Carnival of souls is a 1962 independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Eleven years ago, you couldnt find a copy of carnival of souls on video or television for love or money. Nov 28, 2017 after a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. Sep 27, 2016 richard brody on herk harveys 1962 film carnival of souls, a story of mental derangement that was misidentified as a genre film and failed commercially. When i mentioned carnival of souls his eyes nearly bulged out of his head. Its plot follows mary henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. Carnival of souls is available for free download at the internet archive.
Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film written, produced, and directed by herk harvey, and starring candace hilligoss. Aug 24, 2010 carnival of souls 1962 august 24th, 2010 by unkle lancifer 12 comments some call carnival of souls, the cheap as they come, sometimes poorly acted, sometimes barbarically edited, sometimes inadequately dubbed drivein movie from 1962 a masterpiece and one of those some people is me. That film is about a young girl candace hilligoss who died, but doesnt know that she died, and is being chased by a mysterious figure played by herk harvey. Posts about carnival of souls 1962 written by monstergirl. Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist and. I myself caught an original airing and was petrified of the movie. Carnival of souls in color harcourt productions 1962. Carnival of souls was of course a box office disaster and faded from memiry until the 70s and 80s where the movie was frequently shown on late night tv.
The resulting movie, carnival of souls 1962, became a cult classic influencing the likes of george romero, james wan and david lynch. Carnival of souls in color harcourt productions 1962 welcome everbloody to friday frights with tabonga, here at the dungeon tonite we have a special reprise of an older post, this time in undead color. In carnival of souls 1962, one place is allowed to be blatantly creepy. A car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. The owner of this website is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon properties including, but not limited to,,, or. Whenever i think of the film it is always an image of mary henry isolated and afraid. Its been claimed that this movie inspired night of the living dead and the work of tim burton and david lynch, but i find all of these claims highly unlikely. Of the three girls in the car only mary survives, but from that moment on she is haunted by a strange and sinister looking apparition. Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film written, produced, and directed. Now it wants her back herk harveys macabre masterpiece gained a cult following through late night television and has been bootlegged for years.
No horror film captures a sustained sense of isolation and dread better than carnival of souls 1962, herk harveys. I dont believe this film has anything remotely to do with the night of the living dead or any other zombie movie. Carnival of souls original motion picture soundtrack allmusic. Compelling that feeling of isolation and paranoia is the jaulty yet ethereal organ playing over the images. Of the three girls in the car only mary survives, but from that. Sometimes we feel alone, or conversely wish that we were left that way. Watch the cult classic horror film carnival of souls 1962. Rent carnival of souls 1962 starring steve boozer and sidney berger on dvd and bluray. It wasnt until years later that i began to appreciate this film for what it was and what it gave the filmmaking community. Carnival of souls the current the criterion collection. Why carnival of souls is the greatest onehit wonder in horror. Soultaker 1990 the entire plot is a ripoff of the 1962 film carnival of souls. After all, fellow kansas filmmaker robert altman had made the leap from industrial flicks to hollywood, so why couldnt he.
Towards the beginning of the film we see a car drive off a bridge into a river, not particularly violent we later see the bodies in the car. Carnival of souls works well enough as chillupthespine cinema, and one might even go further and argue that marys anomie, her disengagement from the living, suggests something more an. Carnival of souls is a laughable attempt at horror. Gene moore, moore, gene carnival of souls 1962 film. The carnival festivities take place between february and march, but the specific dates vary from year to year. Watch the cult classic horror film carnival of souls 1962 open. Carnival of souls soundtrack 1962 the moviemusic store. Carnival of souls the ape man mesa of lost women dvd 4. May 23, 2016 carnival of souls is a psychological horrorthriller that uses irony and isolation to craft a tale of a woman slowly losing her mind.
