Carnival of Souls (1962)

Director: Herk Harvey  Starring: Candace Hilligoss  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Hart Sharp Video
Format: DVD
UPC: 00829567020524
Buy.com Sku: 40709154
Item#: V22W5F
Category Keywords: Afterlife  Cult Film  Ghosts  Recommended  Theatrical Release 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: DVD
 
Take a ride with young church organist Mary Henry as she encounters a world where the difference between the living and the dead is impossible to discern. Each step plunges her deeper into the nightmare of the Carnival of Souls. Now restored and in COLOR for the first time, complete with an irreverent bonus commentary from Mike Nelson of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" fame. For pure skin-crawling spookiness, Carnival of Souls is in a class by itself.
 


Editor's Note

Made in 1962 on an extremely low budget, Herk Harvey's classic CARNIVAL OF SOULS has become legendary for its ability to create a tensely creepy atmosphere with virtually no special effects. A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) is involved in a car crash when her car falls off a bridge while drag racing with some friends. After she pulls herself from the river, she moves to a new town to take a job as a church organist. Meanwhile, a distinctly eerie and hollow-faced man seems to be following her wherever she goes, while an abandoned lakeside amusement park beckons her with an almost gravitational pull. The effective organ score enhances the film to great effect, as do the bleak landscapes of Utah's salt flats.


Plot Summary

The first feature from Harvey, who had previously made industrial and promotional films for the Centron Corporation in Lawrence, Kansas, CARNIVAL OF SOULS developed a cultlike following despite being rarely screened for nearly thirty years. The TWILIGHT ZONE-esque tale of a woman who is in a car crash, only to find herself being pursued by spirits, the film's strength is its ability to sustain a very disturbing atmosphere with little more than some makeup, an eerie organ score and spare black-and-white photography. Harvey achieved his stated mission: for the film to have the "look of a Bergman" and the "feel of a Cocteau."

 
Features
Region [unknown]
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Mike Nelson - (MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000)
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer



 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Hart Sharp Video
Release Date: 3/29/2005
Running Time: 78 minutes
Original Release Date: 1962
Catalog ID: 2052
UPC: 00829567020524
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
Herk Harvey
Frances Feist
Sidney Berger
Candace Hilligoss
Bill de Jarnette - Editor
Maurice Prather - Director of Photography
Dan Palmquist - Editor
Gene Moore - Composer
John Clifford - Screenwriter
Herk Harvey - Producer
Herk Harvey - Director

 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...Cult horror....Carries an eerie chill..."| 07/19/1989 p.C14

Los Angeles Times
"...A genuinely creepy movie....In its own quietly lurid way, CARNIVAL OF SOULS is a sophisticated piece of character psychology..." 04/20/1990 p.F6

USA Today
"...This black-belt cult item feels a lot like a vintage Twilight Zone episode..." 05/19/1990 p.3D

  
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Cinematography 5
Plot 5
Acting 5
Overall Satisfaction 5
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5 of 5 Does color add to the movie? Friday, May 20, 2005
Matt Wilk from Bound Brook, NJ  

Purists of this outstanding, cult classic movie, may be divided over the addition to color of this wonderfully macabre thriller. Not much for shock value, but truly a classic horror movie. The acting is sublime and powerful, and the local cast offers some wonderful, memorable performance. Check out the land lady, for example. I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Hildgoss at a movie expo in 2000 and she is a wonderful person who shared a lot of insight. If you have not viewed, buy this - you will not be disappointed
 
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5 of 5 It's an old movie, But it still scary!! Monday, May 02, 2005
gloriagirl from willimantic, ct. USA.  
Hi you horror lover: I saw this movie a long time ago..it's black and white..(unless they change it.) and it can still kick Ass!!, The movie is entirely of this woman, who arrives at this town, and start's a new life there..she get's a job at a church, playing the organ.. The problem is that she feels she is being watch..all the time. then she start's seeing dead looking people who are always trying to grab her and take her away. One day she meets this nice good looking guy, who also moved into the apt. building she stays..and they go to this Carnival, (that is closed, and looks eerie). All of a sudden there are those dead looking people trying to drag her into the ocean..she starts acting strange herself..and the good looking guy is wondering what the hell is wrong with her. Anyway, this movie has spunk..action, dead looking zombie like people. a must see movie.. And I'm still waiting for a Re-make, because this movie, if it was re-done would do really well!! gloriagirl.
 
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