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Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

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

5.5(33)19731h 14m1

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.

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Language
English
  • monster
  • dwarf
  • carnival
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  • ghoul

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    • TheatricalRSource: Wikipedia6 May 1973

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Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood was released on 6 May 1973.

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    Wuchak

    12/15/2025

    4/10

    **_Artistic no-budget flick shot at a near defunct carnival north of Philly_** Shot in late 1970, but not released until the spring of 1973, this indie combines elements of “Carnival of Souls” and “Night of the Living Dead” with bits reminiscent of “The Mansion of Madness,” aka "Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon.” There is a sense of low-budget macabre artistry with the amusement park “in its death throes” being the h…

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