YMMV / The Devil's Carnival

• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: During editing, Bousman realized there was no place to actually fit in the song "In All My Dreams I Drown" that would make sense... so they put its scene in the credits, since the song was too good to cut.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Ms. Merrywood, who is by far the least sympathetic of the sinners, is also the most popular. This is mainly due to a combination of being played by popular scream queen Briana Evigan and how entertainingly quirky and weird her character was, making her fit into the world of Devil's Carnival perfectly in comparison to the relatively serious and normal Tamara and John.
  • Of the carnies, Scorpion is proving to be the most popular due to being Affably Evil, his Troubled, but Cute act, and embodying a sexy villain in the form of Tall, Dark, and Handsome. Being a Psycho Knife Nut helps.
• Even Better Sequel: Professional reviews of Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival have all been saying this.
• Friendly Fandoms: With Repo! The Genetic Opera. Both being Cult Classic musicals with similar themes and aesthetics, and a lot of the same people involved, it makes sense that these fans would overlap. More than overlap, actually — if you're a fan of one, it's practically a guarantee you're a fan of the other.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Less Questionable Casting than Repo! The Genetic Opera was, but only because at this point the fans expected it. Still, getting this group of people together surprises many, and just like Repo!, people come to see just one of them. Clown? Emilie Autumn? Hannah Minx?
• Les Yay: Between Miss Merrywood and her mirror image.
• Narm: Lucifer's mustache in the sequel earned more than a few snickers at multiple showings during the Road Tour.
• Portmanteau Couple Name: So far, Lucimara for Lucifer/Tamara.
• Shipping: Lucifer/Tamara, Scorpion/Painted Doll, Scorpion/Tamara, Wick/Magician.
• Squick: The Painted Doll bites John's ear off.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Two of the Woe-Maidens are Captain Maggots and Contessa, both of whom have actually spent time as part of a circus. When you have a woman who slings flaming hula-hoops around herself and another who specialises in aerial silks, and your movie is circus-themed, you really should find a way to put that in! There's actually a brief shot◊ of Maggots and her hula hoop in the beginning, but that's about it.