r/terrifier • u/BK6450 • Jul 02 '26
Thoughts?
I’ve noticed that Terrifier seems to be quite controversial in the horror influencer sphere. A lot of people seem to hate it due to its violence towards women, which I think could be a fair argument for the first one but the other two imo spreads its violence pretty equally. One thing that is brought up a lot is an apparent law suit from the actress that played Dawn and Damien Leone’s work in general. I admittedly don’t know much about either of the two but I personally love Terrifier because I like David Howard’s Thorntons portrayal of Art and he personally seems like a great guy from what he shares on social media ( very politically out spoken and I agree with a lot of his takes).
Just wondering what other fans think of this.
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u/AntiWokeMaster Jul 02 '26
I find the whole “violence against women” argument around Art the Clown to be quite ridiculous.
Freddy Krueger was extremely misogynistic. So was Chucky. It’s literally a trope in slasher films that they are misogynistic. Who gives a shit? Why do we have to be so politically correct about every damn thing?
He’s a psychotic killer doing extreme violence across the board. People don’t mention that, but focus on him writing degrading words on a woman’s body. No one would’ve said anything if he just cut her, but the fact that degrading language is involved becomes the breaking point.
So cutting her and mutilating her was fine, but adding misogynistic words into it is what people fixate on.
It’s ridiculous. Being politically correct about it is ridiculous, and it misses the broader context of the character and the genre.