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Carnival of Souls

1962 · 78 min

A quietly unsettling, dreamlike descent into isolation and dread, with eerie organ music and ghostly imagery that lingers.

Directed by
Herk Harvey
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
Starring
Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Sidney Berger
Tagline
She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Herk Harvey
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
Starring
Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Sidney Berger
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • death
  • identity
  • fate
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, mystery, fantasy
Directed by
Herk Harvey
Written by
John Clifford
Starring
Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Art Ellison, Stan Levitt, Tom McGinnis, Forbes Caldwell
Music
Gene Moore
Cinematography
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Runtime
78 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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