Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Gurlyndrobb
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
morrison-dylan-fan
After having seen the interestingly strange Horror film The Undertaker and His Pals,I felt that it was a good time to pay a visit to the carnival and see the second movie on the disc.The plot:Going to a carnival,a number of various couples visit a fortune teller,who tells each of them to "go home" when she gets a card that she does not want them to know about. Ignoring her advice.each couple go on different rides at the carnival,which ends with them all getting brutally killed by a stranger stomping round the carnival.As the bodies start to pile up,Tom decides to investigating.Tracking down the fortune teller,Tom forces her to read his fortune,in the hope that it will change his fortunes in catching the killer.View on the film:Backed by sweet Folk songs and a scrambled Jazz score,writer/director Leonard Kirtman & cinematographer David Howe soak up the on location Coney Island filming,with wonky camera moves and long wide shots capturing the long lines for the rides,and giving the Slasher killings a raw,grubby atmosphere.Originally appearing to be a Slasher flick, Kirtman takes the title in an anthology direction via focusing on a new couple every 10 minutes.Whilst this stops the movie from hitting a dead end,Kirtman's fails to give the couples any unique features which leads to each of them being rather interchangeable,with the film only starting to heat up as Kirtman reveals the Slasher killer on a surprisingly tragic note,as the carnage at the carnival ends.
preppy-3
Someone is killing people at a Coney Island amusement park. Don (a d.a in training) and his whiny girlfriend Laura go to investigate.You know--I love bad horror movies. But I love the ones that are so bad they're funny. This isn't funny. It's full on unpleasant characters that you want dead within minutes. The movie is also 95% dialogue--all of it bad and uninteresting. People just walk around or stand around and talk endlessly about nothing. The dialogue is terrible and the acting is even worse. The movie has an R rating for three gory murders. They ARE bloody but have the worst gore effects I've ever seen outside of a Herschell Gordon Lewis movie. It was so bad I thought they were kidding. I fast forwarded my way through most of the movie. Did I mention it has FOLK music during the movie which is REALLY out of place. This is only of interest as being Burt Youngs' (billed here as Jack Harris--wise move) first film. Really dull and just very VERY bad. This can safely be avoided.
HumanoidOfFlesh
Three brutal murders of women take place at Coney Island funfair during the carnival.The unknown killer with the penchant for teddy bears decapitates the first victim.Who is behind these gruesome murders?It's up to Dan and Laura to find out."Carnival of Blood" by Leonard Kirtman is one of the earliest examples of slasher sub-genre.The film is cheaply made,the acting is mostly improvised and the gore is strikingly inept.The first victim is decapitated in the ghost-train,the second is eviscerated and the third has her eyeballs pulled out.If you are into Hershell Gordon Lewis or Andy Milligan's ultra low-budget horror trash "Carnival of Blood" is a perfect choice.6 out of 10.Don't forget to bring your teddy bears.
emm
Some bad movies I've seen in my entire life have been considerably good, simply because they've aged well enough to build a more entertaining purpose. For that reason alone, B-movies, or drive-in movies, or "Idontknowwhatelseyoucancallit" were never made on a gigantic budget compared to today's refined standards. Pre-millennium movie buffs laugh over these rushed out products as fun, enjoying, weird, and unusual. The reason technology hadn't been the cream of the crop justifies how virtually all films were created in the past 2-6 decades of cinema. Not so with CARNIVAL OF BLOOD.....Far worse than an Ed Wood production, this experience in bad moviemaking really shows! It does have some strange gory-looking material, including a scene where a head decapitates in front of crazy carnival-goers waiting for a ride, but you know it's extremely fake! Actually, this isn't a horror show, it's a mess! Couples argue, folk music is playing, people romancing, a buddy chatting to a friend for five worthless minutes, a woman getting struck by a car that looks poorly filmed.... What more is there? Much more! You'd think the opening credits was never a flaw for movies. Guess again! While you hear the sound of a heartbeat, those black screens with red lettering also has a woman's face moving her mouth and not voicing out a single word!Yes, CARNIVAL OF BLOOD doesn't make any entire bit of sense, especially when it is a B-movie, and if you get a desperate chance to view it, be sure to invite some friends or members of your family to gather 'round for an evening of pure ill-minded entertainment. Be sure to serve up some stale popcorn and flat carbonated soda for the occasion. Once you witness the absolute noneness of this perverted work of cinema, you'll find out that there are tons more cheaply made movies far surpassing its dreadful quality! GOOD GRIEF!!!
