10 Movies To Watch If You Loved Terrifier 3

Key Takeaways

• Thanksgiving
  delivers straightforward slasher fun with creative kills in a festive setting.
• Stream
  shares
  Terrifier’s
  creative team & plenty of gore for fans.
• The Sadness
  offers a pandemic horror with extreme depravity and graphic violence similar to
  Terrifier 3.

Since Damien Leone first introduced Art the Clown back in 2008, Terrifier has evolved from a low-budget killer clown slasher into a polished horror sensation with a legendary villain and a worthy final girl. The unapologetically brutal splatter series broke out of indie horror obscurity with Terrifier 2, which attracted mainstream buzz through word-of-mouth stories of its vomit-inducing gore.

The hype has only soared with the release of its Christmas-themed sequel, Terrifier 3, which moviegoers are treating as a test of their stamina for hardcore horror. For those who can stomach it, this unorthodox slasher movie will leave them craving more thrills. Here are ten horror films like Terrifier 3 that any fan of the franchise is bound to love.

Leone’s short films and his horror anthology
All Hallows’ Eve
aren’t included here, as they are obvious recommendations, but
Terrifier
fans should make sure to check them out as well.

10 Thanksgiving

A Seasonal Slasher With Gory And Creative Kills

• Release Year: 2023
• Director: Eli Roth
• IMDb Score: 6.2

Eli Roth also brings slasher gruesomeness to the festive season with Thanksgiving. Set in the town where Thanksgiving began, the film follows a group of teens as a masked killer begins hunting the locals.

Thanksgiving promises a return to the straightforward slasher flicks supplanted by more sophisticated horror in recent years. Roth’s trademark gore works to amplify the film’s creative Final Destination-style deaths, while its Scream-inspired whodunnit is modernized with a social media-savvy killer. Although it delivers plenty of bloodshed, the holiday-themed kills channel the cheesy charm of 80s horror, making it a lighter-toned option for Terrifier 3 fans craving more meaningless gore.

9 Stream

A Gory Techno-Horror Slasher Movie

• Release Year: 2024
• Director: Michael Leavy
• IMDb Score: 5.4

Stream is a natural recommendation for Terrifier fans, sharing much of the same creative team behind Terrifier 2 and 3. As co-producer, Leone showcases his signature special effects makeup, while David Howard Thornton (who plays Art) steps into another silent killer role alongside horror icons Jeffrey Combs, Tony Todd, and Danielle Harris.

Stream follows a family whose vacation goes awry when their hotel is targeted by a group of sadistic killers competing for the most creative kills as part of a live-streamed game. So long as fans tune in for the gore rather than the plot, they’ll have a great time with this sleek, cyber-themed slasher film.

8 Laid To Rest

A Nasty Indie Slasher Film With Terrifier-Level Gore

• Release Year: 2009
• Director: Robert Hall
• IMDb Score: 5.2

Laid To Rest is an underrated low-budget gore fest that fans of Art the Clown will have plenty of fun with. It follows ChromeSkull, a depraved killer who records his brutal murders with a shoulder-mounted camera.

Much like Damien Leone, the writer-director of this splattery slasher is also a gifted FX artist, so, like the first Terrifier film, Laid to Rest serves primarily as an impressive practical effects reel. While the script feels like an afterthought, the excessive gore and mean-spirited tone make Laid To Rest a must-watch for slasher lovers with an appreciation for independent filmmaking.

7 In A Violent Nature

A Slow-Paced, Artfully Brutal Re-Imagining Of The Slasher Genre

• Release Year: 2024
• Director: Chris Nash
• IMDb Score: 5.6

Viewers eagerly awaiting Terrifier 4 will find In A Violent Nature’s unique approach to the slasher film rather appealing, as long as they are prepared for a slower, more stylistic journey.

Promoted as an ‘ambient horror’, In A Violent Nature immerses the viewer in a meditative exploration of the life of a slasher killer. Like Art, Johnny is silent but deadly, and the viewer stays with him as he stalks his victims through the remote Canadian wilderness. It’s a familiar story delivered with a fresh approach and featuring plenty of gruesome kills that will keep Terrifier 3 fans hooked.

