The director of the horror movie series Terrifier has rushed to let fans know that he and his movies are not only for left-wingers after one of his actors went on a series of left-wing rants on social media.
David Thornton Howard, the actor who portrays the serial killer Art the Clown in the series, has raised eyebrows with his unhinged attacks on anyone who is not as radically left-wing as he is. But his boss, film director Damien Leone, was not amused by all this clowning around.
Leone, who is also the creator of the horror series, jumped to his social media to let everyone know that he welcomes all sorts of fans from all political directions.
“Hopefully I never have to bring up politics publicly ever again but this desperately needed to be said on behalf of the ‘Terrifier’ franchise,” the director wrote on Monday.
Hopefully I never have to bring up politics publicly ever again but this desperately needed to be said on behalf of the Terrifier franchise 🙏 pic.twitter.com/b7soIj9P33
— Damien Leone (@damienleone) February 3, 2025
“As most of you know, some of my cast and crew members have a very passionate political presence on social media with extreme and sometimes harsh opinions which is their right. I’m all for freedom of speech and expression. That being said, ‘Terrifier’ is NOT in any way shape or form a political franchise. I did not get into filmmaking to become a politician or promote any politcal [sic] agendas or ideologies, especially through a killer clown movie,” he wrote.
Leone added that he hopes both Democrats and Republicans feel welcome as a fan of his movies and he rejected “toxic rhetoric” in politics.
“Since ‘Terrifier 1,’ our cast and crew has and still consists of both republicans and democrats and anyone is welcome to be a part of it regardless of their political affiliations as long as they’re a decent human being,” he said.
Leone’s attempt to keep politics out of his film franchise was not met with approval by his leftist followers. The director was assailed by liberals who agreed with the actor that all Republicans are evil and must be opposed in every section of life.
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