Well, this film sure is sick shit without the targeted-feeling baggage the first film had. But is it necessarily better?
The big hook for this film was Art the Clown's supernatural resurrection in the first one, and I was on board for this film turning into a more campy eightiesy slasher after the previous movie was more grounded. But the film introduces a lot of surrealism and lore and unexplained stuff that makes things complicated and not well resolved in a way that strings you along for another film in an unsatisfying, not compelling way. I'm so sick of serialized horror that drags out a puzzle over multiple installments.
Even some of the elements that are meant to be understood missed me due to conflicting or misdirecting information. A phantom of a girl in Art's guise is connected later to one of his victims, so I thought that was all she stood for and missed the implication that she was the evil force resurrecting him.
The basic story is that Sienna is a girl who wants to go out on Halloween in a costume based on her late father's artwork. Art did his massacre a year prior and people are already starting to tastelesely idolize him and he starts showing up and scaring people. Sienna's mom is stressed and unlikable and her brother is creepy, but discovers links that show their dad knew about Art and wanted Sienna to stop him, though why is still unsure.
The gore is outrageously twisted and brutal beyond all hell, and some of the scenes where Art tortures people psychologically by showing off victims are truly disturbing and memorable. The film makes some of the kills seem heightened and comedic in their unreal nature, though, since people can get ripped apart like Play-Doh. Art himself is still a great performance.
The film's runtime becomes apparent. With fairly flat characters and some scenes that feel jarringly overlong, the film is bloated and not as engaging as it should be. There's a lot of unimportant character stuff and drawn-out segments that could have been cut to make this a more snappy film.
I don't think I can say I like this film, but I'm invested in Terrifier all the same. The story was better and the brutality didn't feel hateful, just purely sick...but the film is also confusing, cryptic, and too long.
But yeah, I'll see the third when it happens. Screw it.
Film Extremely sick, more fun, and more confusing and plodding.
Well, this film sure is sick shit without the targeted-feeling baggage the first film had. But is it necessarily better?
The big hook for this film was Art the Clown's supernatural resurrection in the first one, and I was on board for this film turning into a more campy eightiesy slasher after the previous movie was more grounded. But the film introduces a lot of surrealism and lore and unexplained stuff that makes things complicated and not well resolved in a way that strings you along for another film in an unsatisfying, not compelling way. I'm so sick of serialized horror that drags out a puzzle over multiple installments.
Even some of the elements that are meant to be understood missed me due to conflicting or misdirecting information. A phantom of a girl in Art's guise is connected later to one of his victims, so I thought that was all she stood for and missed the implication that she was the evil force resurrecting him.
The basic story is that Sienna is a girl who wants to go out on Halloween in a costume based on her late father's artwork. Art did his massacre a year prior and people are already starting to tastelesely idolize him and he starts showing up and scaring people. Sienna's mom is stressed and unlikable and her brother is creepy, but discovers links that show their dad knew about Art and wanted Sienna to stop him, though why is still unsure.
The gore is outrageously twisted and brutal beyond all hell, and some of the scenes where Art tortures people psychologically by showing off victims are truly disturbing and memorable. The film makes some of the kills seem heightened and comedic in their unreal nature, though, since people can get ripped apart like Play-Doh. Art himself is still a great performance.
The film's runtime becomes apparent. With fairly flat characters and some scenes that feel jarringly overlong, the film is bloated and not as engaging as it should be. There's a lot of unimportant character stuff and drawn-out segments that could have been cut to make this a more snappy film.
I don't think I can say I like this film, but I'm invested in Terrifier all the same. The story was better and the brutality didn't feel hateful, just purely sick...but the film is also confusing, cryptic, and too long. But yeah, I'll see the third when it happens. Screw it.