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Chris Gore reviews “Terrifier 3,” now playing in theaters.
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terrifier 3 the third film in the
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terrifier well it's a franchise it's
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fully a franchise with its own popcorn
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bucket and popcorn cup as it were
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uh terrifier 3 is not for the faint of
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heart if you saw the first film and the
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second they are
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gorest gorest it
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is like levels of Gore you don't see in
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a just a regular uh horror film of
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course continuing with art the clown
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played by David Howard Thornton he is he
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has returned as the well he's kind of a
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hero of this
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franchise um along with Lauren laa who
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plays Sienna Shaw and her family are
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back being terrified by Art the clown uh
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who is paired with a an anenu as it were
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is Harley Quinn um the this film is set
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during Christmas there is an opening
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Christmas scene with a family getting
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ready for the holiday and a young girl
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can't wait because cookies and milk have
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been laid out for for the elves that are
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coming to well pre- look at the area for
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Santa to arrive when art the clown
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dressed as Santa comes in
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to the family and you can only guess
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what happens to them and by the way the
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thing about the terrifier movies
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children are not spared a I'll I'll I'll
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just say this on the gore not I'll get
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into I'm not going to spoil but I'll
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tell you about a couple specific things
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um levels of Gore where people are
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walking out of the theater I noticed at
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least two people leave within the first
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10 minutes okay they left the gore is
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beyond and the effects and makeup
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effects and Gore and creative kills
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are what can you do with an axe and a
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person so yeah it's
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beyond so you'll see from that opening
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scene art the clown now is back and on a
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rampage
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you're seeing the the body count is
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piling up there are then now super fans
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there's a a crime a young girl um a
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young woman I believe it's played by
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Charlotte
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mcke uh is a super fan of art the clown
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and the murders she does a podcast where
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they talk about it she wants to get
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Sienna on her show Sienna's like hey get
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away from me I don't want to I don't
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want to relive that drama
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whatnot
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and there I can't I dude the gore in
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this movie I did yes I know my last name
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is Gore the gore is just on another
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level all right I'm looking away During
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certain stuff it really is
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just be just insane levels of Gore
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there's stuff where you I'm like there's
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a later scene that involves a shower
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scene and a
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chainsaw and let me just say no one is
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spared
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children attractive
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women yes there's nudity Allan you can
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be sure that uh men women children no
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one is spared in this movie and the
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deaths in the climax I won't get into it
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are just beyond
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now how does it compared to terrifier 2
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I I really like terrifier 2 but the
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problem I have with the second one was
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the running time but I loved Sienna
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becoming a becoming what you would
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describe as kind of an avenging angel
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with a sword I love that aspect of it
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but there's some torture porn scenes and
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terrifier too that just go beyond um
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this is a tighter running time at two
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hours but I'll say it kind of of like
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terf Fire 2 a little bit more but this
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is but like not by much this one is
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being rated very high uh 77% critic
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score and the audience score is I think
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at
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90% so
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um fans are liking it but
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again this movie is not for everyone if
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you're a horror fan doesn't mean you
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will like this this is this is horror
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fans that are Gore hounds how far can
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you push the medium this is Bar None the
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most
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grotesque
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horrific creative
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kills beyond beyond anything you've seen
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ever released mainstream in a movie
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theater as I said there were paying
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customers at the 10 o'clock screening I
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went to and people walked out who paid
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for this movie okay
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so and and the fates that certain
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characters have are
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shocking and uh I don't think it's a a
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spoiler to say it does open itself up to
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a sequel things occur that set up an
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ongoing story but I have to one final
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thing to say here about David Howard
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Thornton as art the clown and if you've
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youve I'm sure you've seen images of Art
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he's like a silent film hero one of the
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best scenes in the movie is when art the
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clown he never speaks no words from art
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the clown but you know what he's saying
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and David Howard Thornton as his
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character is like a black and white
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silent
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comedian in the Stark makeup I'd love to
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see the terrifier 3 in black and white I
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don't know uh if director Dam Leone has
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thought about doing a black and white
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version or release it because art the
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clown the way he there's a scene where
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he's overhearing people talk about him
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and they cut back to Art the clown going
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and reacting you know what he's saying
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it got the biggest laugh in the theater
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he's like uh you know uh Silent Bob or
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or it's like a like a Buster Keaton or
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clearly David Howard Thorton has studied
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the great silent film uh Comedians and
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has channeled that into a clown that
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kills and um I strongly recommend this
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movie with a warning for me eight out of
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10 eight out of
