THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL [2012]

Director Darren Lynn Bousman & writer Terrance Zdunich (Repo! The Genetic Opera) return to the dark  rock opera world in The Devil's Carnival.

The first in a proposed series of 3, the film clocks in at 56 minutes, leaving you wanting more as soon as the credits being rolling.  It's dark, twisted and morbidly entertaining with just enough colorful, zany flair to keep it from getting too morbid.  Like in Repo!, it's painfully obvious that Bousman & Zdunich have seen Forbidden Zone one too many times but it never takes away from the enjoyment of this experience.  

3½ Aesop Fables out of 5

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

The first time I watched Repo I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The second time I watched it I began to like it for its uncompromising bat-shit craziness. With each subsequent viewing I fell even more hopelessly in love with it for the same reasons as the first and second time.
It’s the visual equivalent of a blood-soaked comic book found on the corpse of a Goth, post-car crash, lying by the roadside, found and filmed by a Terry Gilliam fan on his way to a Rocky Horror theatre production. It's a rock opera about... and... with... yea, that too. The trailer can do the work.

4 vultures guessing out of 5