lithium-19567 Review of Circus of the Dead

Circus of the Dead (2014)

A INSTANT CULT CLASSIC!!!! MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!

[10/10 · 28 March 2024]

I feel that whether intentional or not, the story had an underlined biblical allegory, like the trials of job. Where Donald is tempted by the devil "Papa Corn" to save his children, or commit the ultimate sin and loose his soul. By choosing to murder, he was punished by his children being killed, and all the murders being pinned on him. And given a final choice. Capital punishment, or sui-cide. What Papa Corn was trying to explain to Donald in the Theater. Thus loosing his soul, rather then face suffering. The acting, writing and cinematography were amazing. Papa Corn's character was evil and unrelenting, but operating on a cult leader genius master plan. Really amazing performance. Definitely a multi layered evil genius Donald was playing chess against throughout the movie. Other characters were adulterers and molesters who like in most horror movies are getting their just deserts as Papa Corn said "Justice". Donald was a "final girl" character, but didn't survive to the squeal, Like a lot of horror movies, the monsters have to live so their can be a squeal. So there was no epic revenge scene. Papa Corn was a bit of an anti-hero, and lives to keep the franchise alive. I think it's really great that this is Bloody Bill Pon's first feature, and it was so hands on. Writing, directing, editing ect. Small crew inde film making should be the way of the future. And makes a lot of scene. Kubrick used 5 crew members to make a film. I love that! Also amazing that Bill Pon runs haunted houses. And. Bill Oberst Jr. Has a great horror podcast Gothic Midnight he edits himself. They are horror fans, making horror movies. And the big studios and unions have lost control. I feel this film needs more publicity, and should have been in theaters, or or on Netflix. It's been a hard film to find, but I've seen it's 5 times now. And it's a masterpiece, only a few extreme horror fanatics would appreciate it. The death scenes and practical FX were so real. Papa Corn's card deck seemed to be related to Santa Muerte. It was amazing how far the Clowns went in the movie, a lot of shocking stuff, but I could list a ton of horror movies that crossed so many lines with brutal scenes. Overall, I love it, and tell everyone to watch it. I CAN'T WAIT FOR PART 2!!!!!