Halloween Park

No pun intended - it's Halloween season! Well if you believe the international title - which is true of course, when it comes to the time this plays. But it is just the setting - it could have been easter too. Of course it is a lot "funnier" to have a revenge movie play out in the scary season.

The past is coming to the present to haunt ... well not us, but the people who did something wrong. That is more than fair to say. We can try to guess who the bad ... person(s) is(are) here - and by bad I mean the killer(s), not the morally questionable "victims" ... again I am trying to say or rather write as little as possible ... though I do think you will be able to figure it out yourself ... decent slasher ... weird ending if you can call it that.

A typical fall slasher, designed to exploit the usual demand for horror movies at Halloween. The film was directed by a little-known Swedish filmmaker and the unusual setting was the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, one of the largest in Europe. With no big mystery or gore and a somewhat misguided ending, it's a dull, formulaic and predictable slasher that will unfortunately leave the audience yawning more than creeped out. Not even the deaths caused by the "doll-faced' killer are something, because they're all disappointing and somehow lacking any spectacularity. Also, the young cast turned out to be a failure, especially since they don't have much material to work with either. To sum up, a mediocre slasher in a fantastic setting and nothing else.

Just saw the movie i have been waiting for and it was really really good i loved this movie.

I didn't have any expectations because movies sucks nowadays but this was brilliant made and great cast and didn't want this movie to end.

Sweden has done it they made a great horror movie I hope they make a sequel or 2 because this was so good

The acting was good and had a lot of jump scares and i do think i actually pissed my pants a little bit

Let's hope they make a sequel to this one too many movies has been made without ending and sequels Would love to see where they will do next ............

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I love the Renaissance of Swedish horror, I really do. The problem is that every movie from the past years have been done in a similar way before.

Also, the killer reveals never work. This one could be seen after the first ten minutes of the film. Even the twist they tried to add was easy to foresee.

The actors did an okay job, but the smell of poorly produced tv-drama can never be washed away from Swedish productions.

The setup is good, though: a murderer stalking teenagers in an amusement park, around Halloween, non the less. The movie didn't use all of this potential, though. The haunted house could've been used more effectively.

I genuinely loved this film. Discovering "Karusell" has been one of the highlights of my year so far. In Taiwan, the film title was aptly translated "Halloween" (with the last syllable cleverly playing on the word for 'catastrophe' in Mandarin, which is quite intriguing). It's the best horror film I've seen this year. There are no Visual effects, no CGI, and none of those cheap jump scares where some devil suddenly pops on the screen. Instead, it showcases superb makeup artistry!

The film's atmosphere is gripping, with the compelling storyboards keeping me on edge, as well as the escalating music (reminding me of "Resident Evil").

The plot, while not complex, was yet rational. "Empathy" in this movie contributes a layer of the gravity of bullying in schools. It diverges from meaningless killing as in "Final Destination" or the "Scream" series. I don't understand why local Swedish audiences rated this masterpiece so low.

I eagerly hope the filmmakers will make the sequel.