Terrifier 3
Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.
Critics Sentiment
Sienna finds Art and Victoria decorating Greg's decapitated body pinned to the dining room wall
Sienna visits Jonathan at university, meets Cole and Mia, argues about the Miles County Massacre podcast
The film swings from its weakest stretch — the cringe-heavy college lore exposition at the university — directly into the chainsaw shower kill and then the devastating home invasion, a jump of roughly 3 points in audience enthusiasm across about 20 minutes.
Terrifier 3 opens at a high with its Christmas carnage prologue and Art's early kills, sustains strong momentum through the mall bombing, then dips noticeably during the college lore-dump scenes before surging back to its peak with the brutal home invasion sequence. The climax delivers visceral spectacle but lands slightly below the film's best moments due to widely noted pacing issues and an unresolved cliffhanger ending that left audiences split between excitement for a sequel and frustration at the lack of closure.
Full cast
Showing 20 of 57
Lauren LaVera
Sienna Shaw
David Howard Thornton
Art the Clown
Samantha Scaffidi
Victoria Heyes
Elliott Fullam
Jonathan Shaw
Margaret Anne Florence
Jessica
Bryce Johnson
Greg
Alexa Blair Robertson
Mia
Antonella Rose
Gabby
Mason Mecartea
Cole
Krsy Fox
Jennifer
Luciana VanDette
Juliet
Clint Howard
Smokey
Bradley Stryker
Eddie
Daniel Roebuck
Charlie Johnson / Santa Claus
Chris Jericho
Burke
Tom Savini
Bystander
Jason Patric
Michael
Alex Ross
Mark
Kailey Hyman
Brooke
Kellen Raffaelo
Timmy
Crew
Write a Review
Rate each story beat:
