A 1962 independent horror film, director Herk Harvey's only film. Harvey raised the money and took three weeks off work...
A 1962 independent horror film, director Herk Harvey's only film. Harvey raised the money and took three weeks off work to make the film. It was an obscure, macabre release at the time, but over the years has been rediscovered as a cult classic.
A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) in a small Kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion...
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87 %67 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
73 %9,634 reviewsAudience score rating
"Occasionally a feature film emerges from the midwest, although this is the first ever out of Lawrence, Kans, where a group of commercial film pros veered off into a try at producing theatrical entertainment."
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Variety
Variety"The mesmerising power of the carnival and dance-hall sequences far outweighs the corniness of the awkward intimate scenes."
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Time Out
Time Out"It depends on crisp black-and-white photography, atmosphere and surprisingly effective acting."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"It retains an atmosphere of melancholic, surreal dread."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineCarnival of Souls | Details
- Runtime
- 74
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- USA
