Terrifier 3 2024

Emerging directly from the chilling conclusion of its predecessor, the film plunges into Art the Clown’s (David Howard Thornton) macabre resurrection. Rising from the cold steel table of the morgue, he unleashes a torrent of violence upon the unsuspecting medical examiner, silencing him with a brutal slash to the throat. In a gruesome act of self-preservation, Art plucks out the examiner’s eye, replacing his own damaged orb, and seemingly harvests the examiner’s brain to replenish his own ravaged mind. Driven by an insatiable bloodlust, Art makes his way to a desolate laundromat, cleansing his bloodstained attire while extinguishing the life of another unfortunate soul. As he fades into the night, a haunting vision manifests—The Little Pale Girl (Amelie McLain), a pint-sized embodiment of madness and mirth, reveling in Art’s murderous spree.

Nearly a year passes, with Halloween once again casting its ominous shadow. Sienna (Lauren LaVera), a teenage girl grappling with grief, meticulously crafts her own Halloween costume inspired by the artwork of her deceased father. Her creation: an awe-inspiring angel warrior, a character born from the imagination of her artist father before his untimely demise. During a family dinner, Sienna expresses her concern to her mother, Barbara (Sarah Voigt), about her younger brother Jonathan’s (Elliott Fullam) fascination with dressing as Art the Clown for Halloween. Barbara vehemently opposes the idea, and later, Sienna confides in her mother about her growing anxieties regarding Jonathan’s mental state.

On television screens across the town, scenes from the first film flicker to life, showcasing Vicky (Samantha Scaffidi), the sole survivor of Art’s previous rampage—scarred but defiant. Vicky’s interview takes a horrifying turn as she lashes out at the interviewer, her rage and trauma culminating in a near-fatal attack (a chilling echo of events depicted in the first film).

That night, Sienna is ensnared in a nightmare, transported to a surreal film set where commercials for a Clown Cafe and an Art-branded cereal are being filmed. Horror grips her as she witnesses Art brutally slaying the other actors, culminating in a terrifying inferno ignited by his flamethrower aimed directly at her. Awakening from this visceral dream, Sienna discovers her room engulfed in flames—whether sparked by her subconscious terror or a carelessly left candle remains unclear. Barbara frantically extinguishes the blaze, but not before it singes the delicate wings of Sienna’s costume and chars the sword bequeathed to her by her father.

The following morning, the schoolyard buzzes with discussion about Vicky’s shocking attack on the interviewer. Sienna, overwhelmed by the unsettling parallels between Vicky’s ordeal and her own nightmare, succumbs to a panic attack. Her friends Brooke (Kailey Hyman) and Allie (Casey Hartnett) rush to her side, offering solace and support in her moment of fear.

At school, Jonathan witnesses two classmates disturbing the remains of an opossum. He then encounters Art in a hallway, who is gleefully manipulating the same deceased creature. Jonathan also catches another glimpse of the unnerving Little Pale Girl. Art hurls the opossum at Jonathan and flees. The school principal (cameo by Felissa Rose), misjudging the situation entirely, blames Jonathan for introducing the dead animal into the school and informs Barbara.

Following school hours, Sienna ventures to a Halloween store in search of a new pair of wings. There, she stumbles upon Art. While his presence as a clown unsettles her, he demonstrates no intention of harming her. After Sienna departs, Art locks the store’s doors, brutally mutilates the clerk, and gruesomely displays the severed head as a macabre Halloween decoration.

Upon returning home, Sienna discovers Jonathan in hot water due to the opossum incident. He confides in his sister that Art was responsible for framing him. Despite her own unsettling encounters with Art, Sienna initially expresses skepticism towards Jonathan’s claims. However, she inquires about the nature of his obsession with the clown. Jonathan reveals a treasured possession: their father’s old sketchbook. Inside, they find sketches depicting scenes from the first film, a chilling portrait of Art himself, and a striking image of the warrior angel triumphantly holding Art’s severed head. While Sienna remains unconvinced that their father predicted Art’s return, she later convinces their mother to believe Jonathan’s account of not bringing the opossum corpse into school.

Sienna indulges in a refreshing shower before slipping into her meticulously crafted costume of the warrior angel. Barbara, though somewhat hesitant about the revealing nature of the outfit, acknowledges its exceptional quality and expresses that it would have undoubtedly made their father proud. Sienna sets off for a club to meet Brooke and Allie.

Meanwhile, Allie diligently distributes Halloween treats while her parents are away. Art arrives but assures Allie he will depart if she offers him some candy (which she ultimately does). Despite his promise, Art later violates Allie’s sanctuary, launching a brutal attack. He mercilessly slashes her body, carving open her back and cruelly scalping her. Later, upon returning home, Allie’s horrified mother finds her daughter barely clinging to life, with the sadistic Art laughing maniacally over her skinned form. The chilling scene concludes with the revelation that Art has decapitated Allie’s mother and is using her severed head as a gruesome bowl to dispense Halloween candy to unsuspecting trick-or-treaters.

Underneath the pulsing lights of the club, Sienna met Brooke’s boyfriend, their laughter mingling with the beat as they shared drinks and danced the night away. However, back at the house, a tempest brewed between Barbara and Jonathan. Their argument ignited over the opossum incident and Jonathan’s unsettling fascination with Art. Enraged, Barbara tore apart the sketchbook of her deceased father, slapping Jonathan after he hurled a vicious insult. He fled the house, leaving behind a trail of mischief—toilet paper draping the family car like ghostly shrouds, smashed pumpkins littering the driveway, eggs splattered on the windshield, and shaving cream smeared across the windows. Barbara, consumed by anger and grief, reached out to Sienna, who defended her brother while expressing her deep love for their mother, a balm that soothed Barbara’s troubled soul.

