It's all competently directed and there is a real eeriness too to the music score. Acting from the main cast is better than average, with a likeable lead actress and a fiendishly good David Howard Thornton.
The killer clown Art is truly freaky and is up there with Pennywise actually as the stuff of nightmares. The make-up and effects were surprisingly and refreshingly good, seeing as there have been so many recent film viewings where the make up and effects looked terrible that was a real pleasure to see. It's beautifully and stylishly shot, slickly edited and atmospherically lit. Visually, 'Terrifier' looks pretty impressive for a film made on a high-budget. Enjoyed the 80s throwback feel to the atmosphere. The killings are gory, without being gratuitously so while not holding back, nail-biting and inventive. Despite the slightness of the story that doesn't really do anything new, the first half was tightly paced and genuinely scary and suspenseful with well-timed shocks.
'Terrifier' starts off really well, great even. Luckily, 'Terrifier' didn't fully live up to its promise but it doesn't waste it either.
Considering the budget and there are also a fair share of killer clown films that are not good ('Clowntergeist' was a significant recent example in this regard), it could easily have been a bad film if executed in a way that wasted its promise. While it is an uneven film, where the first half is better than the second half, 'Terrifier' turned out to be much better than expected. So yes 'Terrifier' was watched with some anticipation and want to like it, as well as some apprehension with so many wastes of potential on recent film viewings. There are some halfway decent killer clown films out there and have an appreciation for horror. Furthermore, the concept was really intriguing and one of the best for any film personally seen recently. 'Terrifier's' cover looked very cool and eerie.
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