Mary played by candace hilligoss, the only trained actor in the cast mysteriously surfaces after an illfated drag race sends her car off a bridge and into a deep river. When i was a little sprout, carnival of souls used to pop up on tv and i always thought it was night of the living dead. Information from its description page there is shown below. Carnival of souls 1962 dvd candice hilligoss stars as a woman who survives a serious car accident and moves to utah to become a church organist. Carnival of souls is an influential piece of moviemaking, and is rumored to have given george romero a couple of ideas for night of the living dead. Good friday mass held in an openair cinema in germany during lockdown. Carnival of souls music from the original 1962 motion picture licensed to youtube by adrev for a 3rd party, adrev masters admin on behalf of soundtrack classics. Carnival of souls is an odd, obscure horror film that was made on a low budget in 1962 in lawrence, kan. Sep 08, 2016 a young organist survives an accident that kills two of her friends and she begins to experience strange occurrences. The black and white is so essential to the effectiveness of this film.
How german expressionist movies used monsters to depict a fractured society. Fortunately, carnival of souls is a stonecold classic and horrors greatest onehit wonder. Shop carnival of souls digitally remastered in colour dvd 1962. Good friday mass held in an openair cinema in germany. Birdman bmr 012 country united states format cd release date 20oct1998 upn 607287001227 all music is directly taken from the movie and of very poor sound quality. Its safe to say that carnival of souls would not have made the lasting impression it has on audiences without the gene moore score. Carnival of souls 1962 full movie download full hd. This is the effect i wanted to produce in vampyr 1932. Sep 07, 2014 documentary about the various locations where carnival of souls was filmed. Jul 15, 2005 my foray into the world of carnival of souls was topped off with a discussion of my newly acquired friend at the time, scott hart. Carnival of souls digitally remastered in colour dvd 1962.
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. Carnival of souls, carnival of souls 1962, horror a car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. Like a lost episode from twilight zone, it places the supernatural right in the middle of everyday life and surrounds it with ordinary people. A woman experiences hallucinations and other sensations after emerging from a submerged automobile. Rent carnival of souls 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Carnival of souls 1962 full movie download full hd youtube. Many of todays viewers will see the ending coming, but i like to think it wowed them way back then. We had made a habit of watching a new horror film every week and discussing it that weekend. Carnival of souls has a good plot and some interesting dialogue, but the film is ruined by incompetence, including a cast that cannot act, and a director that cannot direct. May 15, 2000 the light, the atmosphere have changed, though they are physically the same. Includes the bridge where the car falls into the river, the saltair pavilion amusement park, the church where mary henry.
Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Carnival of souls soundtrack cd details and availability. This nobudget, poorlyexecuted cult classic is unsurprisingly free of suspense, and being dated has nothing to do with it. This is carnival of souls 1962 trailer by closeup on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The night of pistol pete maravich drops 68 points on the knicks hd duration. The movie is being revived in art houses around the country for halloween, and its possible that it plays. Herk harveys macabre masterpiece is the story of a young woman who goes along for the ride when some smalltown kansas hotrodders hold a drag race and are forced off.
Ogg multiplexed audiovideo file, theoravorbis, length 1 h 23 min 0 s, 400. In quietly simmering dramas that depict solitary characters on the margins of society, german director christian petzold brings the ghosts of history into. Dislocation is something that everyone has experienced in their life, or at least can relate to. Mary feels separate from other people, yet her actions and behavior seem to purposely drive a wedge between her and anyone that tries to get close. Carnival is not a national holiday in germany, but in carnival towns like cologne many shops, schools and offices close for the festivities. For 2020, the essential carnival in germany dates are. Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, carnival of souls was intended to have the look of a bergman and feel of a cocteau, and. Now its out on video and headed for dvd, and then the soundtrack cd shows up, which is doubly impressive for a 1962 movie that got buried in theaters and had to build its audience through television screenings over a 20year period. Fortunately, carnival of souls is a stonecold classic and horrors greatest onehitwonder. This is because we have changed and the objects are as we conceive them. Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist and sidney berger feature horror.
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