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116-407: A Terrifier 3 is planned, along with further installments that will slowly build on Art's background and motives. In October 2022, Leone said he had an entire treatment for a third film but it "is getting so big that it could potentially split into a Part 4 because [he] wouldn't want to make another 2 hour 20 minute movie." The Coven Films, a French distribution company and executive producer of

174-541: A VHS version of the film was released by Witter Entertainment through Walmart . Terrifier 2 was released in 886 theaters in the United States, grossing $ 400,000 on its opening day. It went on to debut to $ 805,000, and then made $ 1 million the following weekend (an increase of 28%). Variety called the film's success a "shock" to the industry due to its low budget, limited mainstream marketing, and lack of marquee stars. Through its first two weeks of release,

232-416: A one-week limited theatrical release , audience demand led Bloody Disgusting to announce that Terrifier 2 would remain in theaters for a second weekend on October 12, 2022. On October 17, this run was extended once more for another week. The film was released for VOD on November 11, 2022, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on December 27, 2022. It grossed $ 3.4 million in home sales. In June 2024,

290-532: A playlist for her that he envisioned the character listening to. LaVera describes Sienna as reflecting Leone in personality. Costume designer Olga Yarlug created the angel-warrior Valkyrie costume that Sienna spends the first portion of the film building. The attire helped LaVera develop her physicality for her performance, describing it as contributing to her embodying the confidence it brings to Sienna—LaVera consciously portrayed Sienna as timid and hunched over but more confident and standing straighter up by

348-478: A contemporary example of the " final girl " trope . The character made her cinematic debut in Terrifier 2 on October 6, 2022. In this film, Sienna ( Lauren LaVera ) is a teenage girl living with her widowed mother and her younger brother Jonathan following the death of their father. She has been developing cosplay for an angel-warrior character that her father created for her before his death. He also gave her

406-453: A few arthouse theaters. To see it snowballing, the word of mouth growing, people getting sick and fainting and it really taking off, I never expected this or for it to make millions of dollars in theaters." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 86% of 78 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: " Terrifier 2 outdoes the original in every way – which makes it bad news for

464-536: A final girl fighting for family, facing her demons, and screaming bloody war cries in Art's mocking face." The character has been well-received by audiences, with LaVera recalling that she was shown the first Sienna tattoo in 2020, following the release of Terrifier 2 ' s teaser trailer . In response to the favorable reception to her character, LaVera stated, "That's all an actor ever wants. Not so much for fans to get tattoos, even though I am honored; it's more about

522-400: A life-size replica puppet of Hartnett that could work as an animatronic. He stated, "I had people under the bed with rods going through it into her limbs and behind the wall operating her head. I put some rubber gloves in her chest with tubing to have her breathe." Leone digitally added Hartnett's eye onto the puppet when Allie awakens to her mother. Terrifier 2 had its world premiere at

580-537: A new final girl variant. It isn't just inevitable that she and Art end Terrifier 2 together. It's destined in mythic fashion. LaVera carries that motif through with dazzling star power, ending 2022 as its greatest final girl, a serious accomplishment given that she's following up Neve Campbell and Jamie Lee Curtis . She may be the year's most influential final girl, too - the one to usher in a generation of final girls prepared to slash their slashers back." Jeffrey Anderson of Common Sense Media describes Sienna as being

638-478: A nightmare about a show called "The Clown Cafe" starring Art. In the dream, she has to fend him off and the only thing that can save her from his jerry-rigged flamethrower is her sword. She awakens to a fire burning the dresser the sword was resting on, but the sword is mysteriously unscathed. That day, Halloween, Jonathan sees Art and the Little Pale Girl at school playing with a dead opossum and gets

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696-418: A nurse in the credits scene. While Leone had secured full funding for the film from a handful of private investors prior to filming, he launched an Indiegogo with a $ 50k goal to finance a practical effects driven scene and to attach a well known actor to the project. The campaign was a major success, grossing over $ 125k in the first week. It reached a total of $ 250k by the end of the campaign, 430% more than

754-411: A panic attack after seeing the Little Pale Girl in the crowd. Brooke's boyfriend, Jeff, is driving them home when Sienna's lured to The Terrifier attraction at the old abandoned carnival. The Little Pale Girl imitates Jonathan pleading for a ride home, so while Sienna goes searching alone after a big argument on the way there, Art murders Jeff. Brooke is chased into the park and murdered as well, and Sienna

