Terrifier 3has earned a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes audience score. Although theTerrifier 3releasekicked off during the second weekend of October, it is set over Christmas, featuring Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) terrorizing survivors Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) and her brother Jonathan (Elliot Fullam) five years after the events of the previous installment. The movie, which was written and directed by franchise creator Damien Leone, only cost $2 million and is projected to earn more than five times that total during its opening weekend. Additionally, it has earned a strong 78% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Now thatTerrifier 3has debuted in theaters,Rotten Tomatoeshas also aggregated an official audience score for the movie on the Popcornmeter. The title, which has already amassed more than 250 verified user reviews, hasearned a near-perfect 94% score at the time of writing. While this will likely fluctuate as more reviews are added, if it maintains a score of 90% or higher by the time it reaches 500 user reviews, it will earn a Verified Hot badge from the platform.
What This Means For Terrifier 3
The Third Installment Hits A New High
While the movie earned a slightly lower critic score than the previous installment, which is Certified Fresh at 86%, its audience score is so far the best of the franchise by far.Terrifier 3reviewsfrom audience members, which praise its intense brutality and sense of humor, haveseen it debut more than 10% above the audience score forTerrifier 2, which was previously the highest of the series. Below, see how the new movie’s audience score compares to every movie in the overarching Art the Clown franchise:
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At the time of writing, the gap between the highest-rated and lowest-ratedArt the Clown moviesis a whopping 58%. This does not seem likely to change, asTerrifier 3is being praised across a variety of user review platforms. This includes earning 7.0 out of 10 on IMDb, 10 out of 10 onScreen Rant’s own user review platform, 6.5 out of 10 on Metacritic, and 3.3 out of 5 on Letterboxd.
Our Take On The Terrifier 3 Audience Score
The Franchise Shows Great Promise
This strong audience response toTerrifier 3, which seems to be directly reflected by the movie’s box office projections suggesting thatit may debut to a total that is nearly two-thirds what the previous movie earned in its entire run, shows that the franchise still has legs. This is good news for the future, asTerrifier 4is already in development. While the movie is intended to be the final installment of the franchise, if it succeeds at the level of this new outing, the universe of Art the Clown may continue to expand after its release.
Terrifier 3
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Terrifier 3 follows Sienna and her brother as they attempt to move past the traumatic events of Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre. As they embrace the Christmas season, Art reemerges, intent on turning their holiday into a nightmare, continuing his reign of terror.
