I got this film off the website for the company that put this out, so I got to see the "special edition"... and I loved every minute of it! The film starts off with a bunch of stylized exploitation trailers that looked great in a variety of genres. It was graded to look like a damaged film print, they pulled it off nicely, usually people use one program to put "damage" on, but they used different ones and real film elements to grade it, so the entire thing has a unique look to it. The feature itself is great, I was honestly entertained all the way through and could see the different influences that went into the characters and production design. There are tons of in-jokes all throughout the film and homages as the director puts it, on the very informative commentary track. There is a lot of extra content here for an independent feature, including hidden easter eggs which were a nice touch. If you like horror films in general, or enjoy the exploitation genre, get this film! I read the comment that was written under this one and had to laugh, I didn't quite know what they were on, but I assumed at first they just didn't get the style of this flick, but then I read the other comments they made about other films (and there's like four pages of them) and they didn't have very nice things to say about any of them! Oh and by the way, there IS a carnival in the film, that is actually a major plot point, but they did it in a way that makes the title more important as it has to do with the Psyche of a principle character by going into her past as a little girl (both actress did a great job doing the same character). Chris Thompson is a director you will definitely be hearing from again, he has his own style and its a unique, stylistic, plain cool one. One thing was clear, this guy loves movies. You'll love his...Check it out.