My patience with their projects will not be wearing thin anytime soon. I will continue to follow them until Zelda gets her big break which I see coming sooner rather than later. I think mom and dad are geniuses artistically and Zelda has undeniable talent. And Lulu forget about it I'm absolutely in love with Lulu and she's so sexy. With that said I really liked this movie and the whole carnival concept I just feel like it was a little longer than it needed to be. From the outside looking it the movie could've ended when the mom and dad were killed and could've probably had a scene or two after to show Zelda either transitioning into her own form of deranged killer or have her discover and transition into this divine good person she never knew she was but always wanted to be, accompanied with her finding her voice and heading towards normal. It could've ended either way but to me those would've been good endings that would've kept us wanting more. After the axe scene where the breathtakingly gorgeous lulu murders the mom and dad I felt a little disengaged as I was expecting that to be the end so I couldn't really get into what followed the way I was up until that buildup. Sort of like when you ride the roller coaster after that first drop it's hard to build that feeling of the first drop again because it's already passed and looking at the roller coaster from the outside you see that the first drop is the big one. Anyway enough of my metaphors. I think Zelda has something else in the making according to IMDB so I will be watching. I will also continue to follow the family until they knock it out the park which I have a feeling they will. Living around upstate New York myself I feel connected to them. I hope they continue to thrive.

Zelda Adams, Lula Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser -- known as the Adams Family -- have made several films: Rumblestrips, The Hatred, Halfway to Zen, Knuckle Jack, The Shoot, The Deeper You Dig and Hellbender. Together, the family has directed and written this tale, which is the story of a family of murderous sideshow performers.

The sideshow that travels the country is filled with strangeness. There's Mr. Tipps (Sam Rodd), who has made a deal with a demon for a heart that he uses in his act. And that act? He cuts off his own fingers and then Eve Axon (Zelda Adams) sews them back on. She never speaks, only sings, and is the near-silent witness to the madness of her parents, Seven (John Adams) and Maggie (Tobey Poser) who have war and childhood trauma-caused PTSD that fuels them as they murder their way across the gray backroads of an anachronistic Depression-era setting that still has modern tattoos and fashions.

As Maggie murders, Eve films the madness while Seven blindfolds himself. Shot in their neighborhood -- Lulu shows up as an axe girl -- this feels bleached out and fuzzy, with a soundtrack by the Adams' band H6LLB6END6R. The Axon Family is on their way to a Buffalo horror show and things get darker as they go.

Any movie that starts with a legless man nearly dragging himself across the stage to read a poem about the demon Abaddon is going to get your attention. I'm excited that this movie is on Tubi -- previous Adams Family films were on Shudder -- as it allows them to reach a big audience with this color-shifting road movie. While there are some similarities to what has come before, this feels new and strange. In their notes for the film, the family said, "Creating our own supernatural mythologies is important and joyful for us - here shifting the biblical story of the fallen angel, Abaddon, into a love story that devolves into a family story (always and also built on love, in all its frailties), but refracted through the muddy, bloodied, cracked lens of personal traumas, unfortunate compulsions, and bitter victories."

Some of the CGI is a bit off, the juxtaposition between soundtrack and film may put some off, but by the end of this, you'll be captivated by something truly different. I can't wait to see what this family does next.

Well, this is a first time for me.... never before have I finished a movie and immediately rewound it and watched it again. I was so intrigued, but felt like I missed out on so much of the story for various reasons and was not content with that haha.

The first thing you're likely to notice after the opening scene is the quality and style of the picture. It's so lovely and unique, it gives the entire film a very specific aesthetic vibe that I found very visually pleasing. Along with the picture, you are hit with disorienting music, wild imagery, and jarring characters that make you feel as if you're almost in a daze while viewing. 93% of the frames throughout this movie are so striking you could take a still at any given moment and frame it. There were also some shockingly successful practical effects in this. Tons of really awesome real to life and jarring gore. Unfortunately, the few green screen effects were not as successful. There are also plenty of Easter eggs and fun running themes throughout such as the shoes and the Frankensteined dolls and such. This is one to pay attention to so you can catch everything.

The acting here was really quite interesting. It was almost as if they were putting on this cultivated, stilted delivery that begged this almost dark, fanciful, dazed, story book atmosphere. Throughout the film I really enjoyed their odd family dynamic. They were presenting this almost "3 Wise Monkeys" theme that I found quite intriguing. The three of them did an excellent job. The entire experience was certainly on the thematically dark side, while being chock-full of symbolism, metaphors, allegories and nuanced messages... yet somehow, still managed to have an oddly lighthearted sensibility to it. It never felt like it was taking itself too seriously, despite the art house nature of it all.

As stated, I watched it a second time because I was a tad confused throughout and felt like I missed out on parts of the story that I wanted to partake in. I got much more out of it and enjoyed it even more the second go around. Unfortunately, you can guess the majority of people are not going to invest double the time into this, so I feel it won't reach as many people as it could. I do think there was a slight disconnect with the storytelling within the script that could've been addressed in the way of improving the viewer's accessibility and understanding of the plot.

Small example - a man says "They already took it" whereas, if he were to say "They already took it, the fat SOB came by today and made me sign it over"... it's not super spoonfed but makes me go "oh, that's who he is talking about". Little allusions such as this make it easier for the viewer to draw parallels and connections from scene to scene and character to character. I feel as though different occurrences of this were part of the reason I was confused during my first viewing. However, there is certainly something to be said for a sense of confusion and what that evokes. Not everything is meant to be explained or fully understood and I think this film is a good example of that. Even my second time there were things that went over my head and I could not decipher.

I have been a fan of this family and their work for quite some time now. I'm so pleased to see their success through bigger productions and quality work. I think they are innovative, original and creating truly unique work. As an indie actor, these are the kinds of productions I love to see and would kill to be in. This isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but if it's not... go read a book lol. 6.5 rounding down to a 6, would recommend.