"Terrifier 3" just had its first screening in the U.K. and, uh...it went just the way we all figured it was going to go.
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00:00Terrifier 3 just had its first screening in the U.K., and once again, people are reportedly
00:05getting sick at the sight of it. According to Ladbible, there have been at least nine
00:09people so far who couldn't make it past the first scene. One of those people even got
00:14physically ill, just like many others did back in 2022 when Terrifier 2 took the box
00:19office by storm.
00:20Stay back. Stop, please, stop! Stay away from me!"
00:24At this point, it's looking like a bunch of people losing their lunches in theaters is
00:28going to become an official tradition for the franchise. Lauren Lavera, the actress
00:32who plays Sienna, went so far as to repost Ladbible's story on X and include a little
00:37disclaimer, writing,
00:38"'Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs, don't eat SpaghettiOs before you watch.'"
00:42In response to Lavera, another user wrote,
00:44"'I went to see Terrifier 2 with someone who had to sit in the car and decompress after
00:48the mashed potato scene. Has never finished it to this day. Based on these review snippets,
00:53the third movie would actually kill them. I'm so excited to see it.'"
00:57We both know this isn't over.
00:58We can't say we're surprised in the least. As if the prior two installments don't already
01:02speak for themselves, director Damian Leone warned us all about how far he was planning
01:07on leaning into the ultraviolence that has come to define his work. In an interview with
01:11Ladbible back in November 2023, he confessed that his concepts for Terrifier 3 were so
01:16disturbing that Hollywood wanted nothing to do with it. He said,
01:20"...I got to meet with studios like Legit Hollywood Studios who wanted to make Terrifier
01:24I knew they weren't going to let me make this movie based on the first pages. Like, that's
01:28how insane Terrifier 3 is."
01:30He went on to explain,
01:31"...Mark my words, I guarantee you the first five minutes of this movie is going to be
01:35very controversial. But that's not even the big kill scene. So that's why I was like,
01:39I need to just make this movie on my own because it's too insane."
01:42Considering how Terrifier 2 made over $15 million against a measly $250,000 budget,
01:49it's really saying something that Hollywood didn't want any of that easy money this time
01:54around.
01:55"...That is so messed up!"
01:56Besides Leone's warnings last year, reactions at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas last month
02:01were also pretty indicative of what was to come once Terrifier 3 hit theaters. Fangoria
02:06editor-in-chief Phil Noble Jr. wrote on X,
02:09"...Terrifier 3 might just be the goriest movie to ever grace a multiplex screen."
02:14Another critic wholeheartedly agreed while also alluding to a scene that we get a sneak
02:18peek of in the trailer, which is an obvious homage to 1960s Psycho. They wrote,
02:23"...Terrifier 3 blew the damn roof off. Gonzo slasher horror cranked up to 11. Bursting
02:28with some of the most fantastically diabolical kills ever put to screen. Holy s----. Shower
02:33scene will go down in history. We have a new contender for best horror movie of the year."
02:38Preston Barta, a writer for The Denton Record Chronicle and Fresh Fiction, went so far as
02:43to say, in part,
02:44"...Terrifier 3. Well, holy s----. Damien Leone just painted his Sistine Chapel on the
02:49screen with blood and guts."
02:50Terrifier 3 is set to hit theaters in the U.S. on October 11th. Considering what we've
02:55heard so far, it's fair to say that you've been thoroughly warned. If you're the type
02:59of person who gets queasy at the sight of over-the-top gore, you might want to just
03:03wait for the film to land on a streaming platform. At least that way you'll have control over
03:07the pause button, and you won't have to run as far to make it to a bathroom.