Carnival of Blood Screening Coney Island Museum September 6, 2008

Dir. Leonard Kirtman, 1970. A lunatic on the loose turns Coney Island into a CARNIVAL OF BLOOD as he rids the world of hilariously annoying women via gory murders in the splatter style of Herschell Gordon Lewis. Investigating the bloodshed are Dan, a gung-ho district-attorney-in-training, and his reluctant finacee, Laura. But — oops! — Laura turns out to be just as annoying as the victims and by the time Dan discovers a teddy bear filled with human entrails (!), Laura is riding the Wonder Wheel with the psycho killer who not only has a false face, but a weird mommy complex: "I have to kill you. Mommy, I have to..." A strange little sickie, CARNIVAL OF BLOOD also stars Burt Young (you know, Paulie in the Rocky movies) as a hunchback named Gimpy.

A great time capsule of 1970 Coney Island. Come see it where it was shot!

Watch the trailer.

Official Website: http://www.coneyisland.com/films.shtml