The actor was waiting tables when an audition for the role came up, but he had to fight his agent to put his hat in the ring: "This is such a low-budget independent film. You really don't need to do stuff like this.

"Terrifier 3" star David Howard Thornton has gnarly kills as horror villain Art the Clown. In real life, he's a sweet guy with an uplifting origin.

Art is back in Terrifier 3, with a new behind-the-scenes video showing David Howard Thornton transforming into the terrifying clown.

Art the Clown star David Howard Thornton , from the Terrifier horror film franchise, has dreams of playing another iconic villainous clown character with DC’s The Joker. He revealed this bit of information during an interview with GamesRadar+ .

David Howard Thornton has played Art the Clown since the first Terrifier film, and Lauren LaVera has mastered the character of Sienna Shaw with Terrifier 2. Now they're both back in Terrifier 3 as their strange,

David Howard Thornton reveals the Will Ferrell movie that inspired a scene in "Terrifier 3," in theaters Friday. Co-star Lauren LaVera joins him to discuss the sequel.

The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a “Saturday Night Live” origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego. In the end, all were trounced by an ax-wielding clown.

Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Thornton called Art “the anti-clown,” explaining “clowns are supposed to bring joy and amusement to other people, but he is here to bring pain and misery to other people for his own joy and amusement.