Carnival Magic (1981)

Directed by

Al Adamson

Genre

exploitation film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

G

Rating

2.9 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A traveling carnival becomes the setting for strange events involving a magician and his animal act. The film mixes childlike wonder with oddly mature moments.

bizarresurrealunevenlow-budgetcampypuzzlingoffbeatdatedquirky

What happens

Carnival Magic is a 1983 American children's film directed by Al Adamson and starring Don Stewart. It was produced by Krypton Productions. Marketed as a family-oriented children’s film, it has since gained a cult following in underground and B movie film circles owing to its surreal plot and incongruously adult themes. Carnival Magic is Adamson's penultimate film. It was picked up by another production company for an animated feature film in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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