6 Evil Dead

A Blood-Soaked Revival Of The Classic Cabin Horror

• Release Year: 2013
• Director: Fede Alvarez
• IMDb Score: 6.5

Evil Dead is one of the few non-slasher films in this ultra-brutal lineup, but its relentless gore makes it a worthy exception. Fede Alvarez’s 2013 re-imagining of Sam Raimi’s beloved classic follows Mia, who, struggling with addiction, heads to a remote cabin in the woods where her friends unwittingly unleash a demonic force.

The reboot stays true to the gross-out gore of the original while introducing a darker tone, more fitting for today’s audience. The practical effects and literal rainstorm of blood make it a must-watch for gore-hungry viewers drawn to the Terrifier franchise.

5 The Hills Run Red

A Gritty And Gorey Meta Slasher Flick

• Release Year: 2009
• Director: Dave Parker
• IMDb Score: 5.4

The Hills Run Red follows a group of horror film fanatics searching for a lost horror flick, which they soon learn is not entirely a work of fiction. Unfolding like a love letter to horror, it offers plenty of meta-commentary on the genre, while adding its own impressive killer to the canon.

It’s a criminally underappreciated slasher-within-a-slasher that shares the gritty, grindhouse quality of Leone’s Terrifier saga, making it well worth the watch, even if it does fall victim to the iffy CGI of its time.

4 Black Christmas

A Holiday Horror Classic That Set The Standard For Slashers

• Release Year: 1974
• Director: Bob Clark
• IMDb Score: 7.1

Fans have Black Christmas and a slew of other 70s and 80s holiday-themed slashers to thank for Leone’s latest Christmas-themed splatter fest. Genre buffs will easily spot the nods to the 1974 classic woven into Terrifier 3’s blood-drenched scenes.

Black Christmas unfolds during the holiday season, as a deranged man repeatedly makes vulgar and threatening calls to the women of a sorority house before taking them out one by one. Predating John Carpenter’s Halloween, Black Christmas helped define the now-recognizable formula adored by slasher fans, making it a great companion to Leone’s unique take on the subgenre.

3 Hatchet

An Ultra-Gory Swamp Slasher Movie

• Release Year: 2006
• Director: Adam Green
• IMDb Score: 5.7

The Hatchet franchise is perfect for fans searching for more mindless carnage. Like a modern re-imagining of Friday The 13th, it takes place in the Louisiana swamp, the hunting ground of a deranged killer, Victor Crowley.

In typical 2000s fashion, Hatchet is brilliantly cliché and ultra-violent, featuring a disfigured and vengeful villain who delivers a series of creative kills to a lineup of annoying characters. Its dedication to practical effects steals the show, setting it apart from the CGI-reliant slashers of its era. Like Terrifier, Hatchet mixes comedy with extreme gore, making for a trashy and fun watch with plenty of equally sleazy sequels.

2 The Sadness

A Disturbing Pandemic Horror Film Packed With Mean-Spirited Gore

• Release Year: 2021
• Director: Rob Jabbaz
• IMDb Score: 6.4

If gorehounds are searching for something just as bloody as Terrifier 3, they may even want to turn to a different subgenre. The Sadness is a pandemic horror movie that giddily shares Terrifier’s propensity for depravity and extreme gore.

Set in Taipei, Taiwan, it follows a couple separated across the city as a rage virus spreads. The infected are hyper-violent in every sense of the word, giving Art the Clown a run for his money. The tone of The Sadness is significantly darker and more disturbing than Terrifier 3, so viewers must be prepared for numerous unimaginably graphic and hard-to-watch scenes.

1 Wolf Creek 2

A Mean-Spirited Australian Horror Movie With A Charismatic Villain

• Release Year: 2013
• Director: Greg McLean
• IMDb Score: 6.1

Set in the Australian Outback, Wolf Creek 2 centers on Mick Taylor, the Aussie boogeyman who hunts down and brutalizes backpacking tourists with a gleeful cruelty reminiscent of Art. The grounded and subtle first movie offers a disturbing ‘based on true events’ story, while its sequel opts for heavy-action sequences, unrelenting gore, and even comedy.

Like Terrifier’s sequels, the second Wolf Creek movie builds upon its lower-budget predecessor, offering a more polished production but refusing to dilute its signature gore and edgy verve to secure this budget upgrade. Wolf Creek 2 leans into its biggest strength, its villain, by overindulging the viewer in Mick’s despicable nature and upping the ante to deliver a fast-paced horror film that fans of Terrifier 3 will surely enjoy.