The “Terrifier” franchise has always been Art for Art’s sake, as its magical killer clown randomly slashed, bludgeoned, bit, scourged and even shot his way through whomever happened to be around. The third entry is mostly brimming buckets more of the same with Art the Clown going to town, but there are some important changes. “Terrifier 3” settles on a franchise hero and attempts to, ahem, flesh out a character or two. The real shock is that it seeks to build an arching narrative. Oh, and it’s a Christmas movie.
In “3” (the fourth film, after “All Hallow’s Eve” established Art as a demonic entity), the sister and brother who survived “2” are dealing with their trauma five years after they found the clown of renown down to drown their family and friends in their own blood.
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