Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Terrifier 3 (2024)
AlthoughTerrifier 2’s Pale Little Girl appears to go missing inTerrifier 3, a closer watch suggests that she might be closer than viewers think. The successful slasher sequelTerrifier 3continues the story of the franchise laid out in 2016’sTerrifierand 2022’sTerrifier 2. Lauren LaVera’s Sienna Shaw returns after just about surviving the events ofTerrifier 2, andTerrifier 3’s cliffhanger endingmakes it clear that there will be a fourth installment in the series. However, some plot holes arise betweenTerrifier 2andTerrifier 3due to unclear chronology.
Terrifier 3’s Opening Scene: What Happens & Why It’s Controversial
Art the Clown’s latest movie had viewers vomiting and leaving in its first 10 minutes, but what is so disturbing about Terrifier 3’s opening scene?
All ofArt the Clown’s moviestake a fast and loose approach to lore, with the franchise hinting at the villain’s supernatural abilities and origins but never fully explaining their limits or his backstory. This remains the case inTerrifier 3, where Art the Clown pairs up with hisTerrifiervictim Victoria, and turns Vicky into an equally sadistic, almost unstoppable mass murderer. One of the many questionsTerrifier 3leaves unanswered is what happened to Art’s earlier accomplice,Terrifier 2’s Little Pale Girl. This seemingly imaginary child joined him on his last murder spree.
The Little Pale Girl Is Seemingly The Demon Possessing Vicky In Terrifier 3
Terrifier 2’s New Villain Seems To Possess Terrifier 3’s Vicky
AlthoughTerrifier 2’s breakout villain doesn’t technically appear onscreen in the sequel, viewers can reasonably surmise thatVictoria is possessed by the demonic Little Pale Girl inTerrifier 3. At the end ofTerrifier 2, both The Little Pale Girl and Victoria’s eyes glowed yellow. Vicky then gave birth to Art’s severed head, which the Little Pale Girl was last seen holding. As such, it stands to reason that Vicky effectively became the Little Pale Girl inTerrifier 3, since the demonic force that inhabited the Little Pale Girl in that movie has been transferred to her body.
What makes this a little more confusing is the fact thatTerrifier 2never clarified whether the Little Pale Girl was real or not. The Little Pale Girl helped Art with many of his crimes and cheered him on, but the scene where he met her in a laundromat cut to a vagrant watching Art interact only with himself. Thus, the Little Pale Girl may be merely a hallucinatory demonic presence. In contrast, Vicky is a living, breathing monster like Art, as evidenced by her committing some ofTerrifier 3’s brutal killson her own.
The Little Pale Girl’s Fate Is Unclear In Terrifier 3
If viewers are to assume that she is a demonic spirit rather than a corporeal killer,it is hard to discern whether the Little Pale Girl is dead inTerrifier 3’s ending. The finale sees Sienna stab and decapitate Victoria with a magic sword her father gifted her, and Victoria melts into a pile of black goo after she is dismembered. This goo melts through the floor, opening up a portal to Hell that drags Sienna’s cousin Gabbie inside. Vicky is dead for good, but the Little Pale Girl may have died with her or may reside in Hell.
BeforeTerrifier 3, the prevailing fan theory was that the Little Pale Girl was a victim of Art the Clown who was driven to evil by her horrific fate.
It isn’t clear whether demons can die in the world of theTerrifiermovies, although Art the Clown’s multiple regenerations make this seem unlikely. BeforeTerrifier 3, the prevailing fan theory was that the Little Pale Girl was a victim of Art the Clown who was driven to evil by her horrific fate, andTerrifier 3seemingly confirms this. Vicky says Art “Made her like this” early on, and she claims that she needs Sienna to be completely devoid of hope so she can possess her. Presumably, the Little Pale Girl was the last person the demon possessed before Victoria.
How The Little Pale Girl Can Still Return In Terrifier 4
The Terrifier Franchise Can Bring Back Terrifier 2’s Creepy Villain
The thought that the villain is possessed by the Little Pale Girl’s demon somehow manages to makeTerrifier 3’s viral Vicky glass sceneeven more disturbing, but this twist could get even nastier. If the demon isn’t dead, it could come back and be tied to Gabbie, Sienna’s young cousin. The demon has already taken the form of a young girl, so children who become sufficiently despondent and hopeless can clearly be used as vessels by this demonic evil.
Terrifier 3is currently playing in theaters.
Meanwhile, Vicky’s body is destroyed and Sienna refuses to allow the villain to possess her, sothe demon will need a new host inTerrifier 4. Unfortunately for Sienna, it would make perfect sense ifTerrifier 4’s new villain was a demonic Gabbie, possessed by the Little Pale Girl demon after witnessing the death of her entire family. Only time will tell whether this twist occurs afterTerrifier 3’s ambiguous ending, or ifTerrifier 2’s Little Pale Girl instead makes a comeback in the sequel.
