Daily Movie Rec 4/28/2023
Terrifier (2016) & Terrifier 2 (2022)
"I guess the new neighbors weren't such a good idea after all."
Directed by: Damien Leone
Cinematography by: George Steuber
Country: United States
Plot:
Art the Clown kills people in such graphic ways that it boggles the mind that someone would come up with this shit.
Reasons to watch:
While I can’t in good conscience recommend these movies to anyone but the most iron-stomached horror hounds, these controversial, head-turning slashers are everything that fringe cinema should be (short of formal experimentation): provocative, boundary-pushing, excessive, unrestrained, and make you wonder how and why anyone would come up with this shit. These movies are what I imagine it was like when the first two Evil Dead movies were released in the 80s - coincidentally also spaced six years apart (1981 and 1987). The first one sparked a lot of outrage and the filmmaking is very rough around the edges, but it’s bold, spirited, and nightmarishly dreamlike, with a sickly lyrical atmosphere that indicates there’s a talented filmmaker at work underneath the demented, eye-popping violence. It’s fucked up but unique, like a pulpy, tasteless, way over-the-top horror comic come to life.
The second one, with all of its funding is like, “alright, now I’ll show you what I can REALLY do,” and amps everything up to 11, dropping some of the most grotesquely impressive practical effects of the century. Thankfully it also drops a better script, better acting, and a much more cohesive style. Art the Clown is an S-tier horror villain - hitting the perfect balance between darkly comedic and utterly horrifying - and Lauren LaVera is an immediate scream queen icon who deserves more roles and also I want to have her babies.
Tubi/Peacock
Where to watch Terrifier 2:
Prime Video
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