FILM
TERRIFIER 3
THIS CLOWN IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Lauren LaVera plays Sienna.
Send in the clowns: David Howard Thornton as Art.
★★★
OUT NOW / CERT 18 / 125 MINS
DIRECTOR
Damien Leone
CAST
David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Jason Patric, Elliott Fullam
PLOT
Five years after his decapitation, supernatural serial killer Art the Clown (Howard Thornton) returns at Christmas to torment his arch-enemy, Sienna Shaw (LaVera).
THE SAGA OF writer-director Damien Leone’s signature horror character Art the Clown began with The 9th Circle, a 2008 short which was recycled with other mini-movies (including a 2011 first draft of Terrifier) into a 2013 anthology film, All Hallows’ Eve. David Howard Thornton didn’t take over the role of the clown until the breakout feature version of Terrifier (2016). His exceptionally committed evil-mime performance —imagine Harpo Marx possessed by the Driller Killer —remains the centrepiece of an ongoing series which shows no signs of winding down.