Why is TERRIFIER 1 & 2 So Messed Up?!

ABOUT THE SHOW:
This show celebrates Ryan's love for film, games, art and entertainment through personal retrospective analysis that aims to explore what made them so good.

MUSIC:
Hangin' with the Worms by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
Icelandic Arpeggios by DivKid
Fun House by Coyote Hearing
Frightmare by Jimena Contreras
Goddess of the Sea by Jimena Contreras
Devil's Organ by Jimena Contreras
Magical Dirt by Sir Cubworth
Sinister Cathedral by Asher Fulero
Addicted by VYEN

TIME STAMPS:

00:00 - Introducing Terrifier
03:18 - All Hallows' Eve & Terrifier's Story
07:32 - Why Terrifier is Effective
12:29 - What Makes Terrifier 2 Different?

[RyanHollinger]

*What should I cover next? ... Let me know in the comments!*

[SteveRamsey]

Art the Clown is an interesting slasher. While Jason and Michael Myers are unrelenting, emotionless superhuman monsters, Art seems to be a high-functioning killer. I mean, he's aware of his appearance enough to use a coin-op laundromat to wash his costume. Towards the end, he spits at Sierra, a conscious display of hate I can't imagine other slashers doing.

He only kills on Halloween... I can assume he's capable of taking off his makeup and costume and passing as a normal guy the rest of the year. Sure, he might be supernatural, but he displays evil human characteristics which make him super scary.

[johntremendol]

I can't wait for Ryan's magnum opus, 'Why the ending of Barbie (2023) broke me'

The fact that art is willing to just pull out a gun is just too funny to me

[supbro]

Art the clown is the only horror villain where if I saw anyone dressed as him I would run the other way

[alexmacdougall]

the real crime Art committed is his crimes against dental hygiene.

[jonascue]

The bedroom kill in the second one was one of the only moments where I felt genuinely sick and uncomfortable in a theater.

[yupitsjessbbyx]

The bleach salt scene legit had me gagging but not because it was somehow more gory than other movies I’ve seen. It’s just so much so quickly and so mean spirited and maintained consciousness it became overwhelming to the point I got physically ill. It was like horror overstimulation

[quentenpenney]

The fact that Art the clown doesn't make a single sound really freaks me out

[COVERedinblood]

I think the little clown girl in T2 might be connected to the first movie. In the newspaper that they look at, her name is "Emily Crane", Emily being what the Cat Lady in T1 named the porcelain doll she mothered like a real child. I'm just theorising here but what if the clown girl was the cat lady's daughter prior to Art killing her, making the mother go insane and continue trying to parent her deceased daughter through the porcelain doll. That'd be wild

[fabrisseterbrugghe]

The make-up is based on Pierrot, A French addition to Commedia dell'Arte. Pierrot is romantic, usually an unrequited lover. I found it fascinating that the actor playing Art used some of the tropes of Pierrot in the scene you showed from the pizza place.

[tuckershuff]

Idk why but Art the Clown gets under my skin more so than most villains. Just the thought of someone having so much F-U-N FUN while butchering me (quickly if I'm lucky) turns my stomach.

[kingsleycy]

I love how senseless 1 was. No familial connection, no demonic ritual- just total strangers incidentally crossing paths with Art

[DeadCardinal]

I’ll never get any enjoyment out of watching these kinds of movies.

Luckily I get tons of enjoyment watching a video where Ryan talks about them!

[nishiniwa]

I don't plan on watching the Terrifier movies because I think they're way too much for me, but I enjoy watching youtubers talk about it to sate my morbid curiosity. This came out at a perfect time, as I just finished watching another youtuber talk and review it, and I was wondering if you'd made a video on it. Thank you so much for this!

[mysticthemanakete]

The line about being in his world immediately brought to mind the words of one of the coolest Disney villains of all time (at least imho) - Dr Facilier.
‘You’re in my world, not your world, and I’ve got friends on the other side.’

[kingbash]

Terrifier gave me huge nostalgia towards films like Saw and Wrong Turn. The type of low-budget yet passionate films that delves into the unfiltered violence horror can get away with.

[Scawteee]

Not only one of your most interesting analysis, but perhaps the most interesting take on these films I've seen.
While I can't nor want to say I *like* Art as a character, there was something endearing about his presence in the first film. All of which was enhanced by the subversion of pure evil overcoming any shred of humanity. It all stuck with me, like a grim reminder that as much as society celebrates slasher villains, they're monsters.
Then the sequel comes out and it all felt cheapened, leaning hard into the genre boundaries that the first pushed against. So instead of leaving me with thoughts reflecting on our strange relationship with and the culture surrounding slasher villains, I'm left wondering what kind of message the first movie had at all, and if I was just looking too hard between the lines.
All that said, Leone does seem like a real hardworking guy and I love success stories like his so I'll be more than happy to see the next film, but I'll be going in with lower expectations in most areas except for the unrelenting brutality.

[HulloHulloHullo]

I think the fact that Art had a gun on his person this whole time reveals a terrifying implication. If all he wanted to do was kill these victims, he could have just used the gun.

He didn't though. It's fun to him. He enjoys making the characters die in awful ways. He enjoys violence

[skyesfury]

Art is the 21st century Pennywise. He's absolutely amazing and was an instant fave for me. He's over-the-top for the sake of being over-the-top, but he's also has a mysterious backstory that the writers seem (thankfully) reluctant to reveal. He's perfect for a slasher grindhouse villain. He's just fun!