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| Terrifier | |
| Creator: | Damien Leone |
| Origin: | Terrifier (2016) |
| Owner: | Cineverse |
| Years: | 2016–present |
| Novels: | Terrifier 2 (2024) |
| Comics: | Terrifier (2021—2022) |
| Video Games: | (2025) |
| Music: | "A Work of Art" (2024) |
Terrifier is an American horror media franchise created by Damien Leone and consisting of slasher films,[1] [2] [3] comic books, novels, and video games. The franchise mainly focuses on Sienna Shaw, a young woman destined to defeat the enigmatic Art the Clown, a demonic serial killer that inhabits the fictitious Miles County, New York. Additionally, the series follows the Little Pale Girl, a sinister entity accompanying Art, and Victoria Heyes, a disfigured survivor struggling with her mental health who the Little Pale Girl possesses, becoming Art's accomplice.
The franchise began in 2016 with a standalone feature-length film showcasing Art, who had previously appeared in unrelated short films and the anthology film All Hallows' Eve incorporating the shorts.[4] The 2016 film had a generally mixed critical reception. Terrifier 2 (2022) was a box office success and received positive reviews. Terrifier 3 (2024) received generally positive reviews and was an even greater box office success, becoming the highest-grossing unrated film of all time.[5]
| Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrifier | Damien Leone | Damien Leone, Phil Falcone and George Steuber | ||
| Terrifier 2 | Damien Leone, Phil Falcone, George Steuber, Michael Leavy, Steven Della Salla and Jason Leavy | |||
| Terrifier 3 | ||||
| Terrifier 4 | colspan="2" | |||
See main article: Terrifier. On Halloween night, partygoer Tara Heyes (Jenna Kanell) and her sister Victoria (Samantha Scaffidi) become the targets of an enigmatic serial killer known only as Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton).
Terrifier was re-released theatrically in 700 theaters on July 19, 2023.[6] [7] [8]
See main article: Terrifier 2. Following the events of Terrifier, Art is resurrected by a mysterious entity to continue his killing spree across Miles County and the pursuit of the teenage Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) and her younger brother Jonathan (Elliott Fullam).
See main article: article and Terrifier 3. After surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. However, just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare.
Principal photography commenced by July 2023.[9] In October of the same year, it was announced that the first trailer for the sequel would debut on November 1, 2023, exclusively during a theatrical re-release of Terrifier 2.[10] Terrifier 3 was released on October 11, 2024.[11] [12]
After previously expressing interest in 2022 to develop Terrifier 3 and Terrifier 4 back-to-back,[13] Leone confirmed in February 2023 that he plans to make at least one more installment after the third film. The filmmaker explained that by the end of the franchise, the stories of Art the Clown, The Little Pale Girl, Victoria Heyes, and Sienna Shaw would be resolved.[14] By November of 2023 however, Leone stated that there may be additional installments after production on Terrifier 4 is completed, with the filmmaker stating that his goal is to create "... a satisfying franchise, [with] a satisfying conclusion where you could just watch it from start to finish and understand the journey and the arcs of your characters... but you never know what's going to happen down the line, but that is the goal is I don't want to make too many of these, and I want it to have a satisfying conclusion."[15] The writer/director later confirmed that the franchise intentionally draws from Biblical imagery, with the story of Sienna's confrontations with Art, being that of an angel versus a demon.[16]
