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Terrifier 4 Locks In New Year’s Eve Setting

Leone hints at a final chapter to raise the franchise’s stakes.

Overview

  • Damien Leone confirmed on Friday that Terrifier 4 will unfold around New Year’s Eve, sharing the news on social media.
  • Leone says the script remains in development with pre-production targeted soon, and no release timeline has been announced.
  • He plans to reveal Art the Clown’s backstory in the opening 15 minutes, offering the series’ clearest origin detail yet.
  • Franchise leads David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, and Samantha Scaffidi are expected to reprise their roles.
  • The holiday shift continues a pattern set by Halloween-set first entries and a Christmas-set third film, which opened No. 1 in 2024 and became the highest-grossing unrated movie.