History YMMV / Terrifier

* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Slow bisection]] by way of GroinAttack, anyone? No? How about some intestines falling out as she's sliced downwards?]]

* {{Squick}}: The disgusting mess that Art left behind in the bathroom. It's not shown on-screen thankfully.

* {{Squick}}: The disgusting mess that Art left behind in the bathroom.

* EpilepticTrees: Primarily concerning Art's origin story. Many have chalked it up to being a DealWithTheDevil, such as [[http://smashortrashindiefilmmaking.com/at-the-movies/all-hallows-eve-2013-terrifier-2018/?fbclid=IwAR2XTWte421Qh2bNnHN60uWwvnHOIMY01snGkaJGKPyIk5BFlCie2wg59sY this one]], to explain [[spoiler:his resurrection at the end of the movie. Some of the even wilder theories suggest that he used blanks, which [[CriticalResearchFailure completely ignores the fact]] that [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/5972313/why-a-gun-loaded-with-blanks-can-still-kill-you blanks can still kill a person if they hit the brain]], and also the flickering lights and children's voices that can be heard just before he comes back to life.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[MonsterClown Art the Clown]] is a vile, psychotic killer with a penchant for viciously slaughtering and mutilating anybody he comes across, taking special care to get creative when it comes to torturing and murdering women. He brutally slaughters a couple of employees in a pizzeria for kicking him out, and stalks Dawn and Tara, sawing Dawn in half from the [[GroinAttack crotch]] downwards while Tara is forced to watch, and shooting Tara to death. A woman tries to speak to his conscience, only to be scalped and partially FlayedAlive for her troubles. When Tara's sister goes looking for her, he chases her, too, nearly suffocating her with a plastic bag and striking her with a whip, and additionally killing the two exterminators in the building. He knocks Victoria unconscious and [[ImAHumanitarian eats her face]] before shooting himself to avoid arrest, only to come back to life and kill the coroner shortly after.

** Is his misogynistic streak a result of having an [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]]? His [[TranquilFury visible reaction]] when the pleading homeless woman asks "Haven't you ever felt a mother's touch?" certainly indicates that this might be the case.[[labelnote:note]]Although [[WordOfGod Damien Leone]] has gone on record saying that he was just pretending to break down in that scene.[[/labelnote]]
** Was he ever human? WordOfGod states that [[spoiler:he didn't expect to come back from his suicide, which strongly suggests that before the end of the movie, he was]] but many fans have theorized that he's fully supernatural, as he was in ''Film/AllHallowsEve''.

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Tara, who nearly beats Art to death, only to be ultimately killed by Art.]]

** Creator/DavidHowardThornton says that Art hates everyone equally, instead of just women, as has often been the most common interpretation of his character. While he clearly has a misogynistic streak in his treatment of women, he is still ultimately a complete misanthrope and sadist above all else.

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Tara. She nearly beats Art to death!]] which leads into
* TooDumbToLive: As she stops beating Art & yells for him to get up, guving him time to not only recover, but to respond in kind.

** David Howard Thornton says that Art hates everyone equally, instead of just women, as has often been the most common interpretation of his character. While he clearly has a misogynistic streak in his treatment of women, he is still ultimately a complete misanthrope and sadist above all else.

* EpilepticTrees: Primarily concerning Art's origin story. Many have chocked it up to being a DealWithTheDevil, such as [[http://smashortrashindiefilmmaking.com/at-the-movies/all-hallows-eve-2013-terrifier-2018/?fbclid=IwAR2XTWte421Qh2bNnHN60uWwvnHOIMY01snGkaJGKPyIk5BFlCie2wg59sY this one]], to explain [[spoiler:his resurrection at the end of the movie. Some of the even wilder theories suggest that he used blanks, which [[CriticalResearchFailure completely ignores the fact]] that [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/5972313/why-a-gun-loaded-with-blanks-can-still-kill-you blanks can still kill a person if they hit the brain]], and also the flickering lights and children's voices that can be heard just before he comes back to life.]]

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Nothing in the movie itself counts, but in the credits, Leone commemorates Creator/WesCraven, Creator/TobeHooper, and Creator/GeorgeARomero.

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Tara. She nearly beats Art to death!]]

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Victoria. She ended up half-eaten, horribly disfigured, and nearly killed. All because she had to pick her sister up. To top it off, she becomes a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, murdering the talk show host who was laughing at her behind her back.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Tara giving Art a long-deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. [[spoiler:Sadly, it doesn't last, as he pulls out a gun and shoots her.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Nothing in the movie itself counts, but in the credits, Leone commemorates Creator/WesCraven, Creator/TobeHooper, and Creator/GeorgeARomero.

** David Howard Thornton says that Art hates everyone equally, instead of just women, as has often been the most common interpretation of his character. While he clearly has a misogynistic streak in his treatment of women, he is still ultimately a complete misanthrope and sociopath above all else.