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Watch: Carnival of Souls 1962 123movies, Full Movie Online – Mary Henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. When challenged to a drag, the women accept, but are forced off of a bridge. It appears that all are drowned, until Mary, quite some time later, amazingly emerges from the river. After recovering, Mary accepts a job in a new town as a church organist, only to be dogged by a mysterious phantom figure that seems to reside in an old run-down pavilion. It is here that Mary must confront the personal demons of her spiritual insouciance..
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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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 aware that the film even existed. That said, there is no doubting that many big name directors were fully aware of it, tho, for Carnival Of Souls has influenced such luminary genre masters from Romero to Carpenter, and from Hooper to Shyamalan, be it the low budget DIY ethic, or its now genre staple twist ending, it’s a film (along with it’s director Herk Harvey) that is referenced as much as it is copied.

The tag often used for the film is that it’s an elongated Twilight Zone episode, and sure enough I think that is a perfect fit. Its whole structure feels like a part of that wonderful and amazing Rod Serling show, and for sure this story owes a doff of the cap to An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge (an Ambrose Bierce short that was reworked and used on Serling’s show), but to merely suggest a retread of a previously used idea would be very unfair. Carnival Of Souls is full of eerie sequences that are dream like in quality yet goose pimply in effect. Scored at frequent intervals by a jangling organ shrill, the ghostly phantoms that plague poor Mary actually bring a shiver to the spine; while a surrealistic dance of the carnival is a stunning eerie highlight. It’s a wonderfully brought together story that has one pondering uneasily from the get go, managing to jolt your senses adroitly with a very special ending.

With a small budget of only $30,000 and a cast of friends, Herk Harvey crafted one of the best independent horror sub-genre films ever made. Don’t believe me? Then go ask Romero, Raimi or Hooper. 8/10

_**Haunting early 60’s movie, like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone**_

A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) survives a vehicle accident in Lawrence, Kansas, and then is troubled by a specter (director Herk Harvey) and other strange occurrences as she moves to the Great Salt Lake region for a gig as a church organist.

“Carnival of Souls” (1962) is an eerie, moody cult flick shot in B&W, but not scary at all. It’s similar in vibe to “Night Tide” (1961) with Dennis Hopper. The creepiest part is the girl’s lecherous neighbor in Utah (Sidney Berger).

Besides the haunting ambiance, what I like best about it is the portrayal of two intersecting dimensions: Someone in the spiritual dimension can’t be seen or (for the most part) heard in the physical realm. While it’s overrated and predictable, it’s still an interesting ghostly period piece.

The movie runs 1 hour, 24 minutes, and was shot in Lawrence, Kansas, and Magna, Great Salt Lake & Salt Lake City, Utah.

GRADE: B-/B

Come to Utah For a Good Time
After a traumatic accident, a woman (Candace Hilligoss) becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.

This film is a horror movie more in the psychological sense. It relies on surreal camera-work, eerie organ music, and minimal actual frights (though some zombie-like beings do show up). This film reminded me of Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” in its pacing and mood, though the plots have absolutely nothing to do with each other (this film was once an Ambrose Bierce short story).

The black and white was not a hindrance and at times added something more. The sound could have been better. A colorized, touched-up version exists, but I did not see that one (I would get it for the Mike Nelson commentary track, but otherwise avoid it).

I appreciate how it was independent film-making at its finest. Department store scenes shot on the fly, a cast of college kids… as far as classics go, this one has the most independent pedigree — no one associated with this film had a history or went on to become anyone big, but all were / are known for this film.

If you do not like a slow film and do not like black and white films, stay away. But if this is your cup of tea and you want to see a piece of horror history (this film inspired David Lynch, Tim Burton and other directors) you must see this film at some point. Super-recommended for the true horror fan.

If you are looking to own it, you must get the Criterion Collection version. Various versions exist (I presume because it is in the public domain), but Criterion has the best looking one, and they have loaded their two discs with special features (featurettes, audio commentary and more).

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 18 min (78 min), 1 hr 24 min (84 min) (director’s cut)
Budget 30000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Horror, Mystery
Director Herk Harvey
Writer John Clifford, Herk Harvey
Actors Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio), 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio)
Camera Arriflex Cameras
Laboratory General Labs, California, USA (uncredited)
Film Length 2,300 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm