Terrifier
So, that was an experience. Compared to a lot of horror movies I’ve seen, it was fairly tame for the first half of the movie. The make-up on Art himself is beautiful, but the death make-up is a little lacking, though it still made for a glorious gory few deaths. A lot of the characters were just kinda there to show how far Art would go for killing, but we get no backstory whatsoever on him as a character. It honestly felt like I missed something, or there was supposed to be a prequel that tells us more about Art.
The opening made little to no sense. We start with an interview of Vicky a year after Art killed everyone, saying that she saw him die, which caused him to kick the TV and start piling together his tools, which transitions to a year ago. Now, the thing is that it doesn’t TELL you it went back in time; it looks like this is some other woman doing this interview, like it’s some strange loop. Almost everyone was killed by Art except the interviewer woman, who was killed by Vicky, who at the time we didn’t know was Vicky. It just didn’t make any sense why it was added at all.
It feels like the kills were for pure shock factor and nothing more. There isn’t a reason why they’re killed, and they have no connection to Art or Vicky and Tara. There’s no story to this movie, absolutely none, and the lack of anything on Art himself makes him sort of a bland killer. No motive, a shaky murder op at best, but he is funny, as shown with the flipping off Vicky when she stabbed his foot and dancing in the truck after he ran her over. You’re left wondering how he does all this stuff and why up until the end when you finally discover that he’s a supernatural, having gotten back up after shooting himself to evade capture.
All in all, it wasn’t a great movie, but I love Art and I have a few ideas for his character personality and will be adding him to my roster of killers. If you’re not too queasy, I would recommend the movie, as the kills are very brutal and aren’t afraid to show everything.
