In music, there’s a heavy metal band named Gwar. They’ve never been the biggest band in the world, but they have a deeply devoted fanbase because of one thing—their live shows. Gwar concerts are wild, with the whole band in extreme prosthetics to make them look like aliens from a far-off world. They do literal battles on stage with monsters. And the most (in)famous thing they do is shoot fake blood and semen into the crowd.

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It’s rare that a new slasher film is popular enough to be put up there with some of the classics like “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” or even “Scream.” For that to happen, you have to have a villain who transcends the film and ventures into regular pop culture. Art the Clown and the “Terrifier” franchise is right on the cusp of that happening.

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The story of the “Terrifier” franchise is pretty remarkable. The way the film series has built its fanbase through true word of mouth is commendable. Now, with “Terrifer 3,” the franchise hopes to cash in on the grassroots marketing with a big theatrical run. 

As seen in the trailer, “Terrifier 3” continues the story of Art the Clown, a demented serial killer with sometimes supernatural abilities.

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Last year, Damien Leone’s “Terrifier 2” stunned the film industry by being a micro-budget, unrated horror film that actually made millions at the box office in a very small theatrical run. This is a film that is a sequel to a movie that only hit streaming and was little more than a cult hit. But after “Terrifier 2” and its box office success, Leone’s horror franchise is one of the hottest things going.

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Even though it didn’t make a billion dollars or score any awards, there’s no denying Damien Leone’s “Terrifier 2” was one of the most successful horror films of 2022. And for this special Halloween episode of The Playlist Podcast, I’m sharing a recent interview I conducted with Leone, the writer-director of one of the most successful horror films of the last year, “Terrifier 2.” Why am I interviewing a filmmaker about a movie that came out a year ago?

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