Review of Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016) by Andrew M — 28 Jun 2016

"Always Alleluia".

We return to the Carnival for the second episode of Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich's macabre musical movies. This time, it's feature length and we get a peak behind the curtain at the inner workings of Heavenly Productions Inc. (Heaven) where things aren't exactly Holy.. Meanwhile, back down below, Lucifer and the carnies prepare for war, and we learn a little about one Carnie in particular, and how her fall set the stage for what's coming.

The first part of the series, The Devil's Carnival, was a fun albeit short piece of film that you knew had potential though they rushed to fit it all in 50 minutes.. Here, they have more then enough time and they really do set up the two sides of the conflict pretty well... Honestly my only complaint is the songs are hit or miss just like the first one, but at least this one has more plot to chew on so the songs aren't carrying the entire weight of the film... Honestly, I'm looking forward to what comes next, and seeing if Lucifer, the Ticket-Keeper, The Painted Doll and all the rest manage to take down God and his lapdogs (seeing as I'm assuming episode 3 will be the war)... Hopefully we don't have to wait as long this time round.