Terrifier 3

Leone’s talent for tone control and his ability to shift from...chaotic, blood-soaked joy into a horrifying, blood-soaked hopelessness...makes Terrifier 3 work as more than a special effects exhibition.

Rarely has so much on-screen bloodshed been so lifeless.

It's really kind of a lot of fun.

continues to confront us with the ever-uncomfortable question of not just what we are willing to watch, but why. And there is more to come. A cliffhanger ending suggests that this third entry is no trilogy closer. Art, you see, good or bad, never dies.

Terrifier 3 puts the “E” in Extreme, and it has an ace gimmick, one that simultaneously winks at and fulfills franchise expectations.

The film proffers plenty of funny gifts along these lines, foremost among them a written-for-the-film Christmas tune rivaling the Muppet Christmas Carol’s gold standard, but the real reason for the season is the simple, honest lust for carnage.

[Damien Leone] has managed to maintain the essence of his killer clown without excessively stretching a plot that no one is looking for. [Full review in Spanish]

The film wants to be extreme and brutal, but instead, it provokes laughter and discomfort; what is truly disturbing does not come from visual savagery but from having a connection with the characters... [Full review in Spanish]

... There is no one to root for or empathize with; no one lives long onscreen. [Full review in Spanish]

Terrifier 3 is a visceral and at times nauseating experience, an exercise close to the torture porn of the beginning of this millennium. We must appreciate, however, the confidence, imagination, and absolute lack of solemnity... [Full review in Spanish]