In FantasticFest slasher epic Terrifier 2, damienleone breaks all the rules.
It's been called the first slasher epic, but that wasn't Damien Leone's intention when he started writing."I didn't realize how long it was until I got into the editing room," said Leone. The sequel to his 2016 underground smash,, runs at a genre-busting 138 minutes,"but when I sat down to write it I did not think of a run time. That was organically the story that came out of me.".
This time around, Leone went bigger on the gore, injected a heavy supernatural element, and most especially added"a more dynamic protagonist" in Sienna . The roots of that character go back to an abandoned project from 2008, and he remained inspired by"that visual of a final girl in a Valkyrie Halloween costume." The first film was just Art running rampant, but this time he has a worthy adversary, one who carries themes that elevatebeyond a mere gorefest.
And then there's Art the Clown, a creature that only becomes more mysterious the more the films reveal about him. Leone said,"I never want Art to be one-note. I want him to be unpredictable. Is this guy even a clown, or is this some demonic schtick that he puts on?" The character first appeared in a series of shorts Leone directed and then collected as the 2013 anthology,.
After all, not all slashers are created equal, and whatever the mask or makeup there's one performer who embodies everything terrifying about the killer. Sometimes a franchise gets it right first time, like Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Sometimes it takes a while, like theseries taking seven movies before realizing there's only one Jason Voorhees, and that's Kane Hodder."What Dave brings to it is all those nuances, that theatricality that he has.
And Art is seeping into the popular consciousness, into cosplay and one of the most enduring signs of a fandom: tattoos. Leone said he'd attended a horror convention recently and counted seven in just one day."There was a time when we could count them on one hand, and now there are literally thousands. ... Every day I check #Terrifier and every day something new pops up, something wonderful.
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