Despite being left in the dark just like the fans, Art the Clown actor David Howard Thornton has shared a hopeful update on Terrifier 4, which is still early in development, with director Damien Leone currently writing the script.
I’m very excited, but I don’t know a whole lot, because this time around Damien has been keeping everything very close to his vest about what’s happening in the script.
Thornton tells Slasher Radio. Thornton has played Art the Clown in all three official Terrifier movies and will return as the killer entity for the fourth.
He just goes, ‘Oh yeah, you’re gonna love the origin story, Dave. You’re gonna love how we do it.’ And he said also, ‘The finale is bat-shit insane. You’re gonna have a lot of fun with that.’ Other than that, I don’t know, but that makes me excited. Leone is clearly planning something terrifying, as it’s unusual for the director not to let longtime stars Thornton, final girl Lauren Lavera, and Victoria’s Samantha Scaffidi see the script. In the past, when he’s been writing the other scripts, he’s been consulting us the whole entire time, running ideas by us. This time, he’s been pretty much silent. Still, Thornton says he has “so much faith” in the director.
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From what Leone has hinted before, Terrifier 4 will finally explore Art’s backstory. However, this could also be the end for the creepy clown.
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Leone has said Terrifier 4 may be the final movie in the series, though he said it might take more than one movie to conclude Art’s story.
I feel like this might be the finale of this story arc that [Leone]’s going with for right now and might give it a rest for a few years and might return later on to it. I have no idea, but I’m excited nonetheless.
When asked if the fourth movie will end the franchise, Thornton said
Terrifier 4 does not yet have a release date.
