Vampire carnival romance falters amid clashing beliefs and troubled pasts
Gemma, a young mortal still coping with her father’s suicide, visits a vampire carnival with friends and becomes caught between Sebastian, a gentle vampire, and Eric, her estranged bad-boy ex. The film begins as a stylish, Twilight-like romance but becomes an uneven story about competing vampire beliefs and troubled pasts.
The carnival’s coven, led by Toussaint, follows a strict rule against killing and requires consent from potential recruits. Directors David Charbonier and Justin Douglas Powell create striking scenes, including a one-shot entrance and a hall-of-mirrors confrontation, but the review finds the setting and tone inconsistent and the backstories underdeveloped. Vampire Carnival arrives on digital platforms on 26 October.
- A mortal is drawn into a vampire carnival and love triangle.
- The film has striking visuals but an uneven story.
- It reaches digital platforms on 26 October.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Vampire Carnival review – it’s Twilight at the fairground as abs run wild in pointy-toothed tug of war”.