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Don't mess with the Carnies!

Don't mess with the Carnies!

REVIEW: Carny (2020)

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Carl Abrahamsson
Mar 06, 2025
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While hunting for Elisha Cook, Jr-films, I came across “Carny” from 1980. Directed by Robert Kaylor, this film is a wonderful little gem about a carnival and some of its main people. The story is all gritty carnival flesh and blood, and its carny code of honor stands as proud as it did already in Tod Browning’s “Freaks” from 1932.

Frankie (Gary Busey) an…

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