Dark Carnival

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Dark Carnival

"A thrill ride to fear."

1993

1h 19m

3.5(4 votes)

Horror

Overview

A group of students open up a "haunted house" for Halloween to try to raise some money. They soon discover that someone, or something, is in the house with them, and begins killing them off one by one.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Miki Welling

Julie

Lynnie M. Horrigan

Karla

Micail Buse

Georgie

Michael Murdock

David Seth

Eric Worthington

Hal

Larry Crist

Chester

Shane Wahlund

Hans

Tammy Bjorkland

Abigail

Tiffany St. Claire

Sarah

Zachory Smith

Ben

Creative team

Directed by: Eric Worthington
Written by: Kathleen Anne Byrnes

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