Art the Clown
Terrifier (2016)
The lore
A mute, silently gleeful killer clown with a bag of tricks, who first appeared in Leone’s low-budget shorts (2008, 2011) and the anthology All Hallows’ Eve (2013).
The look
- Black hat
- Black-and-white clown suit
- Smeared white face
- Gloves
Behind the screams
Leone is a practical-effects makeup artist who built the character on shoestring budgets. Terrifier 3 opened on October 11, 2024 and earned roughly $90M on about a $2M budget.
Credits
- Created by
- Damien Leone
- Brought to life by
- David Howard Thornton (2016 onward)
- Earlier Mike Giannelli in the shorts
