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| Credits | |
| Title: | Terrifier |
| Director: | Damien Leone |
| Writers: | Damien Leone |
| Producers: | Larry Bilello; Phil Falcone; Damien Leone; Joe Patrick Marshall; George Steuber; Adam Weber |
| Composer: | Paul Wiley |
| Cinematography: | George Steuber |
| Editors: | Damien Leone |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Dark Age Cinema Dread Central |
| Released: | October 15th, 2016 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 82 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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| Next: | Terrifier 2 |
Terrifier is an American independent low-budget horror film of the horror genre with an emphasis on killer clowns. It was written and directed by Damien Leone and produced by Dark Age Cinema. It premiered at the Telluride Horror Show Film Festival on October 15th, 2016.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jenna Kanell | Tara Heyes |
| Samantha Scaffidi | Victoria Heyes |
| David Howard Thornton | Art the Clown |
| Catherine Corcoran | Dawn Emerson |
| Pooya Mohseni | Cat Lady |
| Matt McAllister | Mike, the exterminator |
| Katie Maguire | Monica Brown |
| Gino Cafarelli | Steve |
| Cory DuVal | Coroner |
| Michael Leavy | Exterminator #2 |
| Erick Zamora | Ramone |
| Clifton Dunn | Male EMT |
| Xiomi Frans-Cuber | EMT Roman |
| Julie Asriyan | Doctor |
| Margaret Reed | Mrs. Heyes |
| Alan Hasnas | Mister Heyes |
| Jason Leavy | Police officer #1 |
| Steven Della Salla | Police officer #2 |
| Ursula Anderman | Vicky's roomate |
| Daniel Rodas | Roomate's boyfriend |
| Dean Briscoe | X-ray technician |
| Phil Falcone | Tom |
| Gloria Jung | Evelyn |
| Elisa Vecchio | Girl in waiting room |
| Michelle Gianchetti | Girl in hallway |
| Joseph Patrick Marshall | Video control operator |
| Joe Causi | Radio DJ |
| Linda Russo | 911 operator |
| Kamal Ahmed | Voice on phone |
| Kyle Brauch | News anchor |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "You never forget your first kill".
- There are a total of thirty-one credited cast members in this film; 30 humans and 1 cat.
- Opening scenes of the pizza parlor were shot at Andy's Deer Hills Pizzeria in Deer Park, New York. The scenes were Tara goes to find a place to urinate were shot at the Nate Starkman & Son building.
- Terrifier had a limited theatrical release, grossing $339,946 in domestic sales with another $81,852 internationally for a worldwide gross of $421,798. It grossed $123,957 over its opening weekend, having been screened in 400 movie theaters. At its widest release, it was screened in a total of 853 theaters. It remained in release for a total of twenty-three weeks (166 days).
- On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Terrifer has a Tomatometer score of 62% based on twenty-six approved critic reviews. It has 16 positive reviews and 10 negative reviews. The film has an audience score (Popcornmeter) of 52% based on more than 1,000 verified user ratings, averaging 3.2 out of 5.
- Terrifier does not have a Metascore on Metacritic, but it has a user score of 6.1 out of 10 based on 139 user ratings, indicating generally favorable reviews.
- On Letterboxd, Terrifier has a weighted average review score of 2.36 based on 401,721 user ratings.
- On the Movie Database (TMDB), Terrifier has a user score of 64% based on 2,484 ratings.
- Later releases of this film gives In Memory Of credits to Wes Craven (1939-2015), Tobe Hooper (1943-2017) and George A. Romero (1940-2017) - three giants of the horror filmmaking industry best known for films like A Nightmare on Elm Street & Scream (Craven), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Poltergeist (Hooper), and Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead (Romero).
- Although released in 2016, the events of this film actually take place in October, 2017, with the framing sequence with Victoria Heyes and Monica Brown taking place in October, 2018. This is firmly established in Terrifier 2.
- The location setting for this film is the fictional locale of Miles County. This is established by name in Terrifier 2.
- Terrifier marks the first feature film work for David Howard Thornton, who plays Art the Clown. Prior to film work and stage acting, David Howard Thornton was an experienced mime. He is the second person to play the part of Art the Clown. In The 9th Circle and the Terrifier film short from 2011, Art the Clown was played by Mike Giannelli.
- The so-called "Cat Lady" does not actually have any cats. However, she does have a doll, which she has identified as her own daughter, Emily, who is deceased. Terrifier 2 shows a newspaper clipping about a young girl named Emily Crane, who was a victim of Art the Clown. It is believed by many that Emily Crane's likeness was used as an effigy for a demonic spirit dubbed the little pale girl. Some have even theorized that Emily Crane might be the Emily that the cat lady speaks of in Terrifier. Given that Emily is a fairly common name, this stretches credulity a bit, but it is still possible that the cat lady may be the mother of the little pale girl.