Christmas slasher film Terrifier 3 is topping the box office in the United States. Still, even the most seasoned horror fans are struggling to watch it.
In fact, some movie-goers have been forced to leave the film early to throw up as the gorey scenes prove too much to handle.
Cinemas have provided attendees with vomit bags that read, “This sick bag is provided due to the extreme violence and excessive gore in this film.”
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Various customer notices have been made, warning patrons the content may make them sick or even faint.
Here is everything you need to know about Terrifier 3:
What is it?
Terrifier 3 is the third iteration of the franchise, directed by Damien Leone and starring Lauren Lavera, Bryce Johns, Margaret Anne Florence, and many more.
It follows the story of Art the Clown, played by David Howard Thornton, who terrorises a small town with its demoniac and ultra-gory acts on Christmas Eve.
The film premiered in Austin, Texas, on September 19 this year before its theatrical release on October 11.
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Since then, it rose to unprecedented success and became the current leading film in North America.
How to watch
Terrifier 3 hit Australia on October 10 and is being played at most major cinemas.
The R18+ film runs for 120 minutes and is generally scheduled in movie cinemas for the evening. You can watch the trailer here.
Reception
According to Variety, Terrifier 3 earned a whopping $US18.3 million (approx $27,193,800) in its opening weekend despite being a low-budget film that was independently made.
The horrifying threequel has overtaken the earnings of its previous films and was also incredibly commercially successful.
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Analyst David A. Gross of movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research told Variety: “This is an outstanding opening for a third episode in an indie horror series.”
“The series is not on the level of studio horror pictures – those are bigger movies – but […] it’s a great payoff.”
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Since its release, the film has garnered an enormous amount of attention online, with viewers sharing their reactions to it.
The official Terrifer 3 X account has been re-sharing hilarious content.
After seeing the film, one woman took to social media to share that she’d received warnings her heart rate was dangerously high throughout the movie, reaching up to 136 beats per minute.
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Film analyst Stephen Follows told Business Insider that the slasher has quickly become a new icon in the horror scene.
“I don’t think we’ve had a real icon since the idea of Ghostface in 1996 and then before that you’ve got the classics, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Pinhead,” he said.
“So I think audiences also want a new icon, somebody who they almost go to see the film for Art rather than anybody else.”
As horror film fanatics continue to obsess over the film, they will have Terrifier 4 to look forward to, which was greenlit in September.
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