812-580: A popular character for cosplay . Jaden Oberkrom of North Texas Daily praised LaVera, writing that her performance "immediately gets the audience invested in her character." Dakota Mayes of MovieWeb writes that "Lauren LaVera breathes life into Sienna and plays her as a final girl like no other." Writing for Comic Book Resources , writer Maddie Davis highlights the character's resurrection after death as making her notably different to prior horror heroines. Matt Donato of IGN stated, "Lauren LaVera rules as Sienna in her angel-winged fantasy armor as

870-481: A portal to Hell . Gabbie falls into the portal, and Sienna vows to save her. It is also shown that, like Art, Sienna has supernatural healing capabiliites. The conception of Sienna Shaw dates back to 2008—with Leone envisioning an angel-warrior-attired heroine to battle Art the Clown for a feature-length follow-up to his 2008 directorial debut short film The 9th Circle . The project got scrapped, and Leone abandoned

928-419: A portal to hell where she encounters the "Clown Cafe" again. Sienna dies and is resurrected by the sword. She decapitates Art while he's biting into Jonathan's calves, and the Little Pale Girl takes his head and leaves the two alone. In a mid-credits scene, an orderly at Miles County Psychiatric is heard humming a "The Clown Cafe" theme song and tells another orderly she picked the tune up from Victoria. Victoria

986-438: A positive role model for viewers and states, "Right away, it's easy to see what a great new character Sienna is; her warrior costume is only half of it." Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote, "Lauren LaVera makes for an agreeable and sympathetic primary target/protagonist/final girl." Writing for /Film , Matthew Bilodeau highlights LaVera's performance as bringing a sense of personality and writes that Sienna will likely become

1044-423: A positive reception when production stills were officially released, when asked about the attire, LaVera described liking it on the first day of wearing it but began to feel disdain for it throughout the course of filming as it was uncomfortable to wear. She even obtained blisters from wearing it. Filming quietly resumed and wrapped on July 10, 2021. The post-credits scene would originally reveal Art growing out of

1102-474: A practical effects-driven scene. The campaign was a massive success, reaching over 430% of the initial goal with a donation total of $ 250,000. It is one of the numerous films impacted by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic , with principal photography coming to a halt mid-2020 due to the pandemic lockdowns . Terrifier 2 had its premiere at the FrightFest on August 29, 2022, and was theatrically released in

1160-521: A significantly favorable reaction from fans —LaVera, however, was not fond of the attire as it was uncomfortable for her to wear. The outfit was not complete by the time filming began, and it did not have lining ; LaVera had to wear duct tape to hold the attire together throughout the shoot and even developed blisters. Sienna was well-received by critics and audiences, with much of the acclaim going toward her characterization and LaVera's portrayal. Sienna has been referred to as LaVera's breakthrough role and

1218-460: A sword. Jonathan believes their father envisioned Sienna as the only person capable of defeating Art the Clown . Sienna begins having bizarre encounters with Art—both in her dreams and in real life. After engaging in a battle with Art to defend her brother, Art kills her with her father's sword before it resurrects her, and she decapitates him. The character returns in Terrifier 3 (2024). In this film, set five years after Terrifier 2, Sienna

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1276-462: A three-issue limited release comic book series would be issued prior to the film's release. The film has gained significant media coverage because of the gore effects, particularly for the notorious "Bedroom Scene," depicting the lengthy murder of the supporting character Allie (Casey Hartnett). Leone has stated it was the most challenging and technical scene to film out of the entire production—three minutes depicting mutilation. Leone had to create

1334-579: Is a 2022 American supernatural slasher film written, edited, and directed by Damien Leone . It is the sequel to Terrifier (2016) and the second installment in the Terrifier film series . It includes the return of David Howard Thornton and Samantha Scaffidi , who portrayed Art the Clown and Victoria Heyes , respectively, in the first film, and stars Lauren LaVera , Elliott Fullam, Sarah Voigt, Kailey Hyman, and Casey Hartnett. The plot follows Art's resurrection and pursuit on Halloween night of teenage Sienna Shaw (LaVera), who discovers that she

1392-432: Is beaten unconscious after discovering her body. Sienna awakens to find Art using a scalpel on her brother and begins attacking him with his own weapons. The siblings discover Art is immortal and he wears them out with his endurance. The Terrifier attraction is slowly revealed to be the location where Art chained his victims up in the original The 9th Circle short. He stabs Sienna with her father's sword and throws her into

