"The Midnight Horror Show" tells a tale of a traveling family freak show that holds performances throughout Britain and uses live participants from the audience. The way it was originally advertised led me to believe the story might have been based on true events. It was not.
This was like viewing a Monet: from a distance it looks okay, but up close it's a big old mess. The writer (who was also the director and producer) decided to give every character his/her own subplot and it just didn't work. The story of the ventriloquist and his dummy has been done to death, and usually in a better way than in this film. I am not really sure what the sister was supposed to do, but if her character was supposed to play the part of looking constipated, she had that down pat. You also really never find out any back story involving this family. They sorta' "are, and that's it.
Rated R for violence and brief nudity, I say stay away from this one.
This was like viewing a Monet: from a distance it looks okay, but up close it's a big old mess. The writer (who was also the director and producer) decided to give every character his/her own subplot and it just didn't work. The story of the ventriloquist and his dummy has been done to death, and usually in a better way than in this film. I am not really sure what the sister was supposed to do, but if her character was supposed to play the part of looking constipated, she had that down pat. You also really never find out any back story involving this family. They sorta' "are, and that's it.
Rated R for violence and brief nudity, I say stay away from this one.