Terrifier 3 is topping the box office, bringing its grisly delights to audiences that couldn’t be bothered to see another goddamn Joker movie. The third movie in the low-budget, high-profit series allegedly had people fleeing the theaters—something I’m too cheap to ever do, but I suppose one can’t be faulted for not wanting to throw up in a room full of people trying to eat their popcorn.
At least since the 1960s, horror filmmakers have gone to great lengths to delight and/or nauseate audiences: From the more sedately grotesque pleasures of Hammer horror, to the works of Italian filmmakers like Argento and Bava, to the anything-goes slashers of the 1980s, and straight into the torture-porn era, there’s been more than enough of an audience for movies that impress with their ability to make us squirm. Sometimes the over-the-top splatter-fests are made with a sense of impish glee, and sometimes they’re
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