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Terrifier 3 director Damien Leone has teased one kill in the forthcoming slasher sequel that’s poised to surpass Terrifier 2‘s controversial bedroom scene. The second installment of the slasher franchise features its main antagonist, Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) murdering a girl named Allie (Casey Hartnett) in her bedroom over the course of several minutes. The series garnered its reputation for gore in the scene, which saw the girl die in an over-the-top, torturous fashion. Given the level of detail in the movie, it’s unclear if the upcoming sequel will be able to rival it.
However, speaking with Screen Rant, Leone explained how much writing Terrifier 3‘s kills involved competing not only with the previous installment, but also other movies in the genre, like Saw. The director highlighted how the kills in the franchise take established horror tropes and put new spins on them, with Psycho being a core inspiration for his favorite scene in the upcoming movie. He teases the gory scene rivaling Terrifier 2‘s bedroom sequence will involve Art the Clown wielding a chainsaw, attacking two people in the shower. Check out what Leone had to say below:
It’s always difficult, because the pressure is always mounting. The expectations get higher and higher as we go on. When David and I do conventions, it’s one of the most popular questions we get asked, is, “How are you going to top the previous kill scene? Do you think you topped it this time?” It’s like, “Oh boy.”
So, I always aim to try my best, and I try and hope inspiration strikes when I’m writing these scenes. You never know where it’s going to come from. There’s only so many things to do to the human body. We’re not just competing with ourselves in these movies, we’re competing with every other Saw movie, every other movie that comes out with these brutal kill scenes. Almost everything’s been done.
But the theme of Terrifier’s kills has always been taking traditional kill scenes that you’ve seen a million times, but then putting another spin on it, because Art’s not very elaborate. He’s not Jigsaw, where he is coming up with these crazy contraptions or these machines — which are amazing. I’m just saying he just grabs a weapon and kills somebody. So, it’s just about doing it in a very different way, or a more graphic way, or putting a twist on it.
So, for this film, one of my favorite kills kind of started with nothing to do with Terrifier. I’ll watch horror movies that I love, and one of them is Psycho, one of my favorite movies of all time. I watch it once, twice a year, and I’ll say like, “Wow, if Hitchcock made that today, would he shoot that the same way? Would he be a little more graphic with the way it’s portrayed? Would he show more penetration with the knife?” I know if I was given the opportunity to remake Psycho or something — which I’ll never get that opportunity — I said, “I would show everything that knife could possibly do. It would be the most graphic scene you’ve ever seen.”
And now, since no one’s going to let me remake Psycho, I’ll just say, “Well, I’ll make my own shower kill scene, and I’ll make it as crazy as possible. And instead of a knife, I’ll give Art a chainsaw. Instead of it being one person in the shower, I’ll put two people in the shower.” And that’s sort of how a scene like that is birthed in your head.
That’s the inception, and then it just becomes, “Well, what could we do? How many gags could we fit into this sequence? How many limbs could we show him chopping off? What are some interesting things he can do with that chainsaw? Et cetera.” That’s how a scene like that unfolds, so I think when you do see Terrifier 3, and you get into the shower scene, be prepared.
What Terrifier 3’s Wildest Kill Says About The Movie
It Might Just Surpass Terrifier 2 After All
The story of Terrifier 3 takes place five years after the original movie, with Art returning for revenge against Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera), who killed the supernatural clown in the previous movie. The new installment will also see the return of Victoria Heyes (Samantha Scaffidi), who will be assisting the clown in his murderous holiday rampage. While it was unclear if the Christmas theme coupled with a new villain would lead to a scene rivaling Terrifier 2, it seems Leone already knows which sequence will be just as blood-splattering.
While the shower scene could potentially become just as infamous as the bedroom scene in the last movie, Terrifier 3 is getting positive reviews that are even better than the second installment. This means instead of being on par with Terrifier 2‘s goriest moment, the sequel could become even more memorable thanks to its Psycho-inspired kills. Since there’s likely going to be even more bloody deaths throughout the movie, there could be multiple kill sequences the new installment ends up being infamous for.
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