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Carnival of Souls
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A church organist inexplicably survives a car wreck, and finds herself haunted by visions of ghouls who seem to be following her.
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Imprint:
Los Angeles, CA - Rhino Home Video
Pages:
76
ISBN:
1566058686
Language:
English
Credits:
Director of photography, Maurice Prather ; editors, Dan Palmquist, Bill De Jarnette ; music, Gene Moore.
Performers:
Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison, Stan Levitt, Herk Harvey.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962
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Statement of responsibility:
Harcourt Productions ; a presentation of Herts-Lion International ; written by John Clifford ; produced and directed by Herk Harvey
Characteristics:
1 videodisc (76 min.) :,sd., b&w ;,4 3/4 in
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While on her way to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City, Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) is haunted by a bizarre apparition. It compels her to an abandoned lakeside pavilion, beginning an eerie and macabre chain of events. Herk Harvey's macabre masterpiece, while made on a modest budget, has gained a cult following on late-night television.
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Add a CommentIndependent films usually don't have any kind of "polished" feel to them, especially an ultra-low-budget one like this, but that's its strength--it has a more isolated, personal, eerie feel to it, without expensive special effects (even the sort that existed back then) & just the creepiest, lone organ music, Candace Hilligoss's unearthly performance & her character's blinking in -&-out-again of this world makes for an effectively unsettling horror film that's entirely deserving of a special release, a la Criterion; & it's supposed to be dream-like.
The film has its visual moments but also has a staccato feeling of amateurism. It's dreamlike and reminds me of a beatnik/hippie version of Fellini's 8-1/2. It's not a classic and certainly not worthy of the Criterion Collection.