Carnival of Souls (2-DVD) R
She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!
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DVD Details
- Documentary on the 1989 Reunion of the Cast and Crew
- Rare Outtakes
- Theatrical Trailer The Carnival Tour, a Video Update on the Film's Locations
- Audio Commentary by Screenwriter John Clifford and the Late Director Herk Harvey
- Interviews with Harvey, Clifford, and Star Candace Hilligoss.
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 41 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 16, 2000
- Originally Released: 1962
- Label: Criterion
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Candace Hilligoss & Sidney Berger | |
Performer: | Frances Feist & Herk Harvey | |
Directed by | Herk Harvey | |
Edited by | Bill de Jarnette & Dan Palmquist | |
Screenwriting by | John Clifford | |
Composition by | Gene Moore | |
Produced by | Herk Harvey | |
Director of Photography: | Maurice Prather |
Entertainment Reviews:
There is a nightmare quality to its best scenes, but the film is essentially a great half-hour Twilight Zone padded out to feature length.
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Cinefantastique
There isn't very much here to sustain interest.
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Chicago Reader
...Cult horror....Carries an eerie chill...
New York Times
Rating: 8/10 --
What is amazing about the film CARNIVAL OF SOULS is that the cheap budget works so much in its favor. There is little unreal to get between the actors and the viewer.
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Mark Leeper's Reviews
Rating: 5/5 --
If characters in a horror movie are watching an old black and white movie on TV late at night, and it's not Night Of The Living Dead, it's almost certainly Carnival Of Souls.
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SciFiNow
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A bold film that plays like a perfect nightmare for everyone who's used to standard structures in genre cinema. Still scary after decades. [Full review in Spanish].
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Cinelipsis
Carnival of Souls works well enough as chill-up-the-spine cinema.
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Washington Post
Description by OLDIES.com:
Herk Harvey's macabre masterpiece gained a cult following through late night television and has been bootlegged for years. Made by industrial fimmakers on a modest budget, Carnival of Souls was intended to have the "look of a Bergman" and "feel of a Cocteau," and succeeds with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score. Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) survives a drag race in a rural Kansas town, then takes a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she becomes haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her to an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Criterion is proud to present the ultimate special edition of this eerily effective B-movie classic that continues to inspire filmmakers today.
Product Description:
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.
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