'Terrifier' starts off really well, great even. Despite the slightness of the story that doesn't really do anything new, the first half was tightly paced and genuinely scary and suspenseful with well-timed shocks. The killings are gory, without being gratuitously so while not holding back, nail-biting and inventive.The second film does an excellent job of adding to the blood and gore expected of the franchise but fails to capture some of the shock value that made the first film terrifying. Art is also established in the town's lore by the second film, so his presence doesn't loom as large.
