Art the Clown became infamous in the original Terrifier for the shocking ways that the slasher interacts with his victim's bodies, and Terrifier 2 amps that up even further. After Terrifier's nauseating hacksaw scene, Terrifier 2 takes things a step further and includes dismemberment, cannibalism, and scalpings galore.

While the original 2024 film was plenty violent, it was nothing compared to 2024's Terrifier 2 which upped the ante in terms of graphic gore as it followed Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) as he is resurrected by an evil entity and sets to terrorizing a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween.

According to the acclaimed author, there are three levels of horror: The Gross-Out, Horror, and Terror. It is these elements that allow the genre to be diversely shocking and hypnotizing in not only literature but in cinema as well.

Terror is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying experience. By contrast, horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually follows a frightening sight, sound, or otherwise experience.