Carnage (1984)


     Carol and Johnathan, a newly married couple, move into a house where a murder/suicide had been committed three years prior. As they soon find out, the vengeful spirit of a murdered bride still occupies the house. The paranormal occurrences start out harmlessly.  Objects move, a disconnected phone rings, a phonograph plays the wedding march in the middle of the night. The events soon turn sinister and deadly. The ghost bride doesn't want to share her house with anyone, and starts to eliminate those encroaching on her territory. A maid is compelled to kill herself. A pair of burglars are killed in a gruesome yet hilarious way. After a housewarming party results in an electrocution, Carol decides to research the history of the house. A priest is invited  over and a final showdown with the ghosts ensues. Yes, ghosts. It seems that the bride's ghostly groom is also in residence, he's just been laying low the entire time. And unfortunately, the ghosts win in the end. Carnage seems to have been made as an attempt to capitalize on the haunted house movies that were flooding the market at the time, directed by Andy Milligan who apparently has a reputation for directing low-budget horror movies that people seem to hate. This is the first movie of his that I've watched , and while it wasn't great, it really wasn't bad. It's a pretty good movie for a rainy afternoon, if you've got nothing else to do.

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