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I loved the first movie and initially had very high hopes for the second installment. But... I started to feel disappointment in what I perceived as too much too late, trying too hard and failing, based on the clips and info being released up until the premiere (last evening). I had already planned to fly out to see the movie, and remained loyal to that commitment....

The film blew my mind. All my doubts, questions... all of them were answered. The music, visuals and acting was perfect. My biggest worry was if they could bridge the gap from the first film, and still bring something new. What I watched was beyond even my wildest expectations and I'm so glad that I went ahead with it! There were a lot of new (to the films) faces and while that could have been disastrous, it was exactly the opposite.

As a newcomer to the work of Terrance Zdunich (Writer/actor) & Darren Lynn Bousman (Director), my only comparison is Repo! The Genetic Opera. I loved that so I went into The Devil's Carnival with blind faith that the money I spent to pre-order the movie would be worth it. I'm glad to say, I feel my money was well spent. The only thing that really bothered me was the length of the movie, perhaps the film should have been prefaced as a short-film. What many people may not have realized is that Terrance designed this is to be the first in a series if hour-long show-type films. Most of the actors came back from Repo! and do an excellent job of making their characters. The singing is good, although I would have to admit, I do not care for Emilie Autumn's voice, never have. My favorite song is "In All My Dreams I Drown", which is a duet by Tamara (Jessica Lowndes) and Lucifer (Terrance himself). The depressing part is that this song was cut from the actual film :( but, it is included on DVD & Blu-Ray and the soundtrack. A lot of the scenes are kind of jumpy and the flow isn't quite right but for a movie made in 7days for $100,000 I think the cons of the movie are minimal in comparison. All in all, I enjoyed the movie and am very much looking forward to the next episode. Hopefully, many of the questions brought up by this first installment will be answered in the next. I'm confident that each future episode will improve based on these reviews and all the audience feedback. An ancillary note, if you have questions from the film, send them Terrance's way, he's easily accessible. If enough people have the same questions, he will try to address the issues for the next film :)