from Sienna and Jonathan's deceased father suggest that he is linked
00:58 to the siblings in some way, the Redditor pointed out that Art the Clown has a very
01:02 specific appearance. Tall and lanky with decaying teeth and a long, hooked nose, the user argued
01:07 that it wouldn't make sense for nobody to mention or recognize his similarity to their
01:11 father, Mr. Shaw, in "Terrifier 2" if that's meant to be the case.
01:15 The user also pointed out that the telepathic connection Jonathan has with Art and the existence
01:19 of the pale girl suggests that this is likely not the case. They wrote,
01:23 "Jonathan appears to possess some degree of telepathic connection with Art and/or the
01:27 little pale girl and never mentions a sense of familiarity."
01:30 Instead, the Redditor suggested two alternate theories that fans have been floating regarding
01:34 Art's origins in the "Terrifier" franchise. It read a lot more to me like Mr. Shaw was
01:38 being tormented by visions and that his drawings were an outlet. I've also seen theories that
01:43 perhaps he has powers that accidentally brought Art to life, which I find equally compelling.
01:47 "It's like you saw this coming. Daddy drew a lot of things for me."
01:52 Whether we will be getting more clues about Art the Clown's origins when "Terrifier 3"
01:56 arrives in 2024 remains to be seen. However, it seems pretty likely, based on the huge
02:00 financial gains that the second film made on its meager budget, that fans will definitely
02:04 be returning to find out.
02:06 Some fans have also guessed that Art the Clown from "Terrifier 2" might be a mystical force
02:10 known in the occult community as a tulpa. Originally found in Tibetan mysticism, a tulpa
02:15 is thought to be an entity from within a person that can be brought to life simply by focusing
02:19 intently on it. This essentially gives the entity enough energy to enter the real world
02:23 and take on a life of its own. For Mr. Shaw's many drawings, it would certainly suggest
02:27 that he was very focused on Art, which is the main thing required to supposedly create
02:31 this kind of paranormal entity. This would also explain how Art always reanimates despite
02:36 being killed several times, and why Sienna's blade, also from Mr. Shaw's arts, is the only
02:41 thing that can really hurt him.
02:42 Many fans of "Terrifier 2" believe that Mr. Shaw is being haunted by Art the Clown in
02:46 his dreams. This might also help to explain his untimely death. After all, it's a fair
02:51 guess that if Mr. Shaw was afraid he was drawing someone as evil as Art the Clown into our
02:55 world, he might instead decide to end his own life. Perhaps this was the only way he
02:59 thought he could stop his body from being used as a vessel by Art. Either way, however,
03:03 if this theory pans out that Art the Clown may have tried to enter the world through
03:06 Mr. Shaw in a more physical way, it seems pretty unlikely that he is Sienna and Jonathan's
03:11 father back from the grave to exact bloody revenge.
03:13 We'll just have to wait for the next installment in the "Terrifier" franchise before we can
03:17 look for more clues to solve this mystery.
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