Written And Directed by Damien Leone
Jonathan: "They used me to get to you. They lured you here for a reason."
Sienna: "Why would you say that?"
Jonathan: "It's what Daddy saw."
When you release a horror movie that managed to be a hit but rightfully got criticism for it's handling of women, how do you follow up with your sequel? Well, you make an effort to course correct and to this movie's credit, there's definitely a concentrated attempt to do better.
In the last movie, we saw the brutal treatment that characters such as Tara, Dawn and Victoria all received at the hands of killer clown. Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton). Two of them died and Victoria's fate certainly feels worse than death itself. She's also a factor in this sequel.
However if the first movie enjoyed switching up final girls, this sequel similarly does the same. Here the focus fell on to teenage girl Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) and her younger brother, Jonathan (Elliot Fullham) as both of them finds themselves to being the latest targets for a certain clown. Not to mention anyone else in their orbit.
Notably both Sienna and Jonathan's mother, Barbara (Sarah Voigt) finds herself to be one of the many kills by Art. However, before her death, she was largely depicted as an abrasive character, who struggled to connect with her children as well as believe the strange goings on that surrounded them as well.
At first it seemed like Jonathan's fascination with Art was going to lead to him being a budding killer himself but meeting Art in person managed to scare him straight. Then there was Sienna herself, who in one movie alone certainly proved her mettle as a final girl for the 2020s.
Dressed as an angel warrior, it was up to Sienna to not only save both herself and her brother while Art also murdered her friends but it was revealed that her own father predicted Art's antics. The movie also seemed to imply something supernatural about Sienna as well as she managed to defeat Art but not really.
Like many horror baddies, Art does refuse to stay dead and in this movie he also got himself an ally in Little Pale Girl (Amelie McLain). I don't think Art needed a sidekick this early on but I also found Little Pale Girl to be just as creepy and disgusting as Art, so I guess I was wrong. As for how Art will be back for the upcoming third movie.
That was where the post credit scene came into play. Poor Victoria had a worse time than Sienna and Jonathan given that she had to give birth to Art. It made for a truly disgusting ending to a mostly improved second solo outing for the villainous clown.
- Professional wrestler Chris Jericho had a role in the movie as a nurse named Burke. Felissa Rose and Tamara Glynn also have small roles in the movie.
- The Clown Commercial dream/nightmare sequence was particularly well done.
- This movie was filmed before COVID, but also reshot after lockdowns as well.
- Chronology: From where the first one left off after Victoria's attack on Monica but a year since Art escaping the morgue. Still set in Miles County, New York.
There's definitely an improvement in Terrifier 2. The clear that's put into Sienna as a character as well as the supernatural implications with both her and Art the Clown. These along with Victoria's tragic continued existence are certainly worth expanding on in the next movie.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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