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10 but I would say I like terrifier 2
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just just a little more a little more
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but is this is TR it has truly come into
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its own as a franchise
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uh the movie was made for $2 million and
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guarantee it will make its money back
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this weekend so a and if you're going to
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see a scary clown movie you can see
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Joker F Adu or terrifier 3 the the
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choice is clear choose AR the clown but
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again not for everyone the level of Gore
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in this movie is you are going to have a
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moment in the movie
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no matter how big a horror fan you are
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well you will turn away and say I can't
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believe they did that I can't believe
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they took a chainsaw and did that to a
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naked
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person unbelievable stuff where you're
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like and I could I'm I'm sure that Damen
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Leone is like oh my God I'm gonna he is
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effing with the audience and and uh
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shout out to David Howard Thornton
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really he's a
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he really has created a character with
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art the clown so strong recommend jump
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on the terrifier bandwagon get the
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popcorn bucket but be
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warned not for
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everyone do you have any questions for
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me Alan I was so I'll be honest I was
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tempted to see it last night and I
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thought better dude I thought better
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there the shower scene alone and that's
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not the grossest thing I
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mean it's this
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is um I I would say that like I I I've
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been following horror obviously for
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years as a fan I think the horror film
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that affected me the most as a kid was
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uh night of the of the Living Dead the
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black and white one and then the 1978
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Halloween I saw in the theater there's
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something about a horror film that comes
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from do you remember those old Dy Ed
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movies we saw as a kid where they tried
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to
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there yes okay those movies were
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intentionally gory to scare you they
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were they would scare you to being uh
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responsible about um uh driver's safety
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about wearing your seat belt I remember
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seeing those movies and they were like a
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test those driver's ed movies from the
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70s and 80s influenced horror because it
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was the whole the whole question a film
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asks is can you take it can you take it
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well at least two people at the
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screening I was
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at could not take I was in a packed
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theater almost every seat was full and
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the audience is with the movie this is a
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movie where we actually like audience
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participation where people are groaning
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or Screaming or laughing or turning
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their head away or walking out of the
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theater I saw couple the woman was
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walking out dragging her boyfriend I
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mean it was hilarious to see like they
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left but it is beyond so again it's not
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like hey let's go see a horror movie A
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Blum House no this is beyond blumhouse
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yeah this is a whole new thing and by
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the way Damen Leone Indie filmmaker this
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was independently made terf Fire 2 made
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over 10 million at the box office and it
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was made for under a million
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yeah in fact we have an interview with
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Damen Leone on the film yeah an on our
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interview Channel look up the interview
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with Damen Leone I'm gonna I'll try and
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get him on the show later this month
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well I'll say this if there's anything
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positive to say about the terrifier 3
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Series you just mentioned it's it's an
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indie filmmaker who made his movie uh
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did whatever he could to scrap money
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together made the movie and is finding
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massive success with it I mean I
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remember terrifier 2 when it came out
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um first of all I got the screener uh
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I'm watching it and I'm like oh my God
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this is horrible and then and then when
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it got to the
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Salt I was like I'm out I cannot handle
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this movie but but what but what I found
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fascinating was as I'm going to
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screenings uh throughout Orange County
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for the next two months uh terrifier 2
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was in they were still showing terrifier
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2 uh PE there was still uh
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you know interest in this movie people
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were going to see this movie over and
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over again I tweeted last night the
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terrifier 3 is playing at the uh AMC
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Fullerton which does dinin seating so
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you can order food they'll bring the
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food to your seat and you can eat it
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while watching the movie and terrifier 3
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has many screenings in that theater so
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you can order a burger a pizza salad and
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watch terrifier 3 at the same time but
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but I mention all this because here's an
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independent filmmaker who made the movie
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on on his own uh found distribution got
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to AMC's and Cinemarks uh and other
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other franch other chains uh and
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bypassing the Hollywood System alog
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together and kudos to him for that yeah
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it's Hollywood would never make this
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never make it it could only be done
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independent and I'm pretty sure that
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woman left because he killed a child and
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that was well no that was even like
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after like it's just the movie that this
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is you when you see a good horror film
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no one should be safe no one should be
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safe so um it really is a great
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continuation it sets up another movie
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and I'm all in so um but again you need
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to be warned there I think people walk
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out will walk out at any screening of
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this but that's up to you but you would
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think by by the time of terrifier 3 you
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know something about this movie yeah
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right and what you're in for all right
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well
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again take my recommendation and warning
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