Director, Damien Leone plans on moving back to the original Terrifier short film to re-capture its uniquely, terrifying atmosphere. Leone looks back fondly on the original Terrifier short and intends to implement the same tactics used in order to make those work. Of course, Terrifier 2 managed to scare up records amount of money for the type of low-budget film that it was. He fully intends to have another big theater-going horror experience on his hands with this entry.
We have high hopes that Terrifier 3 manages to start a new story with a bunch of new characters. Part of what made All Hallow’s Eve and Terrifier so great was that their stories would introduce new characters to spend your time with. Sure, the characters in
I do love that instead of doing the fully expected, “we are going to go bigger and badder and more, more, more,” instead he wants to return to his roots for something more contained and terrifying.
Terrifier 2 cost Leone and crew $250k to make. The film managed to earn just over $12 million over its short Halloween season run.
“One of my main goals for Terrifier 3 is to recapture the creep factor present in the original Terrifier short film.” Leone Tweeted “That had a genuinely spooky atmosphere that I’m still proud of. If all goes as planned, part 3 will be the scariest Terrifier thus far”
The synopsis for Terrifier 2 went like this:
Resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County to terrorize a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
Are you excited about Terrifier 3? Are you looking forward to Leone taking it back to his original short film roots?
