Carnival of Souls (1962)

Name: Carnival of Souls (1962)
Duration: 1 h 18 min

1hr 18m

1hr 18m
3.8/5 (32.1K)
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After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. More Details »

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Director:

Herk Harvey

Writer:

John Clifford

Release Date:

Sep 26, 1962

Runtime:

1hr 18m

Synopsis

After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.

Cast

Candace Hilligoss
Frances Feist
Sidney Berger
Art Ellison
Stan Levitt
Tom McGinnis
Forbes Caldwell
Dan Palmquist
Bill de Jarnette
Steve Boozer

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.8

RATINGS 1.4K FANS

3.8

Oct 1, 2021

Geez, can’t a woman just hang out by herself and play the organ in peace without being harassed by creepy men, both alive and undead?

2.7K Likes

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

Oct 27, 2021

I crashed my car into a bridge. I don’t care. I love it.

2.4K Likes

eely 👻

Aug 12, 2021

literally took me almost the entire movie to realize what this was doing, and it rules great double feature with ugetsu

1.6K Likes

Karsten
Oct 13, 2023

an asexual atheist ahead of her time

1.6K Likes

Angela Ferraguto

Oct 31, 2016

some days i'm the aloof woman, other days i'm the creepy pale man

1.5K Likes

laurel

Jul 11, 2016

As immediately and thoroughly disorienting as REPULSION or ROSEMARY'S BABY, but with this tantalizing cheap elegance. The simple cuts, the harsh lighting, the caked-on makeup, the tacky furniture. That perfect alchemy you see in the best trash cinema. Terrifying banality,…

1.5K Likes

matt lynch
Feb 8, 2023

this man really made one of the most compelling and downright terrifying indie horror films ever and then just simply never made a movie again

1.0K Likes

Reece

Jan 30, 2021

Muddy, purgatorial despair. The fractured, surreal, organ-heavy march to the other side. This is the only narrative feature by an apparent master of the industrial/educational film industry and it is an incredible piece of waking dream world horror. His industrial…

919 Likes

Josh Lewis

Oct 24, 2024

turns out purgatory is actually just Utah

884 Likes

Jerry

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Avery Malachite liked

Carnival of Souls

AITAH For having a mental breakdown after a date with my creepy neighbour?

😭 2 1Y

Hernandus VII loved

Carnival of Souls

“I don't belong in the world. That's what it is. Something separates me from other people.” Like: Performance of Candance Hilligoss, beautiful shot location in Salt Lake, Utah, and the eerie atmosphere. No wonder it inspired George Romero to create Night of Living Dead.

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Vogue Italia loved

Carnival of Souls

LOVED IT!!! so good what a fun and actually scary movie !

1 2Y
Media Enjoyer liked

Carnival of Souls

7.1/10

1Y

Sugama loved

Carnival of Souls

I wasn’t sure if I loved this at first but I am able to relate to the main character in a way and I really love the eeriness that follows throughout the whole film. Plus I’ve been dying to watch this for years ever since LDR used a quote from this flick in 13 beaches 😅 anyways…👻😱

3Y

Jacob Hall liked

Carnival of Souls

For as low of a budget film it was, it was actually really good. However, there are a lot of plot holes with the ending. The whole theme of purgatory was clever and clear. Acting was really bad but aye its a low budget 60s horror film so I didn't expect much. still good 7/10

3Y
EchoesOfOrth liked

Carnival of Souls

3½/5 It's a crime this man only directed one feature length movie, it's genuinely really good. The atmosphere and the music give it an eerie feeling, and that's something I love.

3M

Brett Bettendorf liked

Carnival of Souls

That was a very interesting story. It was nice to see. They didn’t rely on a lot of blood to tell a story. I like the critics, I enjoyed its dreamlike state.

14D

Thaïs Lacar loved

Carnival of Souls

The music left me feeling uneasy and disoriented. I was confused throughout the whole thing. I feel it really does what it was meant to do: be unnerving

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