Criterion Blu-ray review: Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls (1962)
Criterion’s new Blu-ray of Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls (1962) restores the richness of the striking imagery which gives this low-budget classic its mysteriously haunting […]
Review: Carnival of Souls (1962)
Director: Herk Harvey
Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Art Ellison,
Candace Hilligoss
Herk Harvey
Sidney Berger
Frances Feist
Art Ellison
Plot: 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.
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