In September 2024, Leone officially confirmed that Terrifier 4 is in development,[17] [18] while also stating that it is intended to be the conclusion of the franchise.[19]
| Character | Shorts | Films | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrifier | Terrifier | Terrifier 2 | Terrifier 3 | Terrifier 4 | |||
| Recurring characters | |||||||
| Art the Clown | Mike Giannelli | David Howard Thornton | |||||
| Casey | Kayla Lian | Kayla Lian | colspan="5" | ||||
| Scarecrow | Christine Evangelista | Christine Evangelista | colspan="5" | ||||
| Pregnant Woman | Anna Maliere | Anna Maliere | colspan="5" | ||||
| Satan | Eric Diez | Eric Diez | colspan="4" | ||||
| Woman | Marie Maser | colspan="5" | |||||
| Attendant | Michael Chmiel | colspan="5" | |||||
| John | colspan="5" | ||||||
| Man in Car | Daniel Rodas | colspan="5" | |||||
| Victoria "Vicky" Heyes | Samantha Scaffidi | Samantha Scaffidi | Samantha Scaffidi | ||||
| Tara Heyes | Jenna Kanell | colspan="2" | |||||
| Dawn Emerson | Catherine Corcoran | colspan="2" | |||||
| The Coroner | Cory Duval | colspan="2" | |||||
| Monica Brown | Katie Maguire | colspan="2" | |||||
| Sienna Shaw | Lauren LaVera | Lauren LaVera | Lauren LaVera | ||||
| Jonathan Shaw | Elliott Fullam | rowspan="2" | |||||
| The Little Pale Girl | Amelie McLain | ||||||
| Adam Burke | Chris Jericho | ||||||
| Brooke | Kailey Hyman | ||||||
| Gabbie Shaw | Antonella Rose | ||||||
| Single-film characters | |||||||
| Sarah | Katie Maguire | colspan="5" | |||||
| Tia | Sydney Freihofer | colspan="5" | |||||
| Timmy | Cole Mathewson | colspan="5" | |||||
| Kristen | Marissa Wolf | colspan="5" | |||||
| Sara | Minna Taylor | colspan="5" | |||||
| The Cat Lady | Pooya Mohseni | colspan="3" | |||||
| Mike the Exterminator | Matt McAllister | colspan="3" | |||||
| Barbara Shaw | Sarah Voigt | ||||||
| Allie | Casey Hartnett | ||||||
| Jeff | Charlie McElveen | ||||||
| Allie's Mother | Amy Russ | colspan="2" | |||||
| Ricky | Johnath Davis | colspan="2" | |||||
| Ms. Principe | Felissa Rose | colspan="2" | |||||
| Costume shop mom | Tamara Glynn | colspan="2" | |||||
| Jessica "Jess" Shaw | Margaret Anne Florence | ||||||
| Greg Shaw | Bryce Johnson | ||||||
| Santa Claus | Daniel Roebuck | ||||||
| Michael Shaw | Jason Patric | ||||||
| Mia | Alexa Blair Robertson | ||||||
| Cole | Mason Mecartea | ||||||
| Jennifer | Krsy Fox | ||||||
| Officer Evans | Stephen Cofield Jr. | ||||||
| Smokey | Clint Howard | ||||||
| Eddie | Bradley Stryker | ||||||
| Dennis | Jon Abrahams | ||||||
Credited as the 2013 film that launched the spin-off Terrifier franchise, All Hallows' Eve was followed by a number of anthology-standalone sequels including All Hallows' Eve 2 (2015), All Hallows' Eve: Trickster (2023),[20] and All Hallows' Eve: Inferno (2024).[21] [22] Producer Steve Barton stated that in collaboration with Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, future All Hallows' Eve installments would include combined independent horror short films, following their respective runs at film festivals; saying: "...the All Hallows’ Eve franchise will be a place for these movies to thrive and for these filmmakers to get the notice that they have so richly earned.” Jesse Baget, CEO of Ruthless Pictures, further explained that though the franchise was anthological in nature, each of the shorts takes place in the same shared continuity where the horrific characters "coexist".
