Summary
Terrifier 3’swriter and director, Damien Leone, has revealed how far would be too far for him regarding what to show on the big screen. As far as his independenthorrorfilms are concerned, it has felt as though nothing’s off the table, yet Leone does have a limit.
TheTerrifiermovies have proven to be a huge success. The third film in the franchise has just been released in cinemas worldwide, and it’s already breaking records and dethroning the likes ofJoker: Folie A Deuxat the box office. It’s already been revealed thatTerrifier 3has made an estimated $17 to $18 million in just three days after it had a very impressive opening night in which it made $8.2 million worldwide. The movie was made on a budget of $5 million.
It looks likeTerrifier 3will be a huge success, and if you know the franchise already, then you know that it pushes the boundaries of the horror franchise. That said, the man behind these movies does have a limit to what he will show on-screen. During an interview withVariety, director and writer Damien Leone revealed where the line is for him. Leone revealed: “There’s a scene in the beginning where Art murders a child off-screen, and you just hear it. I could have shown that and the glorious way that we executed the scene. I would never do that because, to me, that’s just completely off-putting, and you’re going to alienate a large majority of your audience.”
He continued: “It’s like you’re trying to shock the audience so much it just becomes desperate. I think it’s my job as an artist to try and walk that line in a more interesting way, in a more responsible way.” Leone added: “I’m always looking for lines to get up to, to push the boundary.”
So, it seems as though the one thing that Leone will not show is children being murdered by Art the Clown. It’s nice to hear someone’s limits, especially with films as extreme as theTerrifiermovies. That said, it was revealed that many peopleleft the film’s first screening in the UKafter the movie’s opening scenes. It was later confirmed that the reason many people left was the scene that Leone mentioned above.
