One of the horror genre’s most dastardly killers of today would have to be Art the Clown, the demented antagonist from the Terrifier movies. The appropriately-titled original film, released in 2016 by filmmaker Damien Leone, introduced David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown. The film follows the sadistic, murdering clown as he torments young women on Halloween night.
Leone brought back Thornton for the new sequel, Terrifier 2, with Art the Clown resurrected for another Halloween night massacre. Just released in the United States, the film goes even further with how violently sadistic Art can really be. He’s a villain that is clearly having great fun with his brutal murders, seemingly enjoying them much more so than your average slasher movie killer.
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In an exclusive interview with MovieWeb, Thornton commented on what it was like to play such a brutal and demented killer. For the actor, he says that it was the mischievous nature that attracted him to the role initially. Thornton also compares Art the Clown to the Joker, noting how they’re both characters who fully embrace how evil they are and have fun with it, and for Thornton, those kinds of characters are incredibly “fun to play.”
Terrifier 2 Does Not Hold Back on the Gore
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Art the Clown’s gets particularly gruesome in Terrifier 2. Damien Leone also recently told MovieWeb that rivaling the famous hacksaw scene from the original was a challenge they had for the sequel. To accomplish that goal, it meant going all out with the blood and gore for one particular scene that we won’t spoil here. Leone told us that it was so bloody that they built a set rather than shoot in someone’s house as they knew it was going to be completely destroyed with fake blood.
Terrifier 2 is now available in theaters, courtesy of Cinedigm in partnership with Icon Events. You can check out the official trailer for the film below.
