Movie

Carnival of Souls

1998 · 87 min

A queasy, disorienting slide between waking life and nightmare, with carnival imagery that lingers uncomfortably long after it ends.

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Overview: A young woman is pursued in reality and in her subconscious by the sadistic carnival clown who raped and murdered her mother.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, madness, death, revenge
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
madness
death
revenge
memory
Places: small town
sea
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong