Watching Art Slay Christmas In ‘Terrifier 3’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Christmas Chainsaw Massacre.

This December, Trace and I have checked out under seen 2019 gem I See You (listen), Joel Schumacher’s 2004 version of The Phantom of the Opera (listen), and the Bette Davis psycho biddie sequel, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (listen). For Christmas, we’ve gone contemporary with a look at Bloody‘s own Terrifier 3, directed by Damien Leone.

In the film, Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) and disfigured associate Vicky (Samantha Scaffidi) hibernate for five years as Final Girl Sienna (Lauren LaVera) struggles with her PTSD. While brother Jonathan (Elliott Fullam) dodges her invitation to spend family time with their aunt Jess (Margaret Anne Florence) and uncle Greg (Bryce Johnson), the killer clown reawakens, ready to celebrate the holiday season by slaying anyone who gets in his way, including Santa, passengers on public transit, and even children at the mall!

While Sienna and her family survive their latest encounter with the world’s most homicidal mime? Will someone get their dick chainsawed off? And what is indie director Jon Abrahams doing in this film? Listen to hear our thoughts!

Episode 314 – Terrifier 3 (2024)

You didn’t think we’d abandon you for Christmas, did you? For our final Main Feed episode of 2024, we’re tackling Damien Leone’s Terrifer 3 (2024) AKA the highest grossing unrated film OF ALL TIME!!!

We break the action into two discussions: Sienna’s Final Girl Trauma storyline, then the Art & Vicky stuff. Trace feels the former is too familiar, while Joe is a bit more generous.

Plus: Leone’s rebuttal to accusations of misogyny, horror cameos, debate if Art is Vicky’s sidekick, the wonky death that doesn’t work for us, and how Art has broken into the mainstream.

Cross out Terrifier 3!