Terrifier 3 has done something that few low-budget horror films have ever achieved. In one weekend, it’s made more money than the first two films in the series combined. Terrifier 3‘s $18.9 million opening weekend defied box office predictions and sent Joker 2 packing to third place. For the first time in a long time, there’s a new horror slasher villain — Art the Clown — who has successfully crossed over into the mainstream.
Damien Leone wrote and directed the three Terrifier movies, and there’s a fourth on the way. For Terrifier 3, David Howard Thornton reprises his role as Art the Clown, alongside fellow returnees Lauren LaVera as Sienna Shaw, Elliott Fullam as Jonathan Shaw, and Samantha Scaffidi as Victoria Heyes. Newcomers to the cast include Margaret Anne Florence as Jess Shaw, Bryce Johnson as Greg Shaw, Antonella Rose as Gabbie Shaw, and Daniel Roebuck as Santa Claus. But given that this movie is about Art going on a rampage at Christmas, you can guess what happens to Santa pretty early in the film.
Now, it’s time to answer the question that brought you here.
No. Terrifier 3 is not currently streaming, and it probably wouldn’t have been as big of a hit if it was. With few exceptions, movies that debut day-and-date in theaters and on streaming don’t tend to do well at the box office. This film is already something of an anomaly, as few could have predicted that it would be this successful. The real question now is whether Terrifier 3‘s success was frontloaded, or if it has the sustained momentum to go on an even longer run at the box office.
October is usually a good month for horror flicks, and the only genre film on the horizon that may directly compete with Terrifier 3 is Smile 2, which will hit theaters on Friday, October 18.
It’s difficult to pin it down to an exact date, since the film’s distributor, Cineverse, is a smaller Hollywood studio that doesn’t have as many predictable patterns as the major studios. What we can tell you is that Terrifier is streaming on Peacock, and Terrifier 2 is currently heating up the charts on Prime Video.
Terrifier 3 seems likely to go to one of those streamers. And if a streaming deal isn’t already in place for that film, it soon will be.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.