As Jonathan wandered through the night, seeking solace, he crossed paths with the Little Pale Girl. A chilling premonition gripped him, propelling him back towards the familiar sanctuary of home. Barbara, determined to restore order, began cleaning the vandalized car. As she wiped away a smear of shaving cream, her world shattered. Art materialized within the vehicle, his sinister grin mocking her. In a flash, he raised a sawed-off shotgun and fired, silencing Barbara forever.

Jonathan stumbled upon this gruesome scene—Art, with an unnerving calm, “feeding” mashed potatoes to Barbara’s lifeless body. Terror seized him, urging him to flee. But Art’s grip was ironclad; Jonathan succumbed to a drug-induced slumber.

Meanwhile, Brooke confessed to Sienna that she had slipped molly into her drink, hoping to coax Sienna out of her shell. As they danced, Sienna’s gaze locked with the Little Pale Girl in the crowd. Panic surged through Molly, shattering her composure. Brooke and her boyfriend dragged Sienna away from the club’s hypnotic allure and into the waiting embrace of his car.

During the drive home, a chilling call pierced through Sienna’s phone. It was the Little Pale Girl, her voice mimicking Jonathan’s. A desperate plea for help reached Sienna’s ears—Jonathan was trapped at the abandoned fairgrounds and needed her rescue.

As they arrived at the desolate fairground, Brooke revealed to her boyfriend the dark secrets that shadowed Sienna and Jonathan’s past: their father, plagued by a brain tumor, had descended into madness and violence before meeting a fiery demise in a car crash.

Lost in their own world of intoxicated oblivion, Brooke and her boyfriend sought solace in drugs and stolen kisses within the confines of the car. Unbeknownst to them, Sienna received another text from the Little Pale Girl, this time directing her towards the heart of the derelict fairgrounds—the haunted funhouse ride known as the Terrifier, where Jonathan awaited his fate.

Under the veil of night, Brooke’s boyfriend ventured outside for a moment of relief, only to become the victim of Art’s depraved violence. The horrifying attack left him mutilated and lifeless. Terror-stricken, Brooke fled, with the monstrous Art relentlessly pursuing her. Their desperate chase culminated within the twisted confines of the Terrifier funhouse, where Brooke met a gruesome end. Art unleashed a barrage of brutality upon her, his methods escalating from savage beatings to the cruel disfigurement inflicted by acid and the ultimate, fatal blow from a bat grotesquely adorned with sharpened objects.

Sienna stumbled upon the carnage left in Art’s wake before becoming his next target. Jonathan, having regained consciousness from his earlier ordeal, arrived on the scene just as Sienna found herself overwhelmed by Art’s relentless assault. Desperate to save Sienna, Jonathan urged her to flee while he valiantly faced the monstrous clown.

The siblings embarked on a harrowing escape through the funhouse, their every step pursued by the relentless Art. He subjected them to unimaginable torment, lashing their backs raw with a whip and delighting in their pain. They fought back with whatever they could find, stabbing him in the head and even using his own sawed-off shotgun against him. But Art proved to be an unstoppable force, rising again and again despite their desperate efforts. In a brutal display of power, he overpowered Jonathan, leaving him unconscious, before fatally stabbing Sienna with a sword.

Sienna’s body was then tossed into a seemingly bottomless pit, where she inexplicably found herself transported to the clown cafe from her haunting dreams. Trapped within a water tank, she slowly succumbed to exhaustion and lost consciousness. Art discarded his bloodied sword and approached Jonathan, ready to deliver the final blow.

But just as Sienna’s life flickered away, her sword began to glow with an ethereal light, healing her wounds and restoring her strength. She broke free from the water tank, escaping the nightmarish confines of the clown cafe and returning to the reality of the Terrifier funhouse. Grasping Art’s discarded sword, she found him cruelly feeding on her unconscious brother. With a fury born of desperation and vengeance, Sienna launched into a vicious attack, catching Art off guard. In a climactic showdown, she severed his head, fulfilling the prophecy foreshadowed in her father’s sketchbook.

Battered and traumatized but alive, the siblings embraced, their victory bittersweet. Suddenly, the enigmatic Little Pale Girl appeared, an unsettling figure from Sienna’s nightmares. To their astonishment, instead of attacking, she picked up Art’s severed head and vanished into the darkness. Leaving behind the carnage they had endured, the siblings stumbled out of the Terrifier funhouse seeking help as the credits rolled.

The mid-credits scene shifts back to Vicky’s confinement within the sterile walls of the mental hospital. As orderlies, including a cameo appearance by Chris Jericho, revel in the festivities of Halloween night, Vicky stirs from a troubled sleep. A crimson tide erupts from her, staining the sheets and pooling on the floor. Driven by an unseen force, she uses this blood as a gruesome paint, scrawling “Victoria + Art” within a crude heart onto the wall. In a horrifying twist of supernatural conception, Vicky’s abdomen swells with unnatural speed. Minutes later, she writhes in agony, giving birth to a chilling entity. One of the orderlies, drawn by the commotion, enters Vicky’s room only to be met with a tableau straight out of a nightmare. Vicky cradles in her arms the severed head of Art, his eyes gleaming with malevolent life as a grotesque smile contorts his features. The orderly’s scream echoes through the halls, swallowed by the chilling silence that follows.