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The Devil's Carnival

The Devil's Carnival (2012)

April. 05,2012
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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 and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to The Devil’s Carnival to find out!

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Raetsonwe
2012/04/05

Redundant and unnecessary.

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Dorathen
2012/04/06

Better Late Then Never

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ChanFamous
2012/04/07

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Zandra
2012/04/08

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Irishchatter
2012/04/09

Well I decided to watch this short film because it was on my watch list for a very long time now so, I might as well check it out and see what its like. I really like the fact Briana Evigan appeared in this film, I haven't seen her do anything since she did Step Up 2 years ago. It was good to see her looking pretty as ever but I have to say this, she like the rest of the actors on this, aren't that fantastic singers. They pretty much sang like crows with badly sore throats, they really needed to have done more warm-ups before they could just sing on live. Or get bloody different actors who can sing brilliantly!Terrance Zdunich who played Lucifer, didn't do a bad job with his vocals. Still, he could've made a little improvement with fixing his voice right. This short movie wasn't too bad but I wouldn't watch anything thats joined with this, such as the sequel. It just didn't make me entertained as I would've liked!

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SmokingBomber
2012/04/10

Just because your movie brings together two fairly unrelated genres doesn't mean it is free from criticism, and "The Devil's Carnival" is bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.The film follows the tales of three people as they explore the titular Devil's Carnival and they replay three classic fables. An interesting set-up with a lot of potential, but the writing is so heavy-handed that the message falls flat on its face.As far as the plot is concerned there are a lot of good ideas, but watching the finished product is like a slow-motion train wreck. Nothing ends-up coming together. It doesn't matter if you have any good ideas for your movie if they aren't executed well. For example, there is this one gatekeeper-type character that keeps banging-on about "the rules" sporadically throughout the movie, but this never ends-up coming to anything and is left as one of many loose ends.Most of the actors seem to be phoning it in for most of the film, which is particularly sad because there are a few people in this movie that working their hardest at giving a good performance.All the shots are the same cookie-cutter bore: close up of the singer, cut to carnival audience, back to singer, slowly pan up from ground, repeat. This movie is "safe"--it takes no risks and gets nothing back from the audience as a result.The music all sounds the same and the lyrics are not clever nor engaging. Rocky Horror Picture Show is a masterpiece of film, and I actually feel bad for having to compare it to this nonsense. Rocky Horror was clever and energetic--Devil's Carnival is just plain boring, with immediately forgettable song-writing and lacking any "spirit" of its own."The Devil's Carnival" is a terrible movie. Good makeup and good ideas are completely overshadowed by clunky writing, samey lyrics, unremarkable songs, and terrible acting and execution. Give it a miss.

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Pixie Noir
2012/04/11

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.

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Kim Hogue
2012/04/12

I loved Repo! The Genetic Opera so I thought I would at least like this. Did I? Well, the concept was interesting and there were, like, two catchy songs (one that played in the middle of the end credits). However, I didn't feel anything for the characters and I found myself checking the time throughout most of it. As for the music, I guess I was expecting more rocky tunes like the ones in Repo. I quickly learned that this is nothing like the movie I saw 20 times (and counting).The Devil's Carnival isn't the worst film ever, but it's not a film I would willingly watch again.

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