1450-415: Is destined to defeat him. The film originated from a feature film concept Leone began developing shortly after filming his directorial debut short film The 9th Circle (2008). The concept of the planned film focused heavily on an angel-dressed heroine and ultimately fell apart. Following its predecessor's release, Leone wanted to bring the heroine back—she would evolve into Sienna, someone Leone describes as

1508-419: Is down the hall, reinstitutionalized, writing "Vicky + Art" and obscenities on the wall with her own blood. She gives birth to Art's living head. Victoria's eyes glow exactly like the Little Pale Girl's eyes. Additionally, Jenna Kanell and Catherine Corcoran are credited for photographic cameos as Tara and Dawn, respectively. "...That was my favorite character that I ever wrote, ever. So I knew that character

1566-515: Is released from a psychiatric hospital to live with her aunt, uncle, and younger cousin, Gabbie. The film shows Sienna and Jonathan's relationship has become estranged as they are handling their trauma differently. Additionally, she is suffering from survivor guilt , frequently seeing hallucinations of her dead friend Brooke. Art and a possessed Victoria Heyes kill her remaining family, excluding Gabbie. After obtaining her sword, Sienna slices Art's throat and decapitates Victoria, whose blood opens

1624-516: Is solely Art's narrative, the second film shifts the focus to Sienna and that she is Art's equivalent in that "Art and Sienna are oppositional forces who parallel each other on a spatial and spiritual level. For all the heartlessness Art holds, Sienna is a character driven by her relationships with those around her." Writing for Fangoria , Andrew Crump writes that Sienna was the most influential heroine of 2022, writing that "When Sienna accepts her role as She Who Will Kill Art, she effectively becomes

1682-530: The Fantastic Fest on August 29, 2022, and screened the same day at Fright Fest in London. It was theatrically released on October 6, 2022. The film was later available to stream on Screambox , as well as play at various "prominent genre festivals" prior to its official release. Leone had previously expressed a desire to release the picture " road show style" once finished. While initially set for

1740-573: The Wonder Woman of horror films and that she provides a "supernatural element" to the final girl trope due to her resurrection after death. Hollman contrasts her with Victoria Heyes, the sole survivor of the first film—"Director Damien Leone not only gives us a final girl gone bad in Vicky, but a final girl seemingly just as powerful as her foe in Sienna." Hollman writes that while the first film

1798-411: The "heart and soul" of Terrifier 2 . Leone spent three months writing a character-driven screenplay following criticism of the first film's perceived lack of narrative. Funding was exacting as the script was more ambitious than the first film and required a bigger budget. Leone secured finances from private investors prior to filming, and he launched an Indiegogo campaign with a $ 50,000 goal to produce

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1856-465: The Clown . She is portrayed by Lauren LaVera , who will reprise the role in further installments. Sienna's creator, Damien Leone , invested a lot of time into fully developing her as a character as he regretted leaving the first film's heroine Victoria Heyes underdeveloped. The character originates from an abandoned film Leone was developing in the late 2000s, featuring the concept of a Valkyrie - angel warrior attired heroine battling Art. LaVera

1914-497: The Little Pale Girl bears resemblance to Art's first victim Emily Crane. He believes their father knew how to stop Art, saying that he gifted her the sword for that purpose. Sienna departs for a Halloween party, Jonathan flees after Barbara slaps him, then Barbara is shot and killed by Art. Art kidnaps Jonathan when he returns home and steals Sienna's sword. At the Halloween party, Brooke spikes Sienna's drink with MDMA and she has

1972-411: The Sienna character concept. Following widespread criticism for Terrifier ' s (2016) underdeveloped protagonists, Leone wanted to bring back Sienna as the heroine of Terrifier 2 . Leone spent three consecutive months in 2017 writing a screenplay with much of his focus on developing Sienna. He has stated that he based much of Sienna's characteristics on his two older sisters and that the character

2030-542: The United States on October 6, by Cinedigm . It received positive reviews from critics describing the film as an improvement from its predecessor and praising the performance of Lauren LaVera . A sequel, Terrifier 3 , was released in October 2024. After being resurrected by an unknown entity following the Miles County Massacre, Art the Clown brutally murders the coroner examining his body and goes to

