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‘Terrifier 4’ Will Be Set on New Year’s Eve!
Get ready to ring in the new year with gore, as Terrifier 4 will officially take place around New Year’s Eve.
The first two Terrifier films were set at Halloween before Art the Clown took on Christmas in Terrifier 3, leading fans to speculate the setting of the fourth installment.
“No space. No Easter bunny. Art’s bringing in the New Year!” writer-director Damien Leone shared on Instagram.
The announcement brings us one step closer to Terrifier 4, which Leone is still developing with the hope of beginning pre-production soon.
Leone previously said the script is “shaping up to be the most epic, horrifying, thrilling, emotional and satisfying conclusion to the Terrifier saga.” He also confirmed Art’s backstory will be revealed in the opening 15 minutes.
Franchise stars David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown), Lauren LaVera (Sienna Shaw), and Samantha Scaffidi (Victoria Heyes) are expected to reprise their roles in Terrifier 4.
“I want some sort of retribution for Sienna,” LaVera commented. “I think our girl’s been through enough and she deserves a win, whatever it will look like for her. Whether or not she survives, I don’t know, but I think she deserves a win.”
“I’m very excited, but I don’t know a whole lot, because this time around Damien has been keeping everything very close to his vest about what’s happening in the script,” Thornton noted, teasing a “bat-shit insane” finale.
The slasher saga launched with Terrifier in 2016, followed by Terrifier 2 in 2022. Terrifier 3 opened at #1 at the box office in 2024, becoming the highest grossing unrated film of all time.
If Terrifier 4 is indeed the end of the franchise, as Leone has insinuated, the threshold of New Year’s is a fitting time to bring the story to a close.
Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 psychological horror movie Possession is getting a remake from Smile writer/director Parker Finn, and Deadline reports that The Batman actor Paul Dano has joined the cast.
No word at this time on character details, though.
The original film starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into a supernatural nightmare. In Finn’s update, Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner will star as the turbulent couple in Finn’s Possession, and Adjani has officially given her blessing on Qualley’s casting.
Parker Finn is writing and directing the new take on Possession.
He’s also producing alongside Jonathan Fass via Bad Feeling, along with Roy Lee and Andrew Childs via Vertigo, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.
Our own Brian Keiper celebrated Possession‘s 40th anniversary here on BD back in 2021, writing: “Few movies depict emotional turmoil as effectively and daringly as Andrzej Zulawksi’s Possession. It is a challenging and sometimes inscrutable film, both for the mind and the emotions. Zulawski struggles through a number of deep issues throughout the course of the film; issues that speak to some of humanity’s deepest pains and fears. In many ways it is about loss— loss of political ideals, loss of faith, and loss of innocence. But most of all, Possession is about the fear, pain, and anger that comes from the loss of a marriage.”
This will mark Dano’s first horror role. The actor previously appeared in sci-fi hits Looper and Okja.
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in Possession
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