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- Unlike most of today's horror movies, "Carnival of Souls" has few special effects - some wavy lines as we pass through various levels of existence, and that's it. Instead, it depends on crisp black-and-white photography, atmosphere and surprisingly effective acting.
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Carnival of Souls offers delightfully chilling proof that when it comes to telling an effective horror story, less can often be much, much more. Read Critics Reviews
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- Herk Harvey
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- Candace Hilligoss
Dec 3, 2018 · Carnival Of Souls: The Strange Story Behind the Greatest Horror Movie You’ve Never Seen. Dancing Mormon ghosts, dodgy distributors and a barely-there budget couldn't stop Herk Harvey from...
Perpetually on my watchlist, Carnival of Souls is exactly the right film for me - each frame oozes with so much mood. The lilting and eerie score puts you on this path with Mary as she stumbles through this dreamlike existence after she escapes as the sole survivor in an unfortunate car accident.
Carnival of Souls isn’t a complete stunner for me (though damn close) but it’s a resonating, effective piece of work that nudges those feelings of lonesomeness we often face with a moody,...
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Herk Harvey and written by John Clifford from a story by Clifford and Harvey, and starring Candace Hilligoss. Its plot follows Mary Henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident.
"Carnival of Souls" is an odd, obscure horror film that was made on a low budget in 1962 in Lawrence, Kan., and still has an intriguing power. Like a lost episode from "Twilight Zone," it places the supernatural right in the middle of everyday life and surrounds it with ordinary people.
Jul 12, 2016 · Carnival of Souls certainly taps its creators’ industrial filmmaking background—opening with a road race challenge that results in the pivotal car accident, the film immediately recalls a “teenicide”-style highway safety film, such as Harvey’s own None for the Road (1957).
