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Watch If You Liked: Tales from Halloween
This may be the most controversial review I’ve ever posted. Don’t unfollow me yet - hear me out. I didn’t hate Tales from Halloween, the prequel to Terrifier. The finale featuring Art the Clown running through the house covered in blood is well done. The rest of the film is shaky, but I understand why this spawned a franchise just for this character.
Is Art one of the most horrifying and iconic slashers to grace the genre in recent years? Yes, of course. I’m team Art, really I am. But Terrifier as a film isn't iconic in any way that matters.
It’s hard to even say there is a story to this. It really just is two girls running around an abandoned building for 86 minutes. We get an initial scene that flashes back to Tales from Halloween, just to enlighten the viewers who may not have seen the prequel, but this has no bearing on the rest of the film. Throughout Tara and Dawn’s night, we are introduced to a few other obscure characters, one of them simply billed as “Cat Person.” We are given very minimal reason to care about any of these people. We can go as far as to say that maybe this is all artistic and this a parody of the slasher genre - but something tells me that’s not the intention.
Let’s move on to the kills in Terrifier, the biggest appeal of this film for many. The kills are outrageous, bloody, and fans of the slasher subgenre would call these “creative.” Now, I’m all for good slasher fun, especially when poking fun at the genre, but I found these kills to be in poor taste. They are oozing with the male gaze and focus primarily on extended shots of extreme violence against women. Something about the way this was done, just left a bad taste in my mouth after watching.
I’m sure many slasher fans will love this, in fact I know they do. Art the Clown has become an instant horror icon. But I want to see something MORE out of this franchise and maybe Terrifier 2 will deliver.
Know Before You Watch: Features clowns, extreme gore, blood, death, nudity.
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