2088-429: The audience reactions to the film, director Damien Leone remarked, "Listen, I would have loved to have a couple of walk-outs, I think that's sort of a badge of honor because it is an intense movie. I don't want people fainting, getting hurt during the movie. But it's surreal." A novelization of Terrifier 2 by Tim Waggoner was released by Titans Books on October 29, 2024. In 2019, both Leone and Thornton stated that

2146-419: The back of Victoria's head, but once Malignant had a similar getup for its villain, Leone discarded it and shot another sequence where Victoria gave birth to Art's head. A teaser trailer for Terrifier 2 was released on July 24, 2020. MovieWeb 's Jeremy Dick commented on the teaser, stating that "the teaser is pretty exciting to watch for anyone who enjoyed the first movie." It was also announced that

2204-443: The blame. Sienna has a panic attack when her friends Allie and Brooke discuss Victoria Heyes 's mutilation of talk show host Monica Brown. Sienna and Allie go to the costume shop, where they encounter Art. Art kills the shop vendor and that night he breaks into Allie's home and brutally maims her to pass the time. Jonathan shows Sienna and their mother, Barbara, his father's sketchbook, filled with newspaper clippings revealing that

2262-517: The end of the film. The attire was well received by audiences. LaVera began receiving private messages from fans telling her that they intend to make either a costume based on it or a drag interpretation of Sienna. While liking the design and wearing it at first, LaVera did not like wearing it throughout the shoot because it was incomplete before filming began and lacked lining. She had to wear duct tape to hold it together and even developed blisters. Collider ' s Raquel Hollman describes Sienna as

2320-648: The film for effectively capturing the look and feel of 1970's and 1980's slasher films, as well as the soundtrack and special effects, but was critical of the relentless brutality and unsympathetic characters. Adam Graham of The Detroit News rated the film a grade D, calling it "[a] bludgeoning exercise in splatter, which drags on well past the two hour mark with no sense of purpose other than its own inert attempts to shock." Following its release, there were several reports of viewers vomiting and fainting during their screenings of Terrifier 2 , with one instance allegedly having emergency services being called. Speaking on

2378-536: The film had grossed $ 3.4 million. Expanding to 1,550 theaters in its fourth weekend (an increase of 795) the film made $ 1.8 million, for a running total of $ 10.1 million as of November 2022. Terrifier & Terrifier 2 - Double Bill was released in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2024, and grossed $ 122,174. Speaking of the film's box office success, Leone said, "I did not expect it to make this kind of splash or play in theaters, honestly, other than maybe

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2436-460: The first film." Matt Donato of IGN while stating the film has "underdeveloped subplots and themes" noted it as an improvement of the original film and highlighted the performance of LaVera, writing that she "rules as Sienna in her angel-winged fantasy armor as a final girl fighting for family, facing her demons, and screaming bloody war cries in Art's mocking face." Matthew Jackson of Paste wrote that "LaVera, tasked with injecting humanity into

2494-468: The initial goal. Filming began in October 2019. While a majority of the film's main story line had already been completed, principal photography was halted due to COVID-19 , becoming one of many films affected by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic . On September 7, Leone revealed that he was in the process of working on the prosthetic makeup for Victoria's disfigured face in preparation of filming Samantha Scaffidi 's scenes. As Sienna's costume received

2552-574: The laundromat to clean his blood-soaked garments, where he encounters the Little Pale Girl—a mysterious entity in similar clown attire. A lone patron sees Art interacting with the girl — who is invisible to him — before being killed. One year later, teenager Sienna Shaw is preparing her Halloween costume: a Valkyrie character designed by her recently deceased father. Her younger brother Jonathan has become fixated with Art since discovering art of him in their father's sketchbook. That night, Sienna has

2610-527: The lead role of Sienna Shaw. On October 15, it was announced that Felissa Rose , Chris Jericho and Tamara Glynn had joined the cast in cameo roles . Actress Leah Voysey had auditioned for Sienna and her friends Ally and Brooke before co-producer Jason Leavy, who knew about Voysey's singing and guitar skills, invited her to be the host that performed a song in the Clown Cafe dream sequence, which after being filmed led to Leone bringing Voysey to appear as

