The controversial new horror film Terrifier 3 has received a rare rating in France after the film shocked audiences in the UK for its excessive violence and gore. The film, which opens in the UK on 11 October, follows the exploits of serial killer ‘Art the Clown’ as he goes on a bloody rampage on Christmas Eve.

Terrifier 3,' the third movie in the gory clown-themed slasher franchise, is in theaters Oct. 11 Art the Clown and the Terrifier franchise are back to scaring audiences silly. After Terrifier 3, the latest in filmmaker Damien Leone's horror-slasher series revolving around the sadistic killer clown,

I got to meet with studios, like legit Hollywood studios, who wanted to make ‘Terrifier 3,’” he told LADbible. “But before I even had a script, just having meetings and getting the feel that I was going to have eyes over my shoulders,

Several audience members at the U.K. premiere of "Terrifier 3" Wednesday night walked out, and one of them vomited, according to the horror movie's distributor, Signature Entertainment.

Meanwhile, LADbible reported that 11 audience members left during the film with nine of those people exiting during the opening scene. The outlet claimed that one audience member