Terrifier

Terrifier is currently streaming in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and fuboTV, and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. With 3,007 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. David Howard Thornton anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Start it on Amazon Prime Video whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Terrifier is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Terrifier trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way. The performances from David Howard Thornton and Jenna Kanell give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. It was released in 2018. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Terrifier is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. David Howard Thornton carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.