The Devil's Carnival

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	Sean Patrick Flanery	John
	Briana Evigan	Ms. Kathleen Merrywood
	Jessica Lowndes	Tamara
	Terrance Zdunich	Lucifer
	Dayton Callie	Ticket-Keeper
	Emilie Autumn	Painted Doll
	Ivan L. Moody	Hobo Clown
	Marc Senter	The Scorpion
	Nivek Ogre	The Twin
	Alexa Vega	Wick
	Bill Moseley	The Magacian
	Mighty Mike Murga	The Fool
	Shawn Crahan	The Tamer
	Maggie Rose Lally	Woe-Maiden
	Hannah Wagner	Woe-Maiden
	The Blessed Contessa Montebello	Woe-Maiden
	Paul Sorvino	God
	Shem Andre Byron	Hellharmonic Musician
	Tillman Norsworthy	Daniel
	Zach Kasik	Hellharmonic Musician
	Laura Meadows	Hellharmonic Musician
	Blago Simon	Hellharmonic Musician
	Jeff Trenkle	Hellharmonic Musician
	Larry L Andrews	Carney
	Beach Eastwood	Zonbie clown

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Director	Darren Lynn Bousman
Writer	Terrance Zdunich
Producer	Darren Lynn Bousman, Laura Bousman, William Clevinger, James Cotten, Sean E. DeMott, Garrett Jones, Thomas M. Kastelz, Benjamin Rabbers, Steve Ruff, Dan Walker, Kimmie Yan
Musician	Saar Hendelman, Terrance Zdunich
Photography	Joseph White

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My quick rating - 5.9/10. I recently read something about this since a sequel popped up and realized I had never seen this quirky horror musical. Sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer (Terrance Zdunich) and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to The Devil’s Carnival to find out! After I took a quick peek and saw that Darren Lynn Bousman was behind it, I knew after he brought us the excellent Repo! The Genetic Opera this flick had to be worth a watch. Sean Patrick Flanery plays a father (John) looking for his son but is soon tormented by his depravity. Lucifer then sits down with John's son and gives a version of Aesop's Fables in hell. To say that Bousman has a specific "type" of movie he is shooting for is an understatement. Influenced by The Rocky Horror Picture Show and attempting to make his own cult classic (which I believe Repo already has hit), he has again brought us an entertaining trip to a macabre musical world. The circus is filled with well-costumed oddities that luckily all can hold a note without issue. I had no idea that either Briana Evigan or Jessica Lowndes were so in tune with singing that they performed wonderfully. The tunes were catchy including a during-credits song that may have had the most meaning. My biggest gripe is that it felt very rushed and I actually wanted it to be longer than the mere 56 minutes we were given. The good news is it ended up with a clear nod to a sequel but the very bad news is the late Paul Sorvino is shown as G-d towards the end. RIP and I am sure you will be a highlight in the sequel when I check it out. And I also suggest you should check this one out if you are into anything that is straying off the genre's beaten path such as this. It was quite fun.

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