TERRIFIER 3 May Be a Christmas Horror Film But it Will Be Released During Halloween
Terrifer 3 will be looking to get people in the bloody Christmas spirit during the Halloween season in 2024. The sequel has been confirmed to be a Christmas-set horror film, and it was revealed that it will be released on October 25, 2024.
For those of you who attend a screening of the theatrical re-release of Terrifier 2, you’ll be treated to a first-look sneak peek at Terrifier 3, which has been in production. I’m sure that trailer will eventually be released online, but right now, it’s a theatrical exclusive.
According to Bloody-Disgusting, “In the third installment of Damien Leone’s breakout horror film, 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.”
When previously talking about the pressure of topping the bloody insanity of the second film with Terrifier 3, the filmmaker said:
“There’s sleepless nights sometimes where, ‘Oh my God, I can’t let the fans of this franchise down.’ They always come to expect the next big kill scene, the next big gory set piece. How am I going to top the now-infamous hacksaw scene in Part One, and now the second movie? I get asked at the conventions, ‘How are you going to top the bedroom scene?’ I always want to swing for the fences and try and see if I could outdo myself from the the previous installment.
“There was actually a kill that I was going to put in Terrifier that happened to Jenna Kanell’s character Tara. After the hacksaw scene, it was another torture scene. I knew putting those back-to-back was going to completely lose the audience because it would be way too much to handle. So that was a kill that I kept on the back burner… I didn’t even put it in Part Two. So that’s one I may explore. But there’s another one I thought of about a month ago, where it clicked and I said ‘That’s going to be the next bedroom kill scene’ — you’ll know it when you see it. I can’t say for sure I’ll ever top any of these scenes — it’s always going to be subjective — but you will know it when you see it.”
David Howard Thornton will return to play Art again, and he will be joined by Lauren LaVera. It’s also been revealed that Terrifier 3 will have a much bigger budget to work with. That budget is “intended to give the filmmakers more creative freedom, and let them be as wild as they can be. And, all jokes aside, we are going for that Oscar this year.”
Leone has said, “I will continue to push boundaries in Terrifier 3, and I can’t wait for you to see what’s in store for Art the Clown.” So, I guess we should prepare for complete bloody carnage!