‘Terrifier 4’ Will Finally Dig Deep into Art the Clown’s Origins

Terrifier franchise filmmaker Damien Leone was on hand to meet fans at the recent Texas Frightmare Weekend. During the event, the director of the upcoming Terrifier 4 chatted with horror vlogger and pop culture commentator 3C and gave the channel quite a scoop.

When asked to describe Terrifier 4 in a word, Leone told 3C, “I know this word gets used a lot, but it’s going to be epic, it’s not going to disappoint.” The highly anticipated next installment will continue Art the Clown’s (David Howard Thorton) slasher rampage through Miles County.

And to hype up the film even more, he told 3C, “You’re going to get Art’s backstory in the first 15 minutes.”

Many fans have speculated that Art’s origins might hold the key to defeating him once and for all. But where’s the fun in that? We’d like to see him continue on reeking bloody havok with in his full gleeful gory glory.

Earlier this year Leone expressed gratitude to his fans on his birthday with a post on X that read, “Figure I’d give you a present in return! The script for Terrifier 4 is in the works and it’s shaping up to be a most epic, thrilling, nasty, horrifying, emotional and utterly satisfying conclusion. P.s., I will finally reveal Art’s origin.”

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