 What's going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here So this would be the spoiler-free review for Damien Leone's terrifier to the long awaited sequel to terrifier now It's written and directed by Damien Leone Leone once again It stars Felicia Rose David Howard thornback is Arthur clown Lauren Lavera Samantha skip Scaffidi and we have Elliott Elliott full Fulham Tamara Glenn or Tamara Glenn who knows in Halloween 5 and some other individuals So this movie is revolving around Art the Clown who after being resurrected by sinister entity He returns to Miles County where he must hunt down and destroy a teenage girl and her brother on Halloween night As the body count rises the siblings fight to stay alive while uncovering the true nature of arts evil Intent now I got to see this courtesy of the fantastic fest coverage. I'm doing it remotely But terrifying to remains the gruesome gory unsettling qualities of that original and Amplifies them by blending it with an actually engaging story that provides you with a pair of siblings to root for against Art the Clown I said before I felt the original film gave David Howard thorn a playground to play in and everything around him Was just lacking like nobody else around him was playing at the same level. He was playing that now though His unhinged performance is propelled thanks to a final girl that is easy to get behind Since the story allows time for the view to grow connected to her This of course is the character of Sienna who is portrayed brilliantly by Lauren Lavera I hope to see more of her in horror movies before I get to right once a compliment the sound design of the film Nearly every other kill will have you went scene or cringing in all the white all the right ways because of the sound design The bones crunching the scouts being pulled back all of it will be felt in some way when you watch the practical effects make it all That more better. I truly think that by having a family dynamic drama at the center of this It also just enhances the gore because it's building up To that epic final battle that we know is gonna happen as you knew as you tend to get in most horror movies So because you're not wanting this to happen to the characters that you're growing connected to over the course of that first hour There's one kill sequence in particular that reminded me a lot of Olivia's death in Screen 4 and all the kill sequences are basically gory highlight reels of carnage They always want to outdo the one that came before it I don't think this sequel has the haunting imagery that terrifier offered the original But the visuals are still going to have you like what the f did I just watch now again? This film has a lot more depth depth to it. So I will say While there is still exaggerated senseless over-the-top gore because we spend time with Sienna and her brother Jonathan played by Elliot Fulham There's this balance between gore and actual storytelling as well. Thanks to that Jonathan is in the true crime and Sienna thinks it's a horrible idea for him to go around dressed as art the clown since it might be Insensitive to those victims or relatives of victims from the last year prior Sienna is our final girl whose progression in the film felt similarly Kind of like on par or very similar reminiscent of Sarah's in the descent Neil Marshall's the descent So my descent fans, you'll enjoy that little nugget. I just threw out there this character She's she's a badass by the time the movie comes to a conclusion She starts again as this reserve team then slowly evolves and follows the standard final girl route that just built to this gruesome Action packed finale with David Howard Thorne both of these two are excellent in their roles And I'm just glad Thorne was able to be given a wonderful co-star to bounce bounce off of here There are plot threads that don't seem to be fully developed perhaps intentionally in case of a third film The supernatural crumbs that you see in the original they're highlighted more profoundly here this time with the help of a Very terrifying child performance. I don't I don't want to go into too many details about that It's just really unsettling what that young actress was doing in her role. I'll say I Also was shocked that this film didn't dive deeper into the discussion of true crime So while it raised a lot of other questions about arts lore because it does dive deeper into that It does drop the ball a bit when it comes to this social commentary aspect of true crime Because it didn't dive that deep into the way. I thought it was going to that's it sucks something that's so timely, especially considering all the reactions I'm seeing to the Dahmer show so I Was hoping that they would dive deeper into what people's thoughts are on that we get like a Dinner table sequence about it, but that's it. I didn't we didn't get much else from that The film's biggest attraction honestly is the runtime because I can't even sit here and tell you that this is a Movie that needed to be nearly two hours and 30 minutes with so much that could have been trimmed One particular dream signals at the start went on for far too long And the finale at the end was starting to grow tiresome until it basically seemed to know It was wearing you out and then it just went off So the pacing wasn't always a strength But the vast majority is still an engaging slasher film that felt like a love letter to 80s horror Specifically dream warriors with a dash of those Rob zombie Halloween remakes from the 2000s Now the opening credits immediately made me think of dream warriors And then there's just several other instances throughout the runtime where I'm like yeah, that's a that's a dream warriors Not so I get where people like this is like Jammed with nightmare and elm Street references or nods So the performances again were terrific with Lavera and Thorne absolutely stealing the show Dame Leon, he went above and beyond here with this highly entertaining return of art the clown And I'm just glad that art came back I think that this will go over well with many slasher fans when it releases this week art the clown already was considered a great Slasher villain and terrified to just did nothing but aid him in earning that title even further The narrative structure worked overall and does what I hoped it would arts insane Antics are teased throughout the first hour But a lot of that first hour is just letting you get connected to the characters seeing art stop people make them uncomfortable The tension is always present Thorne's performance is still managing to make you uncomfortable every time art is on screen And I again just have to commend the guy for his ability to say so much while literally having absolutely nothing to other Other not not one bit of dialogue My favorite shot from the film was definitely the alley sequence or the shot of him in the alley carrying his trash bag With that's with his silhouette being highlighted in the blue lighting Terrifier to I will say is that rare sequel that definitely surpasses its original of hats off to everyone involved Stick around after the credits as well I will say that this is probably going to be one of those slasher movies that you will want to revisit More than once and again, I will say this it is so amazing How much you can accomplish when you don't even have That big of a budget compared to some of the other modern horror movies We get to see in theaters these days with so much money that they have under their belt It's so nice to see somebody accomplish so much with not something That's on par with the budget that we know we get traditionally and a lot of other big blockbuster movies This is a very well done slasher film that yes might seem a little senseless and still with the gore But it at least gives you an engaging story this time around so it's a vast improvement I'm gonna give this a seven out of ten if you haven't already of course makes you subscribe turn on post application Never miss a video in the description I'll have links on the social media accounts on Facebook Twitter and Instagram You can message me there of course to let me know is there any movies news or reviews you'd like me to cover in the future And with all that in mind guys, I will see you in the next video