France-based distribution outfit The Coven is launching world sales on threequel Terrifier 3, following the breakout box office success of Terrifier 2.
Writer-director Damien Leone and producer Phil Falcone will return to oversee the continuation of the franchise.
"It’s pretty clear that we’re now entering a slasher genre renaissance — perhaps the biggest one since the '90s. Filmmakers like myself are going to have to keep pushing the envelope so it’s encouraging when a company respects a director’s vision and understands what makes a certain type of film successful," said writer-director Damien Leone.
Plot is being kept under wraps but David Howard Thornton (who plays Art The Clown) and Lauren LaVera (Sienna) are among cast expected to return. The Coven will serve as exec producer.
Filming is expected to get underway in November or December of this year with a scheduled wide theatrical release in Fall 2024 in North America, followed by its exclusive debut on Cineverse’s streaming service SCREAMBOX. The threequel is understood to be getting a budget in the low-mid seven figure range, a significant increase on that of the sequel.
Made for around $250k, Terrifier 2 took more than $15M at the global box office, including more than $10M in the U.S. for Cinedigm. The film, which debuted at Frightfest and FantasticFest last year, was noted for its gore and for leaning in to “old school” practical effects. It has an 85 and 80 percent critical and audience score, respectively, on Rotten Tomatoes.
Priscilla Smith of The Coven said of the next instalment: “There will be a much bigger budget this time around, which is intended to give the filmmakers more creative freedom, and let them be as wild as they can be. And, all jokes aside, we are going for that Oscar this year.”
Leone added: “Terrifier 3 will be another boundary pushing addition to the horror genre, continuing the no holds barred, uncompromising exploits fans of the franchise have come to expect and celebrate. If you thought Art the Clown’s reign of terror in part 2 was extreme, you haven’t seen anything yet.”
Official AI music video for the song Halloween In Heaven by Type O Negative. Released today by the remaining members of the band on Nuclear Blast Records YouTube channel. R.I.P. Peter Steele and everyone else that appears in the video and animated GIF below. Video created by Corrine Larre at Twisted Hooves Studio @twistedhooves_studio.
Immerse yourself in the ethereal realm of 'Halloween in Heaven' as A.I. breathes new life into the track. Written by the band for their friend Dimebag Darrell, the video features Dimebag alongside John Bonham, John Entwistle, Bon Scott, Randy Rhoads, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jim Morrison, Elvis and the Green Man himself, Peter Steele. Fans of the band will also spot a cameo from collaborator and friend of the band, Tara VanFlower (LYCIA).
For over a decade I've made Halloween mixes of creepy kitsch and spooky stupidity and back in 2020, I made a mega cut of my favorites from the 1st 10 years.
Six Tales. Six Screams. Six Ways To Die. Take part in a bone-chilling indie horror movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Brace yourself for a terrifying journey into the depths of darkness as we delve into a world where nightmares become reality.
Tales from the Book of Kurbis: Chapter 1 - Naughty:
James is a boss who after making his employees work on Christmas Day, learns the true meaning of the holiday. Get ready to meet our first expansion in the South Ridge Films Monsters series with our latest killer, Psycho Claus!
Tales from the Book of Kurbis: Chapter 2 - Witch's Brew
Sam doesn’t believe in magic, curses or witches. But when he orders hexed coffee off the darkest depths of the internet, he learns just how real those things are!
Tales from the Book of Kurbis: Chapter 3 - The Candy Corn Killer
Tales from the Book of Kurbis: Chapter 4 - Cat Scratch
Tara is a young woman with a dark past. But after walking home alone through the woods on Halloween night, her past becomes her present.
Tales from the Book of Kurbis: Chapter 5 - Lady Gwyn
Tales from the Book of Kurbis: Chapter 6 - Kurbis Awakened
The final chapter from the Book of Kurbis series. Kurbis, the Demon of Fall, the one who scares most of all is awakened by a tantalizing spell -
“A howl marks his approach as death draws in near, twisted are his ways and tonight he shall appear. With your scent, he will never stop. He will tear your flesh from bone. But if so selfish you want to live, give a friend’s life for your own.”
The incantation is meant to bring the wrath of death onto others, but instead, Kurbis goes after the souls that brought him to life while unleashing his malicious spirit on the entire town.
Directed by: Ryan Sheets
Executive Producer: Jason P. Herman
Written by: Ryan Sheets, Janae Muchmore, Jeff Rhodes, Nick Romary
Starring: Barbara Desa, Matthew Beaton, Esteban Abanto, Stephanie Kirves, Ariel Taylor, Krysti Reif and Josh Rutgers
What if a lost horror franchise made during the peak of the slasher genre was unearthed today, but only two of the films could be restored? Filmmaker Jay Burleson imagined just that with THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART V and THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART I both released today May 5th on VOD + Digital Platforms from Dark Sky Films.
