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Post by BRV on Oct 30, 2022 20:45:02 GMT -5
If you haven't heard of it, "Terrifier 2" is a sequel to 2016's "Terrifier," and tells the story of a depraved serial killer in a clown costume who slashes and gashes his victims. It's perhaps most notable for articles like this one below, which report on audience members fainting or vomiting from the gory scenes in the movie. www.avclub.com/terrifier-2-making-people-shake-cry-throw-up-1849655243Thanks to word of mouth and seeing the movie almost becoming a dare of sorts, it's become a box office sensation, with Forbes reporting that the mostly crowdfunded movie increasing ticket sales, grossing nearly $8 million since it was released to only 886 theaters earlier this month. Long story short - who's seen it? And what are your thoughts? I saw it last night but I'm curious to hear what others have to say about it.
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Post by ace on Oct 30, 2022 20:47:53 GMT -5
I loved it and what it’s doing. It’s also an unwieldy mess where dialog scenes never end and in desperate need of an edit. I wish most movies tried half the ideas this one does. I wrote about it here: scarevalue.com/terrifier-2-review/
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2022 20:57:39 GMT -5
Absoloutley loved it , it is an improvement over part 1 in pretty much every way....largely because there is an actual story here which the original has pretty much none.
Alot of people wanna already put Art as an icon of horror....to me we jumpin the gun there let him get a few more films under his clown costume before we do that please.
The practical effects though *chefs kiss* absoloutley masterful stuff and hopefully we can start getting horror back if not just film in general to practical effects because of the business this movie is doing.
The actress who played Sienna is gonna be one to keep an eye out for in the future she was fantastic.
So whose up for some mashed potatos?
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Post by tntchamp on Oct 30, 2022 21:06:39 GMT -5
Loved this movie. It was a total blast to watch and I was never once bored with it. It certainly isn't for the faint of heart that is for sure. Art of course is a great horror movie villain and likewise The final girl is equally great to watch. I can't wait for Terrifier 3 whenever it comes out. Another thing I want to talk about with this movie is that I love hearing about it's success story. Here was a truly indy movie that was only supposed to be a limited one week release but has made so much money and gotten so much positive feedback to the point that it has had a extended run that is still going on as of this written. It has made 6 million on a budget with a budget of $250,000. That is a amazing fleet for a small movie like this.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Oct 30, 2022 22:40:07 GMT -5
Saw it at the drive/in with the girlfriend this weekend and we really enjoyed it. Art is a fun slasher movie villain. The sunglasses scene was hilarious.
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Post by ace on Oct 30, 2022 23:12:07 GMT -5
It’s now streaming on Screambox
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Post by Display Name on Oct 31, 2022 2:10:31 GMT -5
The gore in this..so beautiful. The sword stuff was corny as hell, but I really liked it.
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Post by ppl591 on Oct 31, 2022 3:29:04 GMT -5
Been saving this for Halloween night. I can't wait
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 31, 2022 5:16:11 GMT -5
Really liked it, the music is killer too
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Post by BRV on Oct 31, 2022 12:45:47 GMT -5
The gore in this..so beautiful. The sword stuff was corny as hell, but I really liked it. I agree with this, and frankly, a lot of what has been said in this thread so far. I'm glad that there's still room in the world for movies like this to exist - ugly, nasty, grindhouse horror that hearkens back to the VHS rentals of the 1970s and 1980s - and the fact that it's becoming a sensation shows there's clearly an appetite for it. But it is overstuffed to the point of excess. It does not need to be close to its bloated 148-minute runtime, as a lot of the ideas (namely this mystical dagger or whatever the heck it is) that are fleshed out over the course of the film, and, honestly, most of the characters themselves, are not interesting enough for the screen time they receive. I read an interview where Damien Leone talks about how much fat he had to trim in the editing room, and he still had plenty of trimming left to do if you ask me. As for the gore itself, which is one of the large reasons the movie is has become so popular and polarizing in the mainstream, I didn't find it to be overly vile or stomach-churning or anything of the sort. Maybe it was the fact that it was so over-the-top, but nothing really felt like it came close to the shocking violence or overall memorability of the hacksaw scene from the first "Terrifier." I think all the reports of people in theaters fainting and vomiting set my expectations so high that even the bedroom scene in this movie felt tame compared to what I thought I was about to see.
