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      R 2000 1h 30m Horror List
      Reviews 15% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Hapless teens find horror at a traveling carnival when they encounter a ringmaster and his band of freaks. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 22, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Cleverly mixing 1930s film freaks with 90s bmovie horror. It was a fun movie with a decent mystery. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Fun, absorbing, atmospheric, weird and gross. The writing, acting, direction, lighting, set design and special effects are all a minor step up from what Full Moon Pictures has unleashed in the past (don't get me wrong, I love their movies), and easily one of my favorite Fred Olen Ray films. The 8% rating doesn't surprise me, however, as this movie is certainly not for everybody. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're already a Full Moon fan, or if you just like to indulge in cheesy, campy and morbidly weird b-movies like myself. Just don't take it too seriously. Be forgiving (hello, boom mike), don't expect terror, jump scares or buckets of blood and guts, and don't expect the film to have that sharp, glossy Hollywood sheen. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Nothing too spectacular the film is basically like going through a freakshow with plot. Though the plot itself is rather thin and typical, it's an entertaining Full Moon flick with cheesy characters and fun effects. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review don s A B-movie horror, with all that entails. Yes, it has bad acting. Yes, the sets are limited. Yes, the story is unoriginal. Yes, the characters are stereotypes. Despite all that, I rather enjoyed it. This is the finest directing I've seen from Fred Olen Ray. The small role for scream queen Brinke Stevens was most welcome. The characters are told their fortunes, and those fortunes become reality. Not scary, but the effects are wonderful for such a low budget movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Cheesy as all hell. Good fun. Some great creature effects. Check your brain at the door, obviously. If you like Are You Afraid of the Dark or Tales from the Crypt type stuff, you'll like this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Another entertaining feature from Full Moon. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Hapless teens find horror at a traveling carnival when they encounter a ringmaster and his band of freaks.
      Director
      Fred Olen Ray
      Producer
      Charles Band
      Screenwriter
      Neal Marshall Stevens
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 28, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 30m
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