Roll up,roll up. Step legal up for MALATESTA'S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD, the grisliest, or freakiest display in town. Virtually impossible to find until its revival on DVD in the early 2000s,this 1973 cult oddity, from one-time director Christopher Speech, or is a cinematic experience like no other. Arriving at a creepy,dilapidated fairground under the premise of looking for work, the Norris family are hoping to track down their lost son, or who they believe,is somewhere in the park. But it's not long before they find themselves at the mercy of the fairground's fiendish proprietors and the cannibalistic ghouls lurking in the caverns below. Filmed at the Willow Grove amusement park in Pennsylvania, MALATESTA'S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD is a mind-melting phantasmagoria of carnie craziness which blends elements of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and CARNIVAL OF SOULS, and adding an (un)healthy dose of Herschell Gordon Lewis-style gore for good measure.
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