Carnival of Souls

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Carnival of Souls (1962)

NR 09/26/1962 (US) Horror, Mystery 1h 18m

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She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!

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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.

Herk Harvey

Director, Story
John Clifford

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Candace Hilligoss

Mary Henry
Herk Harvey

The Man
Sidney Berger

John Linden
Frances Feist

Mrs. Thomas
Art Ellison

Minister
Stan Levitt

Dr. Samuels
Tom McGinnis

Organ Factory Boss
Forbes Caldwell

Organ Factory Worker
Dan Palmquist

Gas Station Attendant
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on March 29, 2014

We open with a car crash...

Mary and her two friends leave the road and fly off a bridge during a friendly dragster race. She is the only survivor and after her recovery she takes up a job as the church organist in a new town, but she is constantly blighted by a ghostly like visitor and periods of time when nobody seems to know she exists.

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Carnival Of Souls has thankfully found a whole new audience in the new millennium, the advent of cheap triple pack DVDs and a lush Criterion release have brought it firmly to the attention of Horror/Ghost fans who were not a... read the rest.

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