Terrifier Trilogy Returns to Regal Screens for Halloween Week
All three Terrifier films are heading back to the big screen this Halloween. Regal will show the trilogy in theatres across the United States from Oct. 29 to 31, according to Variety.
The schedule runs one film a night. The 2016 original plays on Oct. 29, Terrifier 2 on Oct. 30 and Terrifier 3 on Oct. 31, as listed by Rue Morgue. Regal is charging $7.99 per ticket for any of the films during the run, according to its own website.
The re-release comes with a game attached. The video game Dead by Daylight and its developer, Behaviour Interactive, present the screenings, and the distributors Cineverse and Epic Pictures support them. Dead by Daylight already features Art the Clown, the series' masked villain, so the tie-up runs in both directions.
Anyone who buys a ticket to any of the three films is entered into a drawing to win a download code for Dead by Daylight. Regal Crown Club members who buy tickets get a separate code for an in-game cosmetic, Art's retro flower sunglasses. Neither prize is tied to a particular showtime.
The series was written and directed by Damien Leone. David Howard Thornton plays Art in all three films. Lauren LaVera joins the cast in the second chapter as Sienna Shaw.
The box office numbers are a big part of why the series keeps getting attention. Terrifier 2 took in $16.8 million worldwide on a budget of $250,000. Terrifier 3 grossed more than $90 million worldwide on a budget of $2 million, according to Variety. Budget is what a studio or filmmaker spends making the movie, and worldwide gross is the total ticket money from every country, before the cinemas take their share.
What stands out is the gap between those two budgets and those two grosses. Both films were made for small sums and earned many times over, which is why a studio or partner might want them back on screen during the season when horror tends to sell best. A re-release costs far less than making a new film, and the Halloween dates give it a built-in audience.
For fans, the Halloween run offers something a streaming library cannot: three films in a row on the same big screen, with a prize at the end of the ticket line. The screenings start on Thursday, Oct. 29, and finish on Saturday, Oct. 31.
