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Carny

Horror · Science Fiction

Carny

The carnival is anything but fun.

4.8(26) 4/24/2009 1h 28m
HorrorScience FictionTV MovieActionFantasy

When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas steps up to form a tracking team. But the carnivorous fugitive is only one of Sam’s problems. The local pastor, enraged by the death of his son at the hands of the beast, has plans for igniting his own brand of hellfire and revenge.

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Top Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Sheriff Atlas

A.C. Peterson

A.C. Peterson

Cap

Vlasta Vrana

Vlasta Vrana

Owen

Dominic Cuzzocrea

Dominic Cuzzocrea

Quinn

Simone-Elise Girard

Simone-Elise Girard

Samara

Felicia Shulman

Felicia Shulman

Estelle

Dani Kind

Dani Kind

Leopard Woman

Kyle Gatehouse

Kyle Gatehouse

Jesse

Directed by

Sheldon Wilson

Production

Reviews

Wuchak

5/10

5/28/2022

_**Starts out great, and then fumbles**_ Released to television in 2009, "Carny" is a monster-on-the-loose flick about a carnival stopping at a New York town with a new attraction, a gargoyle-like creature that turns out to be the infamous Jersey Devil. The town's prominent pastor initially objects to the freakshow and goes over the edge after the creature gets loose. The sheriff (Lou Diamond Phillips) rounds up some men to end the slaughter of innocents while the malevolent carny owner wants to recapture the creature for greedy purposes. Being a fan of winged-monster flicks like "Gargoyles" (1972), "Gargoyles: Wings of Darkness" (2004), "Wyvern" (2009) and even "Jeepers Creepers (2001), I was looking forward to "Carny." But after a very intriguing start I was let down. The openin

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