- Horror
- 138 min
- NR
Rotten Tomatoes88%Metacritic59IMDb6.0
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A year after the Miles County massacre, Art the Clown is resurrected by a sinister entity. Art returns home, where he must hunt down and destroy teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan on Halloween. As the body count rises, the siblings fight to stay alive while uncovering the true nature of Art's evil intent.
- Graphic violence
- Body horror
- Harm to children
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Unpretentious, bleak, contemporary and classical in form.
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- warmbleak
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- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Oct 20245/10
I didn't love the first of these (2016) but I thought that maybe after a few years they could improve on the formula. Sadly, not to be. It's more or less the same as the last one, only this time our menacingly rampaging clown "Art" is targeting would be trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Personally, I'm with him all the way as that's an habit that deserves all it gets with irritating spoilt kids marauding the streets demanding candy. Utilising to best effect his natural disguise, "Art" alights on "Sienna" (Lauren Silva) and her geeky brother "Jonathan" (Elliott Fulham) and a-slashing we all go. Unfortunately, the acting and writing aren't up to much but that's not so bad as the repetitively procedural nature of the gory violence. From one implausible scenario to another and with characters who make the most stupid of decisions when facing a crisis, we plod along relentlessly with loads of screaming and histrionics. It's just like one of those video games where the dead never stay dead for long, and so with this immortality comes a sense of ennui as the plot struggles to engage or innovate and ends up like an extended edition of "Scooby Do". The sinister characterisation of the baddie
Read the whole review on TMDB - Nathanon TMDB · Oct 20226/10
_Terrifier 2_ is a massive improvement over its parent film but doesn't quite do enough to move the needle for me. From the get-go, this films tone and quality is drastically superior to the previous entry. The writing gives characters room to develop, and audiences can actually grow attached to characters in way that was blatantly absent from the first film. I enjoyed the added lore for Art that was sprinkled throughout, adds a level of depth to the newly founded horror icon. The writing allows for much more creative kills and set pieces, with the story taking place across an entire town rather than one claustrophobic apartment building. But with all those improvements, there are still lingering problems that carried over from the first film. Actor performances were all over the board. Some actresses were really compelling and honestly shocked me for the indie type feel of the film. Some notable highlights for me were the lead actress _Lauren LaVera_, _Kailey Hyman_, and _Elliott Fullam_. But other performances were legitimately bad, it felt like I was watching a high school drama production. There are some major pacing problems, for starters this movie is almost 2.5 hours long. T
Read the whole review on TMDB - r96skon TMDB · Oct 20247/10
A sizeable improvement on the first film. <em>'Terrifier 2'</em> features a very good lead performance from Lauren LaVera, who is the major plus point for this movie. David Howard Thornton merits praise, of course, as Art the Clown too. I noted in my review of the original that I wanted more from Art and this certainly gives more. Everything does feel stepped up a notch. I must say, though, that the run time is too long. I did lose interest towards the conclusion, a length similar to its predecessor would've been perfect; two hours plus really isn't necessary for a film like this, with respect. At least we get some good ol' gory violence throughout.
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Cast
- Lauren LaVeraSienna Shaw
- David Howard ThorntonArt the Clown
- Elliott FullamJonathan Shaw
- Sarah VoigtBarbara
- Kailey HymanBrooke
- Casey HartnettAllie
- Charlie McElveenJeff
- Amelie McLainThe Little Pale Girl
- Johnath DavisRicky
- Samantha ScaffidiVictoria Heyes
Crew
- Damien LeoneDirector
- Damien LeoneWriter
- George SteuberDirector of Photography
- Paul WileyOriginal Music Composer
- Damien LeoneEditor
- Phil FalconeProducer
- Jason LeavyProducer
- Michael LeavyProducer
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