So much average

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Without giving anything away, all I can say is "Terrifier" is undeniably the most brutal, bloodthirsty, deprived, horrific grind house cinema of all time. Take it from an experienced horror fan. I'm talking Evil Dead, Dario Argento, Exorcist to even the secret life of Geoffrey Dharma and Henry: Portrait of a Serial kill which both are damn right insanely horror fan ecstasy.

A twenty minute short that will leave any fan of the slasher film genre begging for more. This is violent, special effect loaded, and creates a sense of hopelessness and dread that will haunt you even in the minutes afterwards.I know more than one person who is terribly scared of clowns. And I am not talking about scary looking clowns either. They are scared if even the traditional colourful, happy clowns who sport a bag of tricks. So, imagine, exposing these people to one of the creepiest looking clowns in existence. Art the clown is just that, and he is not exactly human either.How do I describe how Art the clown looks? White face paint. Black lips. Rotting teeth. Long Pointy nose. Mountain shaped eyebrows. Black and white costume. Black top hat on the side of his head. Blood spills, shining vividly, and brightly when on his skin.How do I describe how Art the clown acts? He smiles when caught in the middle of a violent crime. He laughs hysterically, and mocks, yet no sound comes out. Mysteriously appears in random places.How do I describe what Art the clown does? Sinister. Violent. Bag of weapons is his bag of toys. Defecates all over public washrooms. Kills no person in the exact same way. Brings victims back to his garage for mutilation, or just does it in public.Art the clown is a murderous entity. Likely a demon of sorts. Who does not seem to like humans very much. His final kill shows his opinion on women, yet his first kill does not make me think he favourites men either.For a short film, a lot is accomplished. Filmed in a gritty, old school Grind-house type way, Terrifer creates an atmosphere that is comparable to sitting down in an electric chair just waiting for the trigger to be pulled. You know, complete hopelessness, essentially.Anyone who gets in Art's way, or lays eyes on him, might as well just give up, reminiscent over the good times, and kill themselves quickly before the clown gets the chance to play with them.Starts in the traditional sense with a girl, played by Marie Maser, lost at a gas station. The attendant (Michael Chmiel) helps her, after dealing with a weird man dressed in a clown costume, who decided to poop all over the place in the washroom.The clown, Art, played by Mike Giannelli, walks away harmlessly. Well, after stealing a garbage bag for whatever reason, anyways. Minutes later, the attendant hears a noise, and goes back into the station. Can you guess what happens next?This is your classic chase between a slasher and his final girl. With a classical filming style, decent enough acting, a wise soundtrack consisting of mostly piano riffs, and a killer clown that is capable of making It's Pennywise jealous, you are in for a treat.Hell, I'll GO even further and downright say if handled correctly, this killer could be the next major slasher. An anthology film titled All Hallows Eve, was released recently, featuring this short, and while I have not watched it, all I keep hearing is that Art the Clown was the only good thing about it.Someone give Damien Leone a big budget, and let him write a script to an hour in a half long film featuring Art the Clown. Judging from his twenty minute magic, I think the man has a pretty good idea of what works in a slasher film.Superpower Film Scale: 4/5 On the verge of greatness1: Villainous Waste2: Careless Bystander3: Hero unaware of powers4. On the verge of greatness 5. Heroic film

The extremely well executed structure of this short was just like that of any nightmare: Relentless, hopeless and inescapable, and you somehow know that it's only ever ending one way. Clowns really don't creep me out personally, but I can see how they could be frightening to some. I find the type used in this, a Pagliacci-like character, to be far more eerie than the typical rainbow hair and red nosed kind. I've always found that while they can be scary, those kinds of clowns also usually come with a certain campness and silliness-although in my opinion that underrated classic of atmospheric terror Clownhouse is the exception. This was the scariest jester I've ever seen in anything since that movie. Ah, but this vile gibbous fiend didn't have nothing to do with twisted cuddly or theatrics. This *thing*, just plain radiates wrong, bad, pure evil-run!!! He proves once again that clowns are way more unnerving when they are totally mute. And I didn't find him scary because he was a clown, it was because he was so inhuman in his ruthless viciousness, and it didn't even need saying that his designs on the girl were the darkest imaginable. This was the last freaking clown that you ever wanted to get caught by! ::: The fast pace and all-alone-on-the-road-at-night setting reminded me a lot of the best story of Creepshow 2. I love the pretty seldom used "spooky open road" brand of horror. And the pale-faced monstrous villain also brought to mind the character "Moonface" from the-let's face it, best episode of "Masters of Horror". ::: The manner in which she is marked for death is such a classic! She's in the wrong place at the wrong time, she wanders off by herself, to somewhere she is not supposed to be, and sees something she is probably not meant to see. She looks at him, her eyes filled with fear, he leers back, and then the fun begins... There's absolutely no hope of any eventual miracle conquering of the dark figure. This poor gal is completely f****d. This monster is doing her in, and it's only a matter of time. Flight useless, inexorable the pursuit! And you can feel that, too. The entire show has a strong sense of encroaching doom to it. He seems to have only one desire, to butcher her horribly, or ruin her as a human being... Her complete destruction at the end is all the more horrendous because it's such a violation and so dehumanising. She's his canvas, his block of living marble with which to practise his ghastly art. He transforms her into an obscene, helpless wretched thing. It's gotta be one of the ultimate nightmares... And all those nasty words he carves into her flesh feel like some kind of bizarre insult to women everywhere. I thought that strange little unexpected extra detail somehow added enormously to the shock value of the moment. I know the searing final frame might indeed suggest it, but I think the ending would have been that much more effective if, after seeing her mutilation, she would have started giggling and screaming all at once, as if her mind has snapped after all the horror-and then he should have begun merrily hopping up and down clapping his hands, like he's overjoyed that she's finally getting into the spirit of his demented game! ::: I probably didn't give this an even higher rating because its brutality is pretty damn sickening and unpleasant at times. But I don't really find torture and violence as awful when it's being dished out by a demon clown, as opposed to a human monster? Which we must never forget are truly the worst kind of all... Great short. Scary, surreal. intense and uncompromising. There should really be more like it. See ya.

My friend Daniel Rodas let me watch this film recently (He played the 'Man in Car'). And I was very impressed. The film had me engaged from beginning to end, which is not easy to do in a span of only 18 minutes.The acting was strong, the make up was gruesomely realistic, the deaths were highly creative, and the 'Clown' was very creepy. The story is very simple and traditional. A young woman's car runs out of gas, on Halloween night. She stops by a deserted gas station. Witnesses a brutal murder and then what follows is a horrific night of survival as the Killer (dressed in a hideous Clown costume) hunts her down to finish her off. Slaughtering anyone and everyone who gets in his way. The attention to detail for classic B Exploitation was wonderful and quite refreshing. Everything from the grainy camera quality to the credit font to the closing shot. You see Damien Leone's passion for horror in this film quite intensely. This film is far better than 70 percent of those stupid 'Safe' horror movies Hollywood is spitting out these days. Nice to see that Exploitation is still very much alive. I recommend this short film to anyone who LOVES horror. And if you love Exploitation horror... then this film is DEFINITELY for you. Bravo.