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Carnival of Souls (1962) Review
Carnival of Souls (1962): information
| Movie | Carnival of Souls |
| Real Name | N/a |
| Rating | 6.9 |
| Duration | 78 Min |
| Aired | 1962-11-02 |
| Types | MOVIE |
| Languages | English |
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Sources
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Tags
OrganCar crashB movieFemale protagonistPsychotronicOrgan musicPreserved film
Directors
Herk Harvey
Stars
Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Art Ellison, Stan Levitt, Tom McGinnis
Writers
Herk Harvey, John Clifford
Companies
Harcourt Productions, Centron Corporation
Taglines
She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!
Description
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
Review
Author: Geronimo1967
When two groups of teenagers are racing their cars over a narrow bridge, an accident occurs and the car carrying the girls goes a-tumbling into the deep and muddy river below. It's during the extensive search process (a man with a bit of string with a weight tied to it) that "Mary" (Candice Hilligoss) emerges from the river, the sole survivor. Gradually, though, things start to become ambiguous - she is obsessed with a run down carnival nearby, is soon seeing apparitions and after a short while we all start to wonder if she is actually real or not! The acting from Hilligoss and from Art Ellison as the savvy preacher is quite compelling to watch (the dialogue much less so) and as the plot thickens, the drama builds nicely into quite a tense little horror story with an effective organ-based score to help raise the tension too. Watch it on a dark, wintery, night and it is a remarkably effective B-feature.