Those who claim that this is director Andy Milligan's best movie aren't really saying much: it's still a terrible film, just not quite as bad as the rest of his bilge.A cut-rate Amityville-style haunted house story, Carnage opens with the double suicide of newlyweds Susan and Mark Webb (Deeann Veeder and Chris Georges). Three years later and the Webb's house is bought by young married couple Jonathan and Carol Henderson (Michael Chiodo and Leslie Den Dooven) who are clearly unperturbed by the incessant barking of a neighbour's dog.However, after much unexplained spooky shenanigans, mysterious deaths, and constant yapping from the mutt next door, Susan and Mark eventually come to the conclusion that buying the house was a bad idea. Getting a priest round to their gaff doesn't stop the supernatural occurrences, but at least the dog shuts up for a while.With lousy acting from all involved, and special effects limited to objects being moved by wires (some of which are clearly visible) and a fair amount of hokey gore (including a really laughable disembowelment, a meat cleaver in the head and a blood-free decapitation), this woeful ghost flick is strictly for fans of really bad movies.The film ends with the Henderson's joining their other-worldly housemates by also committing suicide, after which, that bloody dog starts barking again.

Yes, it's that bad. This carries the usual idiotic premise that no matter how many awful things take place, you stay in the house. Some movies would make this interesting, but this is absolutely terrible. Friends come and die. Relatives come and die. Things move. Gas gets turned on at night. People fall on broken glass. Old crappy radios fall in a three foot bathtub while a guy is taking a bath. A minister gets a meat cleaver in the head. These two suicide victims are haunting the house. They are constantly getting in the way. They have that Beetlejuice thing going to some extent. They are attracted to the people they are torturing. Anyway, there's no end to the suffering, not of the people in the house, but of the people who saw this movie. Avoid at all costs. It's not even campy.

SPOILERSI am not sure what genre this movie is-Guy getting noodles ripped from his stomach!!!Tingling moments, but not shockers--- Great one to sleep through...why didthe couple live in the house if they knew it was already haunted by the previous owners???If I knew how to make movies like this with easy effects, andand i made good money from it (prob. not), id quit my job!!Skip-pass up this Milligan movie

"Why don't white people just leave when there's a ghost in the house?" -Eddie MurphyThis is a curious "comeback" of sorts for the much vilified filmmaker Andy Milligan, re-joining forces with his much-despised producer William Mishkin, for a few more pathetic, misanthropic zero-budget horror flicks. Hot on the heels of POLTERGEIST, this $20,000 cash-in seems more expensive than any of Milligan's previous films, because this one was shot in 35mm. However, it's not long before the typically bizarre and stupefying "Milligan-esque" moments occur.The opening harkens back to the overwrought days of Jack Smith Campiness with a tinny 30's soundtrack, and a gauzy, overacted scene (on the level of a grade four pageant) depicts the murder which causes the house to be haunted.Other than that, the only real adventurous thing is for the viewer to constantly question why this picture was made. It seems that this no-budget wonder was made simply as an excuse to show the same gut-bursting special effects over and over again, or some half-decent stop motion; at least either seem more sophisticated than any other -ahem- production values of Milligan's earlier work. That's it!The cast members simply exist to encounter the ghost which somehow has their guts blow open (oh yes, these segments use a lot of dry ice, too). After someone dies, no mention is made of them again, let alone anyone wondering what may have happened to them. And then there are about a million exterior shots of the house in between each act to pose as filler. This then is a curiously crass, flagrant disregard for anything resembling character development or suspense. All the filmmakers seem to care about is some excuse for what they consider to be high-tech effects. However, one interesting aspect of this cast is that everyone is so spectacularly average looking. It almost seems that one intended to have the viewer identify with "real people" not "stars" (and stars they certainly ain't), but this consideration goes out the window with the unbelievable emphasis on non-existent technics.Even though Milligan was actually given some higher gauge film stock, he still attempts to show his contempt for anything resembling cinematic art. I don't know if that makes him a madman or a genius, but most people would rather not ponder too much about his career.