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Comfort Film Halloween: Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973)

  • Comfort Station 2579 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647 United States (map)

All of October we feature films just for Halloween curated by Paul Freitag-Fey with films provided by the American Genre Film Archive! 

Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973)

Plot: The Norris family get jobs working at a seedy old carnival as a cover for searching for their missing son who disappeared after visiting said carnival. Eccentric manager Mr. Blood turns out to be a vampire while the evil owner Malatesta rules over a gaggle of ghastly ghouls who watch silent movies when they aren't feasting on human flesh.
Director: Christopher Speeth
Stars: Janine Carazo, Jerome Dempsey, Daniel Dietrich, Lenny Baker, Hervé Villechaize, William Preston
Run Time: 74 minutes
Media: digital projection

We would like to thank AGFA for providing the films for October.

Programmed by Raul Benitez and Nando Espinosa Herrera.

This is a free event.

Earlier Event: October 23
Forms and Features: Poetry Workshop