2668-463: The original film) as the Club Announcer and DJ voice, and Corey Duval, who returns as the coroner from the first installment. There were also reports of Steven Della Salla and Jason Leavy, the two cops in the original film, returning in cameo appearances as well; the three are all producers on the second installment. On September 11, 2019, it was announced that actress Lauren LaVera was cast in

2726-471: The relationship between superhero Batman and supervillain Joker of DC Comics during a lunch shortly after her casting. Leone stated that out of all the actors he has worked with, LaVera showed the most interest and care for one of his characters—consistently questioning him about his intentions for Sienna and even journaling for the part to understand who she believed Sienna to be. LaVera had Leone create

2784-467: The same year, it was announced that the first trailer for the sequel would debut on November 1, 2023, exclusively during a theatrical re-release of Terrifier 2 . Sienna Shaw Sienna Shaw is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terrifier franchise. Sienna first appears in Terrifier 2 (2022) as a teenager interested in cosplay who battles the enigmatic villain Art

2842-485: The screenplay as much bigger in scope than the previous film and recollects not considering a budget while writing. One of the factors during writing was establishing an adversary to Art—something inspired by the relationship between superhero Batman and supervillain Joker . During a lunch with Leone and David Howard Thornton, the actress who plays Sienna, Lauren LaVera, was told of this intended dynamic between her character and Art. Besides Sienna, LaVera recollects

2900-518: The screenplay was complete. Leone envisioned the concept of the film dating back to 2008—with an idea of an angel-warrior costumed heroine battling the Art the Clown character. This heroine was the basis of Sienna, who Leone wanted to bring back for Terrifier 2 , which he knew he wanted to make while filming the first film. The writing process for the film differed from Leone's previous film projects, in which he had to work around part-time jobs. Leone spent three consecutive months writing. Much of his focus

2958-464: The script focusing heavily on Sienna's younger brother Jonathan, their mother, and her friends—all of whom play a crucial part in the story. Both Thornton and Scaffidi were confirmed to reprise their respective roles of Art the Clown and Victoria Heyes, becoming the only returning cast members of the prior film, other than a brief voice cameo by Michael Leavy (who played Will the Exterminator in

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3016-501: The sequel, lives up to this task with pure star power." Trace Sauveur of The Austin Chronicle praised the "sense of physicality and comic timing" of Thornton. Sammy Gecsoyler from The Guardian rated the film a total of three stars out of five, praising the film's creative kills, and performances, while giving some criticism towards its runtime. The film was not without its detractors. Owen Gleiberman of Variety commended

3074-457: The series, announced in May 2023 that filming for the third would begin in either November or December of that year with an expected release in late 2024, a "low-mid seven figure budget." Leone, producer Phil Falcone, and actors David Howard Thornton and Lauren LaVera are all slated to reprise their roles. Principal photography commenced by July 2023. The film is set during Christmas. In October of

3132-429: The squeamish, but a bloody good time for genre enthusiasts." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Jeffrey Anderson of Common Sense Media described the characters as memorable, particularly Sienna, due to her character development. Anderson states that "human life starts to matter more here than it did in

3190-408: Was always there; I knew one day I was going to bring that character back and finally make a movie with her. So she is the heart and soul of Part 2 , and everything revolves around that character. So I always knew that seed was there." — Damien Leone on the evolution of Sienna Shaw On February 12, 2019, Leone revealed in a post on his social media, showing the cover page, that the first draft of

3248-432: Was on developing a character that could rival Art in popularity. When he was not writing, he would read books about screenwriting and listen to screenwriters discuss their processes with writing. He opted to bring back the angel-attired heroine a decade later and adapt her into Sienna Shaw. Leone described much of the screenplay revolving around the teenage girl, his favorite character he has ever written. Leone describes

3306-527: Was the only person Leone considered for the role. LaVera spent months questioning Leone for preparation and developed a full binder of notes about Sienna—asking him who inspired the character and having him create a playlist that he believed Sienna would listen to. Leone states that LaVera is the first actor to show immense care and interest for a character he wrote, helping him further develop her. Leone describes Sienna as his favorite character that he has ever created. The character's Halloween costume drew

3364-421: Was very personal to him. Leone wrote the character with mythic religious undertones, envisioning her as a teenage girl slowly transforming into the embodiment of an Old Testament angel that is the equivalent to Art's representation of a resurrected demon . LaVera was ultimately cast; she said that Leone and actor David Howard Thornton described the dynamic between Art and Sienna as something inspired by

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