On the recently released 4K Blu-ray for “Terrifier 2,” Damien Leone spends his director’s commentary talking about all of the secrets he had to keep hidden while the film was still in theaters, most notably the Clown Café sequence. On top of it being one of his favorites, according to a report from Bloody Disgusting, Leone describes the scene as “a divine test that manifests itself within Sienna’s subconscious.” He even talks about how the background extras with suitcases standing next to a flight attendant is also a transcendent reflection of the wings of Sienna’s warrior princess Halloween costume.
Going off of how Leone describes it, Sienna’s perseverance to survive is like a deranged twist on the story of King Arthur. Rather than trying to lift a sword from stone, she instead has to dig her hands through a box of deadly cereal filled with maggots, glass, and razor blades, which gives her the weapon she needs to deflect Art’s mini flamethrower.
It essentially places more weight on her final confrontation with Art in the finale, as Sienna fights tooth and nail to take out the seemingly immortal being of chaos. If that final decapitation was her victory, then the Clown Café was the ultimate test. “If she’s not courageous at the end and doesn’t decide to fight back against Art, then she will not be the one,” says Leone.
I still think there’s more to this sequence that Leone is holding over for the inevitable “Terrifier 3,” but as it stands, the film is loads of fun, and possibly one of the best spiritual “Nightmare on Elm Street” sequels in ages.
“Terrifier 2” is currently streaming on Screambox.