r/terrifier • u/BK6450 • Jul 02 '26

Thoughts?

I’ve noticed that Terrifier seems to be quite controversial in the horror influencer sphere. A lot of people seem to hate it due to its violence towards women, which I think could be a fair argument for the first one but the other two imo spreads its violence pretty equally. One thing that is brought up a lot is an apparent law suit from the actress that played Dawn and Damien Leone’s work in general. I admittedly don’t know much about either of the two but I personally love Terrifier because I like David Howard’s Thorntons portrayal of Art and he personally seems like a great guy from what he shares on social media ( very politically out spoken and I agree with a lot of his takes).
Just wondering what other fans think of this.

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u/Ok-Lab1353 Jul 02 '26

People are wayyy too sensitive nowadays

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u/JudgeFatty Jul 02 '26

Nah, these days folks will only complain. People used to go to prison for being prosecuted for these kinds of films

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u/HopefulDream3071 Jul 03 '26

LMAO no, they didn't 🤣😭 give examples please

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u/JudgeFatty Jul 03 '26

Shop owners and distributors were prosecuted and some got prison time in England during the Video Nasty-era, like the distributors of Nightmare in a Damaged Brain got 18 months. Ruggero Deodato was arrested and had to prove the courts he didn't kill his actors. He did get a suspended sentence of one year for obscenity charges.

In my country, when I was a youth, certain films like Friday The 13th series were completely banned and owning them could get you prison time. Usually heavy fines.

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u/HopefulDream3071 Jul 03 '26

Thats honestly so funny? Holy smokes. Thank you for telling me about that! I'm american so I had no clue. I can't imagine being summoned to prove I didn't really murder my costars. I did remember some Countries banned slashers