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02/11/1962 Horror, Mystery, Fantasy 1h 18m
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She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!

Overview

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.

  1. Herk Harvey

    Director

  2. John Clifford

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Candace Hilligoss

    Mary Henry

  2. Herk Harvey

    The Man

  3. Sidney Berger

    John Linden

  4. Frances Feist

    Mrs. Thomas

  5. Art Ellison

    Minister

  6. Stan Levitt

    Dr. Samuels

  7. Tom McGinnis

    Organ Factory Boss

  8. Forbes Caldwell

    Organ Factory Worker

  9. Dan Palmquist

    Gas Station Attendant

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-03-29
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.

A hinted spoiler follows.

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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$30,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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