Malatesta's Carnival of Blood is a 1973 American horror film, directed by Christopher Speeth and written by Werner Liepolt. It is the only film that Speeth and Liepolt made. Plot Frank Norris, his wife, and daughter, Vena, arrive at a dilapidated carnival, where they are hired as employees. They are shown around the amusement park by Mr. Blood, a manager who is unaware that the Norrises are actually covertly attempting to locate their missing son, Johnny, who worked at the carnival. The Norrises stay at the carnival in their RV. That night, one of the carnival's employees is decapitated while riding the shut-down rollercoaster in the park. Another employee who witnessed the decapitation is subsequently attacked by the carnival's janitor, Sticker, who impales him through the head. Several employees of the carnival—all of whom have a pallid grey skin color—bring the man's body into an underground chamber beneath the park, and feast on his body. Meanwhile, Vena ventures into the park at night to meet with Kit, a young, handsome employee who operates the tunnel of love ride, and to whom Vena has taken a liking. En route, she is approached by Sonja, a cross-dressing male fortune teller who attempts to offer her a reading, but she declines. Kit confides in Vena that an entire family disappeared from the carnival, and that he is suspicious of its proprietors, who may be part of an underground cannibalistic cult. During the conversation, Sticker attacks them, and the two flee in separate directions. Vena comes across Bobo, a dwarf who warns her of impending danger. Vena continues to wander through the park, stumbling through prop rooms, bizarre rides, and a movie theater where the various pallid, zombie-like employees watch a silent film with Malatesta, their silk-caped leader. On the ferris wheel, Vena sees Kit's corpse in one of the cars, which causes her to have a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile, Frank realizes that Vena has snuck out of the RV, and attempts to leave to search for her, but the two are cornered in the RV by the pallid cultists. Vena attempts to call police from a phone booth, but is subsequently chased by Sticker into a funhouse. Frank and his wife eventually flee the RV, and are pursued by a gang of the cultists through the park. The following morning, Johnny—who has been deliberately kept from his family, unaware they were searching for