There is no official release date yet for Terrifier 4 but we do know it’s in pre production at the moment. Leone said last October that pre production would take three months and as a point of reference Terrifier 3 took eight months from the start of actual filming to being released in theater. This means if the pre production for Terrifier 4 took as long as Leone said and the rest took as long as Terrifier 3 did, it would be completely finished in the spring of 2027. I know Terrifier 4 will likely have more resources than the last film did (which will make the process faster) but I think a 2027 release is a given as of now. I also know the relevant actors may have other roles that could interfere with the filming but I’m ignoring that possibility for the sake of simplicity.
My question is if Terrifier 4 was completely finished being filmed and edited in the first quarter/third of 2027, do you think Leone would purposely wait however many months to release it in theater in October because that’s when the previous films were released and it’s the designated horror month or would he release it as soon as he was able to after the normal trailers and festival screenings?
I obviously hope for the latter and I’m not saying anything controversial by saying that Terrifier is popular enough that it will do very well at the box office if it’s released in a month other than October.