| Film | Segment | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Hallows' Eve | "Wrap-around segment" | Damien Leone | Damien Leone & Jesse Baget | Jesse Baget | ||
| The 9th Circle | ||||||
| Untitled segment | ||||||
| Terrifier | ||||||
| All Hallows' Eve 2 | Trickster | Jesse Baget | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget and Kimberley Browning | |||
| Jack Attack | Bryan Norton & Antonio Padovan | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, Kimberley Browning, Lucia Bellini and Joseph Zaso | ||||
| The Last Halloween | Marc Roussel | Marc Roussel and Mark Thibodeau | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, Kimberley Browning, Ron Basch, Marc Roussel, Jessica Menagh, Greg Machula, Mark Thibodeau and John Nicholls | |||
| The Offering | Ryan Patch | Michael Koehler | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, Kimberley Browning, Joanna Bowzer, Ryan Patch and Michael Koehler | |||
| Descent | Jay Holben | Jay Holben & Christopher Probst | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, Kimberley Browning, Jay Holben and Christopher Probst | |||
| Masochist | Jon Kondelik & James Kondelik | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, and Kimberley Browning | ||||
| A Boy's Life | Elias Benavidez | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, Kimberley Browning and Allison Vanore | ||||
| Mr. Trickster's Treat | Mike Kochansky | Mike Kochansky & Mark Byers | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget, Kimberley Browning, Mike Kochansky and Mark Byers | |||
| Alexia | Andrés Borghi | Damien Leone, Jesse Baget and Kimberley Browning | ||||
| All Hallows' Eve: Trickster | Trickster | Evan Tramel | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez | |||
| That Halloween | Mike Hickey | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez and Christian Davis | ||||
| PrettyFace | Francesco Depinto & Fay Johnson | Francesco Depinto | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez, Jess Dubois and Brit Godish | |||
| Poor Glenna | Jean-Paul Disciscio | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez and Sarah Bordelon | ||||
| Nagual | Dan "Laz" Lazarovits | Phil DeSanti and Dan "Laz" Lazarovits | Phil DeSanti | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez, Dan "Laz" Lazarovits, Phil DeSanti and Craig Blair | ||
| Witch Hunt | Evan Gorski | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez and Ryan Robert Minford | ||||
| Karaoke Night | Francisco Lacerda | Francisco Lacerda & Amarino França | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Miguel Rodriguez, Amarino França and Mário Patrocínio | |||
| All Hallows' Eve: Inferno | "Wrap-around segment" | Evan Tramel | Lidia Lee | Steve Barton and Evan Tramel | ||
| In Lucidity | Kays Al-Atrakchi | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel and Richard J. Dubin | ||||
| Hammurabi | Patrick Kennelly | Bethany Orr | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Bethany Orr and Leo Garcia | |||
| Bakemono | Sumire Takamatsu & Jorge Lucas | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, William Nawrocki, Jorge Lucas and Sumire Takamatsu | ||||
| Aftertaste | Christianne Cruz | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, Sean Patrick Kelly, Christianne Cruz, Alex Ott and Cindy Lu | ||||
| Trial 22 | John Ferrer | Harry Metcalfe & John Ferrer | Steve Barton, Evan Tramel, John Otteson and Nathan M. Legger | |||
| Title | Segment | Crew/Detail | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer(s) | Cinematographer(s) | Editor(s) | Production companies | Distributing companies | Running time | |||
| The 9th Circle | Frank Nello | Tom Agnello | Damien Oramas | Damien Leone Films | 11 mins | |||
| Terrifier | Zack Bourne & Christopher M. Stark | Christopher Cafaro | Damien Leone | D&D Films LLC | 20 mins | |||
| All Hallows' Eve | Noir Deco and Zack Bourne & Christopher M. Stark | Christopher Cafaro, Tom Agnello, George Steuber, Marvin Suarez & Christopher Eadicicco | Ruthless Pictures, RLJE Films | RLJ Entertainment | 1 hr 23 mins | |||
| All Hallows' Eve 2 | Trickster | Jesse Baget | Ruthless Pictures, RLJ Films, Image Entertainment, Hollywood Shorts, Brickwall Productions, Red Sneakers Media, Bitter River Film & Media, Adakin Productions, Fractured Atlas Productions, Toronía Producciones | 1 hr 30 mins | ||||
| Jack Attack | Marco Werba | Gordon Yu | Mike Maclean | |||||
