American Carnage

A lively, impassioned and only slightly exaggerated take on how some people use anti-immigrant sentiment to distract from their own monstrous crimes.

The film doesn’t reach the stylistic or narrative highs of its obvious predecessor, but if it’s not quite Get Out, the Hallivis Brothers translate issues facing Hispanic Americans to a horror scenario well worth getting into.

American Carnage is a relevant political horror film wrapped in a satirical comedy.

An interesting Latino spin on Jordan Peele’s Get Out, American Carnage blends horror, comedy, and political messages to create an entertaining story with an important moral core.

Though the film targets the right bad guys, it poorly tells its story.

For a while, it seems to be succeeding. But then the film resets itself once, and then again, and ultimately pivots far away from what it was doing well.

American Carnage is fine, a direct-to-video comedy-thriller with OK jokes and a blunt genre allegory.

American Carnage, as a title, fits the movie perfectly – evocative of a whole lot of nothing in particular.


This promising satire/comedy/horror movie winds up spreading itself a bit too thin, never fully committing to any of its components. Even its skewering of racism feels blunted.

With shades of Get Out, Culture Shock, and The Forever Purge, American Carnage is yet another frightening-enough, albeit bogged-down, tale about how the American Dream is no longer for everyone.