2023 · horror
Carousel
Directed by Simon Sandquist1h 33m2023
Park manager Fiona is tasked with taking care of some former friends who won an exclusive private sneak preview of Halloween at Liseberg – a whole night, all alone in the empty park. But cotton candy, lovely rides and lots of laughter soon turn into something completely different, as they realize they are not alone in the park. And the night of dreams quickly turns into a true nightmare.
Our read: Carousel (2023) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme horror, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
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How Carousel feels to watch.
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