Is Art the Clown poised to make some artful nods to previous horror classics in "Terrifer 3?" The answer is yes, and the most obvious of them all has fans screaming with joy.
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00:00Is Art the Clown poised to make some artful nods to previous horror classics in Terrifier 3?
00:06The answer is yes, and the most obvious of them all has fans screaming for joy.
00:11Yes, Art the Clown is returning to wreak havoc again in the upcoming Terrifier 3,
00:15and he's feeling festive this time around. The new movie takes place over the holiday season,
00:20and let's just say that Art doesn't come bearing gifts.
00:23Who's this Santa? He's scaring my kid. Yeah, he's scaring me too.
00:31The evil menace is paying homage to some of the horror icons who came before him,
00:35as the blood-soaked trailer for director Damian Leone's threequel features a nod to
00:38Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. And yes, it's a tribute to the scene you're probably thinking
00:43about. The moment in question occurs toward the end of the trailer, where we see Art poking his
00:48head through a gap in a door that was destroyed by a sharp object earlier in the teaser.
00:52This is reminiscent of the famous — and totally improvised — scene in The Shining,
00:56where Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance chops through a door with an axe,
01:00pokes his smiling face through, and shouts,
01:03"'Here's Johnny!'
01:05Turns out, The Shining isn't the only callback to classic horror that's shown in the Terrifier 3
01:10trailer. For example, the scene where we see emotionless Art the Clown sitting in a chair in
01:14the attic is lifted straight from Bob Clark's seminal slasher Black Christmas, which is rather
01:18fitting since Terrifier 3 is all about yuletide terror. Elsewhere, we see the villain running
01:23around with a chainsaw in a way that would make Leatherface proud. These homages haven't been lost
01:28on fans, many of whom are vocal about their excitement on social media. One ex-user highlighted
01:34some of the aforementioned nods to horror's past, writing,
01:37"'Terrifier 3' is using Black Christmas and The Shining references. I love it!"
01:42This appreciation for Stanley Kubrick's classic was echoed by another user, who added,
01:46"'A Shining nod!' You go, Art!"
01:49Meanwhile, another ex-user noted that the Terrifier 3 trailer is actually a smorgasbord
01:53of horror references, noting additional homages to Silent Night, Deadly Night, Pieces, and Psycho.
02:00All of this makes Terrifier 3 seem like it's going to be a good time at the movies,
02:03but even the most desensitized horror fans should probably brace themselves for a nightmare-inducing
02:08experience, especially considering how Terrifier 2 became instantly infamous for making people sick
02:14in theaters. Has Damian Leone hinted that he's going to try and one-up his own stomach-churning,
02:19ultra-violence with this newest installment? The answer is probably yes, but we don't know for
02:24sure. All we know is that he told the playlist that he wants to subvert people's expectations
02:29and return to the franchise's sinister roots. After saying that he tried to capture the same
02:33vibe as a nightmare on Elm Street 3, Dream Warriors, for Terrifier 2, he's more interested
02:38in going back to the basics this time around, all while continuing the narrative. He explained,
02:43We're still going to follow Sienna and her brother on their journey.
02:46We'll see how they responded to this insane trauma, this insane event that's happened to them.
02:51I want to go back tonally, more to Terrifier 1. The first one was grittier, darker, more simplistic,
02:57a more retro slasher film. He continued,
03:00I like the checks and balances. I like to keep Art the Clown first and foremost terrifying,
03:05sadistic, and mean. Hopefully Terrifier 3 is the scariest and darkest of the trilogy so far.
03:11Hearing those words from Leone himself is an omen, to say the least.
03:15Will it all ring true when Terrifier 3 hits theaters this holiday season?
03:19Rest assured, we'll be here to discuss all aspects of the gory madness when it finally drops.