CarousHELL is a 2016 slasher Horror/Comedy film written and directed by Steve Rudzinski about a killer carousel unicorn named Duke who decides that he's had enough and is going to kill Larry, a kid who he feels is particularly abusive to him. Of course firstly, he has to get to Larry, who is taken to a house party by his older sister, Laurie. And, of course, how does a carousel unicorn kill people? It turns out, in a variety of creative ways...
The film was financed via Indiegogo and its sequel
on Kickstarter. It's available to rent and stream on various video platforms such as Prime Video and Tubi.
This film exhibits the following tropes:
- Alien Blood: When Duke is shot, he bleeds multicolored paint.
- Arrow Cam: employed at one point after Duke gets a bow and arrows.
- Attack of the Killer Whatever: Killer carousel unicorn
- The Bad Guy Wins: Duke kills Larry and everyone in his way and is still alive by the end.
- Brand X:
- Laurie incessantly posts within the 140 character limit on Chirper
- Preston and Sarah are huge fans of My Tiny Uni
- Brother–Sister Incest: Margot and Pierre are very close.
- Child Hater: Duke hates children for mistreating him.
- Eye Beams: Pulled out by Duke to kill Laurie.
- French Jerk: Margot and Pierre are insufferable, claim that everything in America is horrible, and speak in horribly thick French accents. They're not actually French, though, but Canadian.
- Heel–Face Turn: Duke becomes an Anti-Hero in the sequel and is paired up against nazis even worse than he is.
- Ignore the Fanservice: Laurie is intent on getting a Pizza Boy Special Delivery. Joe just wants to get paid for his pizza and leave, and later claims he didn't even realize Laurie was trying to flirt with him.
- Insistent Terminology: Every time someone calls Duke a "carousel horse", Laurie corrects them that Duke is a carousel unicorn.
- My Little Phony: My Tiny Uni
- Pizza Boy Special Delivery: For some reason, when Joe the pizza boy shows up, Laurie decides that she absolutely must have sex with him.
- Rejected Apology: Larry apologizes to Duke toward the end. It doesn't work.
- Too Dumb to Live:
- Larry sees Duke wearing a pizza delivery hat and carrying pizzas and falls for the Paper-Thin Disguise.
- Laurie stops running from Duke to text on her phone.
