iceknuckles2288
Old school grindhouse movies typically operate by using some sort of hook to bring the viewer in (extreme violence, sex/nudity, bizarre sights, etc). The rest of the movie is often poorly produced as the entire point of the movie is to make a movie as cheap as possible while pulling in a large audience via an appeal to their "baser desires". Modern gindhouse movies either take the idea of the grindhouse hook and ramp it up (Hobo with a Shotgun, Green Inferno, Turbo Kid) or they take the ideas and feel of grindhouse cinema and execute it more elegantly (Tarantino's and to an extent Rodriguez's works). Carnage Park does neither of these things. What starts off as a heavily Tarantino inspired thriller turns into a rather pedestrian, predictable, and overall boring retelling of The Most Dangerous game. I love grindhouse, I love b movies, I love cheap movies. But this one is a stinker.
SillyGayBoy
I'm gonna rate it a 9.Pros:1)Good use of gore 2)good storytelling (mostly) 3)Good character development 4)Good surprisesCons:1)Stupid and weird at times and maybe not in a good way 2)Parts of movie seem long and pointlessThe movie was pretty good fun and awesome scenery and a good use of a script and story. I liked the characters and found myself enjoying it and having fun mostly but some stuff just seems unnecessary drawn out and not interesting but for the most part it is a good ride and I love independent films that can give us a good ride so for that it gets a 9. It would have gotten 10 but I felt there was a little room for it to be better. This movie probably would have done well with cutting a little more out of it.This movie is dark and gruesome. Don't watch if you can't handle some grizzly surprises. Maybe better if you can see the humor in dark films.
mysteryman7162
I spent 90 minutes of my free time watching Carnage Park. Five minutes in a voice inside my head kept saying "Turn it off!Turn it off!" Now I wish I had. It's not that Carnage Park is offensive or reprehensible, it's that it just was so derivative. There were bits of many much better films all ripped off and slung together. Seeing reference to: Wolf Creek, Fargo, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Getaway, Dusk Till Dawn and even House of a 1,000 corpses (not that the last one is a good film) just reminds of how good horror can be and how poor this film ultimately is. Clearly the film was going for a seventies vibe, but it never go it. By all means watch this film, but then watch one of the films I mentioned and see what I mean.
Dusty Webb
don't know what the previous reviewer is on but this movie was pretty spot on. survival/horror genre film making is not an easy task, but this movie pulled it off. i can recommend it and and would watch again with friends. the movie is about a psycho post military man carrying on a sick revenge against society. he states "Out here in the desert, God has no favorites"; just before sniping off one of his victims. the movie can compare to "The hills have eyes", so if you've seen that movie you know what your getting into. no complains on the acting and the main actress is pretty hot. there is a bank robber named Scorpion Joe who was pretty cool too, the director managed to pull the gangster out of him. but its the main lead actress who did a spectacular job and she deserves lots of praise. my favorite movies are survival ones and just wanted to let y'all know if you are fan of the genre give the movie a chance. good modern horror/survival flick. 8/10 dusty webb