SIDESHOW

Five young people decide to spend the evening in an amusement park just outside the city. Upon arrival, the group of friends decides to visit a sideshow where a "Freaks" (deformed beings) show is held; one of the girls gets lost inside the tent set up for the show and never comes out again. Her friends then decide to go back and look for her after the show closes, unaware of the fate that awaits them... Produced by Charles Band's Full Moon and directed by a semi-debutant director, "Side Show" is a classic B-movie (not in the pejorative sense of the term) that is fun and easy to follow, enhanced by some excellent special effects. The film certainly doesn't shine for its originality, "borrowing" here and there some ideas: starting with the Luna Park setting very similar to that of Hooper's "The Tunnel of Terror," and then the "twist" of wishes that backfire on those who expressed them, as in the series "Wishmaster," ending with outright "borrowed" sequences from classics of the genre, like the opening one clearly inspired by the final scene of "Freaks." In short, nothing new under the sun (or better yet, in this case, under the tent), but a bit of wholesome fun that never hurts!