The Devil's Carnival (2012)

"The Devil's Carnival" is very much a Darren Lynn Bousman's pet project. It's unmistakable for anything else and that means if you liked his previous work in "Repo! The Genetic Opera" you'll be familiar with the style of horror and rock opera presented in this short film, so you'll enjoy it a lot. The plot? Well I can't say I can really recall it very well and some of It is because it's confusing at times. I remember a lot of cool visuals, some similarities with Aesop's fables, demons, knife-throwing, Bill Moseley in makeup and Alexa Vega looking pretty sexy. In all honesty it's not my fault, this is a picture that you kind of need to watch more than once.While the songs aren't as polished as the ones in his previous work, the sets and costumes are impressive and for a low budget production, it looks great. I found the story to be scrambled though, which frustrated me because I love the idea of this demonic carnival (and I've always wanted to see it done well since I saw "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story). The upside is that if you like it, the picture is short so you'll be able to watch it multiple times to clarify the confusing bits. Similarly, it's a lot of style over substance and if at first you don't really care for it, it's just not your thing. It's a love it, or hate it kind of thing and I bet the way to really appreciate It would be to view it with someone who's already fallen In love with it and can clarify some of the plot elements or give you factoids on all of those cool little details. I enjoyed it enough that I think you should check it out, if only to see If It will be your kind of thing. (On DVD, November 15, 2012)

Let me start off by saying that I love musicals and that i really love horror movies. This had a higher rating than most of the other horror movies on Netflix, and today is my day off, so i figured, why not.This movie is visually stunning. It set a dark mood for the entire film, and the make up and costuming was phenomenal. The acting was good, from most of the cast. and the music was catchy. They picked people that had good voices and good acting skills. and the story is an interesting, and original one. So why the average rating? Mostly because I couldn't give a sh*t less about any of the characters. There was little to no back story behind any of the "lost souls" and nothing was really explained. This movie could have been 100 times better, and received almost a perfect score from me, if we had gotten a little more back story, and the movie had been longer. Although I do want to note that the shortness of the movie is only a problem because the characters are so underdeveloped. it's not a bad movie, but that's only because the cast, the music, and the set somewhat save it. needless to say, i don't see myself watching this one again.my other problem with this movie is that the ABUSE VICTIM was blamed for her abuse. an abusive boyfriend is not her fault, so why is she in hell? and why does the klepto get whipped? that makes really, no sense to me. all in all, this gets a 4/10 from me.

A few years ago I was really into Emilie Autumn and I had seen Repo! around that time because of the Emilie Autumn fan group. But I really didn't pay attention to her after early 2011.I found out about a month ago that Emilie had a new album and stared in the devil's carnival, which I had heard was a great sequel to Repo!. I listened to the soundtrack even before watching the movie and adored it. I felt the songs and what I had seen of the fantastic costumes and make-up held up to my love of Repo!. But once I finally saw the movie, I was sadly underwhelmed.The concept was fascinating but it lacked a well structured storyline for each character in the carnival. I wanted more from the scorpion and I wish Emilie & The Bloody Crumpets characters had spoken parts. I just overall felt it should have been longer as well, it was too short IMHO. Maybe if it was longer the characters could have been developed better, who knows??? Still in love with the soundtrack, I'll hold that dear to me but never gonna get over how underwhelmed I was with the characters in the movie. If you love Repo! I probably wouldn't recommend watching this.

Lost souls enter The Devil's Carnival where they are each faced with the sins they committed in life.From the creator minds that brought us the horror-musical "Repo: The Genetic Opera"... comes another -- maybe even better -- horror-musical that revives the overdone carnival / circus theme in horror.And, hey, we get Alexa Vega from "Repo" and we can even add genre favorite Bill Moseley to the mix. Plenty of goodness and potential here, with Aesop's fables modified by a sinister mind and music added. Who says the musical is dead? It is not -- it has just gone to hell (in the very best of ways)!