A group of young adults visits a Halloween horror park close to Cincinnati, but their enjoyment quickly shifts into genuine fear when they realize someone is actually killing people within the amusement park. "Hell Fest" (2018) follows the slasher formula and makes good use of its carnival location, bringing to mind films like “The Funhouse” from 37 years ago and the lengthy amusement park scenes in "Urban Legends…

I’ve encountered similar narratives previously, where the perpetrators were members of the carnival itself—and that's happened repeatedly. Therefore, it was refreshing to witness a story centered on one individual who simply appears at what seems like another person’s Halloween Horror Nights event and begins causing destruction. Initially, I anticipated disliking all of the characters' exchanges; and truthfully, thes…