Terrifier 3(2024)
2024 · Damien Leone · 125 min
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.
Horror
6.82k votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How Terrifier 3 scares
Terrifier 3 is built around long, sadistic set pieces where a silent killer takes his time hurting people in the most graphic way possible, with jump scares mixed in but never the main point. The fear here is almost entirely physical and stomach-turning, less about dread and more about watching brutal violence play out in extreme, unblinking detail. It leans toward being upsetting rather than fun, with gore so extreme and prolonged that it crosses into shock territory for a lot of viewers. This is strictly for hardcore gore fans who want to test their limits, not for anyone looking for a spooky good time.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Terrifier 3 rates psychological 2/5, visceral 5/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 85 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A brutal cold open gives way to uneasy calm before the film builds back up into escalating, increasingly punishing set-pieces that peak hard in the final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 2, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Terrifier 3?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Terrifier 3 rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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