I enjoyed writer/director Damien Leone's TERRIFER when I got the chance to take an early look at it, and a quote from my 8/10 review is even featured on the movie's home video release (which can be purchased on Amazon). But I never would have imagined that such a gross and gory indie movie would catch on the way TERRIFIER has. It has been great to watch it become so popular, and its popularity keeps surprising me.
Leone is now preparing to make TERRIFIER 2, which will tell the following story:
After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County where he must hunt down and destroy a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night. As the body count rises, the siblings fight to stay alive while uncovering the true nature of Art's evil intent.
Leone and producer Phil Falcone had already raised enough money to shoot the movie "adequately", but not enough to be able to bring one particular scene in the script to the screen. So Leone turned to Indiegogo to raise additional funds. As he said,
I wrote an EPIC scene in the screenplay for Terrifier 2 that we currently do not have enough money to shoot. Without spoiling all the juicy, gory details, the scene will involve mass casualties and the destruction of its location, BUT it is the context of the scene that truly makes it so original. We're aiming to create a scene so shocking and iconic that people will talk about it for years to come. Imagine if Art the Clown was in charge of the prom mayhem in Carrie… meets David Lynch… meets Maniac… just sayin'.
If we do in fact reach our goal, the money will go towards the construction of a large set, tons of special effects, stunts and makeup fx… you know… blood and guts!
Rest assured, we're going to be seeing that scene when TERRIFIER 2 is released, because Leone's campaign reached its $50,000 goal in just a few hours. As I write this, the 578 backers have pitched in a total of $104,187 to help TERRIFIER 2 reach its full potential. And there was still 40 days left to contribute to this campaign.
The popularity of TERRIFIER is truly staggering.
If you want to see this already incredibly successful campaign for yourself, it can be found HERE.