A double feature of terror, THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Part V sees unstoppable killer Jakkariah Harding once again stalking and butchering the football-loving residents of a small Alabama town, this time finding a treasure trove of victims after he chances upon a football watch party. And then get ready to see how the horror began in THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Part I, which tells the story of Harding’s death row escape and ensuing slaughter as two survivors of his initial attack hunt him down.
Aiming to recreate the by-gone video store days when horror fans might have had to watch a franchise out of order, the filmmakers intended for viewers to start with Part V and then go back to Part 1. So Part V is technically the second entry in the slasher series– there are no Parts II, III, or IV- but you can check this angelfire fansite for short outlines describing the other unmade parts of the franchise, including part VI which might get made depending on the success of Parts V and I release.
THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART V, Run Time: 89 minutes
SYNOPSIS: It’s Part V. Unstoppable killer Jakkariah “Jack” Harding is back in town after seven years, as he stalks and kills at random before chancing upon a football watch party. The game is, of course, between longstanding rivals the Alabama-Mobile Seahawks and Tennessee A&M Commonwealth. Chaos ensues, in increasingly ridiculous fashion, with inventive murders and multiple love triangles. Hearts are broken and appendages are torn.
THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART V is Directed & Written by Jay Burleson (The Nobodies), Produced by Frank Crafts & Ian J. Cunningham, and stars Kansas Bowling (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Christmas Bloody Christmas), Poppy Cunningham (The Death of Dick Long), Taylor Smith (Angels on Earth the Light of Faith), Bart Hyatt (The Nobodies), Autumnn Jaide (Deathless), Tom Hagale (Dormant), Parker Love Bowling (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
The Third Saturday in October Part V - Official Movie Trailer (2023):
Part V Exclusive Clip "You and the Hearse You Rode In On":
Part V Exclusive Clip "Can We PLEASE Go to Catfish Cabin":
WHERE TO WATCH The Third Saturday in October Part V (2023):
THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART I, Run Time: 97 minutes
SYNOPSIS: A lost slasher film from the golden age of the slasher genre. October 1979. Ricky Dean is a man on a mission. Years ago, he lost a child at the hands of a psychopathic killer named Jakkariah Harding. When Harding escapes Death Row, Ricky Dean throws himself into the line of fire to stop him from killing again as Harding preys upon a group of friends gathered to watch a college football game.
THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART I is Directed & Written by Jay Burleson (The Nobodies), Produced by Frank Crafts, Lauren Musgrove & Ian J. Cunningham, and stars Darius Willis (Benched, The Dead Center), K.J. Baker (The Starling Girl), Allison Shrum (Ozark), Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects, Unstoppable), Antonio Woodruff (He Got Away), Casey Aud (Love Incidental), Kate Edmonds (Root Letter), Veanna Black (Echoes, Single Drunk Female)
The Third Saturday in October Part I - Official Movie Trailer (2023):
Part I Exclusive Clip "Warned About a Hearse":
Part I Exclusive Clip "The Bronco Burger":
WHERE TO WATCH The Third Saturday in October (2023):
The Filmmakers’ “History” of The Third Saturday in October Franchise:
The long lost slasher franchise THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER is back!
Red Corpses LLC and Sleep Creature LLC are proud to announce they have partnered with Dark Sky Films to restore and release two entries in the long running slasher saga.
The series began in 1979 as a quick cash-in on John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. Series producer Frank Crafts, an Alabama native, believed he had a great idea for a horror film with Southern roots – what if HALLOWEEN were set in the South, and instead of a traditional holiday, it centered around a Southern institution: college football. Thus, THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER was born, a small-town slasher film revolving around a group of friends watching an annual football match between the Alabama-Mobile Seahawks and the Tennessee A&M Commonwealth. Unfortunately for them, an unstoppable killer named Jakkariah Harding shows up to murder them one by one.
The original film garnered little national attention but birthed multiple low-rent sequels throughout the 1980s before the franchise flamed out when the trashy fourth installment ran the series completely off the rails. Borrowing a page from the HALLOWEEN playbook, Crafts doubled down and attempted to resurrect the saga with an unrelated spin-off in 1990, but the series returned to the Jakkariah Harding storyline in 1994, utilizing a comedic approach to hopefully win back its audience. The series officially ended in 2000 with PART VI: THE LAST THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER, but the series ultimately fell victim to what producer Ian Cunningham refers to as “The Third Saturday Curse”, as the films slowly vanished off the face of the earth after a series of unfortunate events, including internal feuding, bankruptcy, a warehouse fire, and cheap VHS manufacturing leading to unplayable tapes.
With the assistance of Dark Sky Films, the creators of the saga have unearthed two of their lost films: the original offering from 1979, and the 1994 sequel THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART V.
Without Your Head video podcast interview with "The Third Saturday In October" Writer and Director Jay Burleson and Kansas Bowling star of "The Third Saturday In October Part V":
