64%User score 64 percent
The Boogeyman
2023 · Horror
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While visiting a traveling carnival full of human freaks, high school students nearly join as permanent members.
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Wuchak
October 3, 2024
**_Direct-to-video carnival horror is worth checking out_** Five teens visit a traveling carnival full of freaks in greater Los Angeles, but make the mistake of offending the ringmaster (Phil Fondacaro). Will any of them make it out? “SideShow” (2000) comes in the tradition of "The Funhouse" from 19 years earlier, as well as the long amusement park sequence in the contemporaneous "Urban Legends: Final Cut." The futur…
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Sierbahnn
May 1, 2026
There are certainly some tropes on display in this movie, but tropes are tropes because they work, and they work in this movie too. The characters are relatable enough to be engaging, and the tension is therefore a bit more interesting than if they were just random strangers subjected to scary things. The ringmaster is of course the highlight of this show, and he pulls this off magnificently.
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