Their father was an artist that died from a brain tumor. In Terrifier 2 (2022), a sinister entity known as the Little Pale Girl resurrects Art and accompanies him in his pursuit of Sienna Shaw ( Lauren LaVera) and her younger brother. Before he can kill her, the police confront him at gunpoint, and he commits suicide. She fights against Art until he runs her over with a pickup truck and eats half of her face off, leaving her disfigured. After killing Tara, he targets Victoria, the lone survivor. In Terrifier, Art inhabits the fictitious Miles County and pursues partygoer Tara Heyes ( Jenna Kanell) and her sister Victoria ( Samantha Scaffidi) on Halloween night. Mike Giannelli portraying Art in the 2011 short film TerrifierĪrt's second feature-film appearance was in the slasher film Terrifier (2016), which is in a separate continuity. Art enters the real world and murders the children for a terrified Sarah to find. The character made his feature-film debut in All Hallows' Eve (2013) which incorporates the prior two short films as segments on VHS tapes that the film's protagonist Sarah (Katie Maguire) watches with the children she's babysitting on Halloween night. Īrt's second appearance was in the short film 'Terrifier' (2011), where he stalks and torments a young woman who witnesses one of his murders at a gas station. Merely a supporting character in this film, Art abducts Casey and brings her to a satanic cult for a sacrifice to Satan. The character made his debut appearance in the short film 'The 9th Circle' (2008), which follows his pursuit of a young woman named Casey (Kayla Lian) in an empty train station on Halloween night. Leone wrote Sienna and Art with biblical undertones to reflect good and evil. Art has archenemies in the form of final girls Sienna Shaw ( Lauren LaVera) and Victoria Heyes ( Samantha Scaffidi). The character's background remains ambiguous-although all his appearances show him possessing supernatural capabilities.

Art became a popular culture figure after the critical and commercial success of Terrifier 2.

Audiences highlighted Art and Leone wanted to develop the character into a recurring slasher franchise villain, which took a decade of work. In the canon Terrifier film series, David Howard Thornton was recast into the role portraying Art in Terrifier (2016), Terrifier 2 (2022), and Terrifier 3.Ĭreated by Damien Leone, Art debuted as a background character for his directorial debut short film to test out different concepts to see what would work. In these early appearances, retired actor Mike Gianelli portrayed him. He first appeared in the short films 'The 9th Circle' (2009) and 'Terrifier' (2011) before making his feature film debut in All Hallows' Eve (2013). Cat o' nine tails, scalpel, hacksaw, cleaver, Tommy gun, M1911, Flame throwerĪrt the Clown is a fictional character in the Terrifier franchise and related media.

All Hallows Eve by Chelsea Luna