Synopsis:
According to Stephen King there are three categories of horror - Gross-out, Horror and Terror. Terrifier is one of those movies that obviously fall in the first category. I'm not that much of a fan of media that rely only on Gross-Out to create a disturbing atmosphere (mostly because I don't have the stomach for it when things get worse and sick). However, what really got me into the movies is the villain (Art The Clown) as I happen to find him quite interesting. The idea of ridiculously excessive on-screen torture and gore can be extremely discouraging for most viewers, which is bad because they want to enjoy the movie without throwing up or feel nausea.
Intentions:
Therefore, with my experience from my previous fan-edit, I made a quick but careful conversion of the first movie (an unrated splatter Gross-Out film) into more of an R-Rated slasher horror film. Most of the sick torture scenes removed. The gore is still there but at the same time isn't (After all it's only four minutes shorter). For making this version I, once again, had John Carpenter's Halloween (the 2018 movie), which successfully delivered balanced Gross-Out and Horror. In two of the strongest scenes, music by by Alex Wyng has been added that adds up to raising the panic factor during a victim being chased. With some of the earliest kills, a trick played to keep the scare factor during the kills and at the same time normalize them, is that the lights flicker giving short pics on what's going on during the monstrosities Art is committing - just enough to give the viewer a good yet breathtaking horror experience.
Change List:
Overall, the project took 4 hours and it's a careful conversion of the film from Gross-Out Splatter to Slasher, that manages to deliver a more balanced horror time to audiences that cannot find entertainment in detailed sick on-screen massacres, but are interested in watching the film beyond that AND THE BEST PART - it stays as loyal as possible to the original.
- This cut follows the example of R-Rated Slasher Movies. (for example, Halloween 2018)
- Dawn's death scene has been removed. Only the aftermath is shown later.
- During the second death scene in the film, the lights are flickering giving short pics on what's going on during the monstrosities Art is committing, just enough to give the viewer a good yet breathtaking horror experience.
- In two of the strongest scenes, music by by Alex Wyng has been added that adds up to raising the panic factor during a victim being chased.