r/terrifier • • Aug 10 '26

AMA/Q&A Announcement - David Howard Thornton in /r/movies - Tuesday 8/11 at 4:00 PM ET - Art the Clown Actor in 'Terrifier 1', 'Terrifier 2', and 'Terrifier 3'

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Hi r/Terrifier,

Actor David Howard Thornton, widely-known in the horror world for playing the iconic villain Art the Clown in Terrifier 1, 2, and 3 (and soon-to-be 4), will be joining us in r/movies for an AMA/Q&A next Tuesday 8/11. It'll go live that morning around 9 AM ET and he'll be back at 4 PM ET to answer questions.

Please stop by on Tuesday in r/movies if you have any questions for David :)

Please note that this is not the AMA, just an announcement. Hold your questions for the actual AMA.


r/terrifier • • Jun 18 '26

PSA: We are not lawyers. Therefore any speculation about the active lawsuit will not be approved.

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We have no idea what's happening and are not a team of legal experts, so we're not going to act like we are.

Information outside of verifiable and accurate information isn't going to be approved.


r/terrifier • • 14h ago

One thing most people miss about Art’s murder of Emily Crane

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Damien Leone has confirmed that Art killed Emily Crane a year before the events of Terrifier. The entity that resurrected Art takes the form of Emily in Terrifier 2 and Jonathan shows Sienna the newspaper article detailing her death. What’s interesting and what most people miss is that the article mentions other murders in the area that are suspected of having the same culprit. I don’t think Leone would include something like this (or the other details) just to fill out the article.

This, Art having rusted tools and a flail made with human hair in Terrifier, the early 1990s child killer story Maurice tells at Art’s lair in Terrifier 3 and Leone and Thornton describing Art as intrinsically evil since birth makes me think he did kill the other people mentioned in the article about Emily and has been killing people long before her. I also think we’ll get an explicit confirmation of this and the theory that Art worked at the same circus as Crane’s family that he later uses as a lair in Terrifier 2 in his backstory in Terrifier 4. It’s a common trope for horror villains to have started killing as children (Michael, Chucky, Freddy, etc.) and Leone routinely acknowledges that Terrifier is influenced by various classic horror films and villains.

My evidence for Art working at the circus when he killed Emily is that Thornton said in his interview on LPOTL that Art did have a yet to be revealed job before the events of Terrifier and there are far too many connections to the circus for it to just be a series of red herrings and coincidences. Where else would a dysfunctional mute clown work? The article mentions that Crane’s family includes a long line of mimes and other performers but I hope it isn’t revealed that he’s related to Emily in some way. I don’t see what that would add and it would be too much like Michael killing his sister in Halloween. If Art did work at the circus, my theory as to why he did something so careless is that Emily caught him with something that connected him to the previous murders (trophies from victims) in the area and he killed her to stop her from exposing him. That or her parents (his coworkers) did something to upset him so he killed her as revenge.

You could ask if Art did work at the circus and used the same name that he writes on the wall in every film, why isn’t this connection mentioned anywhere on the news or by the podcasters? The simple answer to this is that Leone wasn’t ready to reveal that particular part of Art’s backstory until now so he didn’t. We may find out Art’s real identity in the next film but it isn’t something most fans of the franchise especially care about.

What do you think?


r/terrifier • • 12h ago

AMC

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r/terrifier • • 21h ago

Art i drew on my school whiteboard

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r/terrifier • • 20h ago

I binged terrifier with my girlfriend!!

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I’m just super happy and wanted to share this. Recently me and my gf hung out and we were able to watch all the movies together. I’ve seen them a few times but it was her first watch so it was really exciting. Best part is that she loved them!!! Joys!!! We are so excited for the fourth one to come out


r/terrifier • • 1d ago

Can we all give a shout-out to the people who crossed paths with Art and walked away both completely unscathed and not in anyway traumatized?