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Post by ace on Oct 31, 2022 12:56:54 GMT -5
The gore in this..so beautiful. The sword stuff was corny as hell, but I really liked it. But it is overstuffed to the point of excess. It does not need to be close to its bloated 148-minute runtime, as a lot of the ideas (namely this mystical dagger or whatever the heck it is) that are fleshed out over the course of the film, and, honestly, most of the characters themselves, are not interesting enough for the screen time they receive. I read an interview where Damien Leone talks about how much fat he had to trim in the editing room, and he still had plenty of trimming left to do if you ask me. In my review above I compared it to going from Appetite for Destruction to Use Your Illusion. The raw, this is all we’ve got let’s show them who we are feel…to the excesses of imagination left unchecked.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Oct 31, 2022 13:01:25 GMT -5
...I think all the reports of people in theaters fainting and vomiting set my expectations so high that even the bedroom scene in this movie felt tame compared to what I thought I was about to see. Because that's the same ol' MO this brand of horror has ran with since times immemorial. It's ridiculous but it works every time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2022 13:02:25 GMT -5
IMO I think the hacksaw scene gets topped here by THAT scene.
But I can also see the arguement why not because of how over the top the particular scene in the sequel gets.
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 31, 2022 13:02:58 GMT -5
I liked the first one, but pretty much remember nothing besides good gore effects. I'll still check this out, though the "OMG GORIEST MOVIE EVER PPL ARE FAINTING!!1" stuff already ensures I'll be disappointed.
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Post by SneakMan on Oct 31, 2022 13:13:16 GMT -5
Question for people in this thread. I'm not opposed to violence and gore (I loved the Suspiria remake for instance, and Dead Alive/Braindead is of course a classic) but I've found that in recent years I've grown to dislike an intense focus on pain and suffering - think Hostel, the later Saw movies, or that one particular scene in The Green Inferno. Is the gore and whatnot in the Terrifier movies more like the old school Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th movies where it's like "holy shit that was crazy" or does it go into full-on torture porn territory? Some of the stuff I've read makes it seem more like the latter than the former, and for all the praise T2 has been getting I don't wanna jump into a 2 and a half hour movie if there's a chance I'll end up hating it.
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 31, 2022 13:20:36 GMT -5
Question for people in this thread. I'm not opposed to violence and gore (I loved the Suspiria remake for instance, and Dead Alive/Braindead is of course a classic) but I've found that in recent years I've grown to dislike an intense focus on pain and suffering - think Hostel, the later Saw movies, or that one particular scene in The Green Inferno. Is the gore and whatnot in the Terrifier movies more like the old school Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th movies where it's like "holy shit that was crazy" or does it go into full-on torture porn territory? Some of the stuff I've read makes it seem more like the latter than the former, and for all the praise T2 has been getting I don't wanna jump into a 2 and a half hour movie if there's a chance I'll end up hating it. I've only seen the first, but I'd say it's more oldschool. The deaths are pretty quick (well, besides one) and there's a comical edge at times. But it's an extremely hard R.
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Post by SneakMan on Oct 31, 2022 13:28:28 GMT -5
I've only seen the first, but I'd say it's more oldschool. The deaths are pretty quick (well, besides one) and there's a comical edge at times. But it's an extremely hard R. Yeah I've read about that scene (and a similar scene in 2 that goes well beyond). A lot of it depends on the tone and whatnot I guess. Like both the Silent Hill movie and Martyrs feature people getting skinned alive but the way they're portrayed couldn't be anymore different.
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Post by tntchamp on Oct 31, 2022 17:20:27 GMT -5
I've only seen the first, but I'd say it's more oldschool. The deaths are pretty quick (well, besides one) and there's a comical edge at times. But it's an extremely hard R. Yeah I've read about that scene (and a similar scene in 2 that goes well beyond). A lot of it depends on the tone and whatnot I guess. Like both the Silent Hill movie and Martyrs feature people getting skinned alive but the way they're portrayed couldn't be anymore different. I would say the gore will it definitely liners on what goes on, doesn't quite reach Saw or hostel levels of tourture. At worst I say they're slightly more longer/elaborate Friday 13th level death scenes. Your milage may vary though admittedly.
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