Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

You'll shriek with horror!…as you watch his victims take a diabolical roller-coaster ride to bloody death

Directed by Christopher Speeth

197374 min5.5 / 10

A grotesque, surreal carnival-set horror film that blends psychedelic atmosphere with body horror and unsettling characters to create a nightmarish descent into a cursed amusement park.

After a young man goes missing at a run-down local amusement park, his family take jobs there in an effort to uncover what happened to him and, in the process, meet a cadre of unsettling characters.

Questions people ask

  • Is Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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