It's great that a movie like "Terrifier" usurped "Joker 2 " giving Hollywood the middle finger it deserves. But the franchise is developing its own hype machine, trying to push this as extreme gore. Hoping to gain momentum by creating the urban myths about people walking out of the movie. To the point that the kids at the ticket booth felt the need to warn me about the gore. I was wearing a Slayer shirt at the time, so I don't know how that made me look like someone who is easily squeamish. Not only is this film a more accessible take on their proven formula, but it is not even the goriest movie I have seen this year, as both "In a Violent Nature" and "The Substance" can go toe to toe with the third film of this series.
Rather than comparing it to the first two movies, which is really a matter of budget and the actors settling into the characters, let's weigh it against other 2024 horror movies. "In a Violent Nature" is a slasher movie as well. At times it tries to create a more realistic point of view, white Terrifier goes for less realism and works off its own mood, which has more in common with the "Nightmare on Elm Street. Art the Clown is a big personality, much like Fredy Kriger, while the killer from "In a Violent Nature", was a 3-D killing machine.
If you compare it to a movie like "The Substance" it is clearly outmatched when it comes to writing and cinematography. But it does a good job of capturing what they are trying to do here, The writing has some holes in it, but the characters are more developed than the previous movies. They made some smart choices like a gender-flipped kill shot that replicates the more infamous moments of the first movie. The only thing I did not like was the off-screen kill of a major character that was implied. They leave the door open to explore the more supernatural story arc in this movie. Overall it delivers what you be expecting from the movie. It delivers most of the thing you want from it.
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