Art the Clown was most recently seen rocking a Santa suit and giving everyone a harrowing holiday in Terrifier 3, while the silent killer’s portrayer David Howard Thornton has since played The Joker in a fan movie, and the Mickey Mouse-ified titular beast in Steamboat Willie. Now, as fans await Art's backstory being told in Terrifier 4 when it hits theaters in 2026, Thornton has signed on for another slasher-heavy horror sequel, and it’s one that fans have wanted for the past 20 years.
David Howard Thornton has signed on for a role in the highly anticipated upcoming horror movie Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon, a follow-up to the 2006 cult fave that brought a faux-documentary twist to the slasher subgenre. Returning for the new movie is OG star Robert Englund as Doc Halloran, so fans could theoretically see Art, Freddy Krueger and Leslie Vernon stars on the screen at the same time. That’s horror heaven, folks!