| The Last Halloween | Christopher Guglick | Michael Jari Davidson | John Nicholls | |||||
| The Offering | Samuel Estes | Andrew Michael Ellis | Frank Dale Arroyo | |||||
| Descent | Buck Sanders | Christopher Probst | Dan O'Brien | |||||
| Masochist | Michael John Mollo | Kyle Stryker | James Kondelik | |||||
| A Boy's Life | Hamdija Ajanovic | Aaron Moorhead | Frank Mohler | |||||
| Mr. Tricker's Treat | Mark Byers | Graham Bremner | Mike Kochansky | |||||
| Alexia | Pablo Borghi | Julián Batistuta | Andrés Borghi | |||||
| Terrifier | Paul Wiley | George Steuber | Damien Leone | Dark Age Cinema | Dread Central | 1 hr 25 mins | ||
| Terrifier 2 | Dark Age Cinema, Bloody Disgusting, Fuzz on the Lens Productions | Cinedigm Entertainment Group, Bloody Disgusting | 2 hrs 18 mins | |||||
| All Hallows' Eve: Trickster | Trickster | Storm Watters | Evan Tramel | Ruthless Studios, Monster-Movies.tv, Davis Film Inc., IndieGogo Films, Overdue Films, Filmed Imagination | Ruthless Studios LLC, TubiTV | 1 hr 28 mins | ||
| That Halloween | Baz Fratelli | Duncan DeYoung | Mike Hickey | |||||
| PrettyFace | Ray Magnuski | Fay Johnson & Jeffrey Caban | Josh Petrino | |||||
| Poor Glenna | Steve Moore | Shaun Clarke | Jean-Paul Disciscio | |||||
| Nagual | Marc Timon | Simon Dennis & Judd Overton | Javier Dampierre | |||||
| Witch Hunt | Alexander Taylor | Michael Babyak | Evan Gorski | |||||
| Karaoke Night | Antoni Maiovvi | Hugo França | Francisco Lacerda | |||||
| All Hallows' Eve: Inferno | "Wrap-around segment" | Evan Tramel | Russ Wu | Ruthless Studios, Indiegogo Inc., D.I.Y. or Die Productions, Alias Films, 3A: 3rd Astronaut Productions, Three Wheel Entertainment | 1 hr 14 mins | |||
| In Lucidity | Kays Al-Atrakchi | Christian Janss | Robert Zalkind | |||||
| Hammurabi | Jonathan Snipes | Gavin V. Murray | Patrick Kennelly | |||||
| Bakemono | Emi Nishida | Rob Silcox | William Nawrocki | |||||
| Aftertaste | Emily Greene & John Zarcone | Zeus Morand | Christopher J. Ewing | |||||
| Trial 22 | Savage & Spies | Charlie Martin | John Ferrer | |||||
| Terrifier 3 | Paul Wiley | George Steuber | Damien Leone | Dark Age Cinema, Bloody Disgusting, Cineverse, Screambox | Cinedigm Entertainment Group, Bloody Disgusting | 2 hr 05 mins | ||
| Film | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Video sales gross | Budget | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time North America | All time worldwide | North America | ||||
| Terrifier | $339,946 | $81,852 | $421,798 |
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| $35,000 | [23] [24] | ||
| Terrifier 2 | $10,962,502 | $4,724,836 | $15,687,338 |
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| $3,398,665 | $250,000 | [25] [26] | |
| Terrifier 3 | $54,000,000 | $32,900,000 | $86,900,000 |
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| $2,000,000 | [27] [28] | ||
| Total | >$ | >$ | >$ | x̄ #3,897 | x̄ #8,606 | $ | >$ | ||
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrifier | 62% (26 reviews)[29] | (0 reviews)[30] | |
| Terrifier 2 | 86% (81 reviews)[31] | 59/100 (8 reviews)[32] | |
| Terrifier 3 | 79% (112 reviews)[33] | 61/100 (18 reviews)[34] |
Between 2021 and 2022, a self-published two-issue limited comic book series adaptation of Terrifier was released by Damien Leone with illustrations by Steve McGinnis.[35] [36] [37]
David Howard Thornton reprised his role as Art the Clown in the 2023 Peacock series Bupkis. Starring Pete Davidson as a fictionalized version of himself, the segment featured the character in a comedic scenario. Leone was involved with filming the segment for the series.[38] [39] In December 2024, it was announced that David Howard Thornton would appear as Art the Clown in Art the Clown Eulogy Log, set to be released on December 24, 2024.[40]
In September 2024, Art the Clown appeared as a playable character in the battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone and the first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III in an event called "The Haunting".[41] In October 2024, a beat 'em up game titled was announced and will release in 2025 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows.[42]
A song by Ice Nine Kills based on Art the Clown called "A Work of Art" is featured in Terrifier 3.[43]
A novelization of Terrifier 2 by Tim Waggoner was released by Titans Books on October 29, 2024.[44]