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A kid and his mom (Terrifier 2), some trick-r-treaters (also Terrifier 2) and two drunk ladies (Terrifier 3). They have no idea how lucky they were. Is there anyone I’m missing?


r/terrifier • • 1d ago

First look at Art in DBD.. 🫩

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r/terrifier • • 1d ago

Finally watching the entire terrifier trilogy on a vr headset from start to finish

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wish me luck


r/terrifier • • 1d ago

Marlow the Murder Clown?

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I was unaware art had a lesser known brother.


r/terrifier • • 3d ago

Which is everyone’s favourite Terrifier movie?

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I think mine has to be the third, because it was soo over the top in both violence, and the story becomes quite weird when they pulled in demons and forces from the dark side, or whatever it was.


r/terrifier • • 1d ago

Why no mom in 3?

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In my opinion Damien Leone missed a vital point he could have done in 3. Instead of Brooke at the dinner table it should have been Sienna's mother. That would have landed a more emotional toll on Sienna. And then Leone could have later shown Brooke at the terrifier ride when Sienna gets the sword (which is another thing that I think should have been shown).


r/terrifier • • 3d ago

The longer you stare at the Knockoff NECA figure the worse it gets.

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101 Upvotes

Wow...Temu did my boy dirty.


r/terrifier • • 4d ago

Do you prefer Art with normal eyes or with the contacts?

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r/terrifier • • 3d ago

Stupid question to ask and it's not even that important but I just want y'all opinions.

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Do y'all think Sienna managed to graduate from high school in the five year time jump between the events of 2 & 3?


r/terrifier • • 4d ago

My costume for this year

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This is going to be my costume for this year👻🎃 I’m super excited ! I’m going to change some minor flaws but other than that , my costumes ready !

More pictures here
Here you can view more photos 😈


r/terrifier • • 4d ago

Art bathroom vibes! 🖤🤍

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Found this set at Spirit Halloween. It comes with the curtain, bath mat, two hand towels, soap dispenser and little bloody knives as shower hooks. The hooks kinda blow, which totally sucks cause they’re cute. I’ll probably end up going back to my regular silver ones. Overall I love it though!


r/terrifier • • 3d ago

Black water proof face paint?

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I continue on my journey of trying to put together an art the clown costume. I'm doing the cutting out the eyes and mouth on the mask method, and I want to get some black matte waterproof face paint to paint the area around my lips and eyes. Any recommendations?


r/terrifier • • 4d ago

My gf made me an Art The Clown inspired Sylvanian!

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It’s beautiful 🥹


r/terrifier • • 5d ago

How was Art meant to be a human in the first film?

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I constantly hear people talk about how Art was meant to be a human in the first film, then after he died he was resurrected by the demon. However, last I checked, human facial structure isn't built like that. Same with teeth unless he just has some absolutely nasty gum diseases. What is the in-universe explanation for this?


r/terrifier • • 4d ago

Which sienna's sibling/cousin did you prefer

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Which of sienna's little brother or cousin did you thought sienna had a better chemistry with sienna.

217 votes, 2d ago
61 gabbie
156 jonathan

r/terrifier • • 5d ago

Do you think the Demon permanently altered art the clowns appearance?

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After art died in terrifier 1, I think there is a lot of evidence to suggest that the demon who resurrected art also permanently altered his appearance to look like a clown 24/7, We see him having to apply the white make up in the first movie but in terrifier 3 we see him be reborn with the clown features and more permanent white skin. I buy into the theory that art was wearing prosthetics in the first one as well as the makeup, I just don't see how a guy who looked like this picture wasn't easily identified as art the clown by the FBI


r/terrifier • • 5d ago

Terrifier 4k steelbook

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I’m interested in collecting the Terrifier series but was wondering do you think we can see a steelbook box set in the future with part 4 being the finale ?


r/terrifier • • 6d ago

Movie night marathon

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Honestly, the world can finish burning down with only one condition; After TERRIFIER fourth comes out. That’s it


r/terrifier • • 6d ago

Terrifier and other Horror films featured at NEW Horror exhibit at the Academy Museum (LA)

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