Review of Carnage

Carnage (1984)
3/10
Shut your damn dog up!
21 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Those who claim that this is director Andy Milligan's best movie aren't really saying much: it's still a terrible film, just not quite as bad as the rest of his bilge.

A cut-rate Amityville-style haunted house story, Carnage opens with the double suicide of newlyweds Susan and Mark Webb (Deeann Veeder and Chris Georges). Three years later and the Webb's house is bought by young married couple Jonathan and Carol Henderson (Michael Chiodo and Leslie Den Dooven) who are clearly unperturbed by the incessant barking of a neighbour's dog.

However, after much unexplained spooky shenanigans, mysterious deaths, and constant yapping from the mutt next door, Susan and Mark eventually come to the conclusion that buying the house was a bad idea. Getting a priest round to their gaff doesn't stop the supernatural occurrences, but at least the dog shuts up for a while.

With lousy acting from all involved, and special effects limited to objects being moved by wires (some of which are clearly visible) and a fair amount of hokey gore (including a really laughable disembowelment, a meat cleaver in the head and a blood-free decapitation), this woeful ghost flick is strictly for fans of really bad movies.

The film ends with the Henderson's joining their other-worldly housemates by also committing suicide, after which, that bloody dog starts barking again.
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