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Carnival of Souls

She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!

6.9(564)19621h 18m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
$30K
Box office
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Language
English
  • organ
  • car crash
  • b movie
  • female protagonist
  • scare
  • psychotronic
  • organ music
  • scared
  • visions

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Behind the camera

Director

Herk Harvey

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRLawrence, Kansas26 Sept 1962
  • United KingdomGB

    • Physical121 Apr 2009
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)PG2 Nov 1962
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical2 Nov 1962
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD27 Aug 2009

Frequently asked questions

Carnival of Souls was released on 2 November 1962.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/29/2014

    8/10

    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 wh…

  • W

    Wuchak

    2/15/2022

    7/10

    _**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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/6/2023

    7/10

    When two groups of teenagers are racing their cars over a narrow bridge, an accident occurs and the car carrying the girls goes a-tumbling into the deep and muddy river below. It's during the extensive search process (a man with a bit of string with a weight tied to it) that "Mary" (Candice Hilligoss) emerges from the river, the sole survivor. Gradually, though, things start to become ambiguous - she is obsessed with…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    6/17/2023

    4/10

    **Even bad movies deserve to have a place in history.** After seeing this movie, I'm left with the feeling that it's a bit overrated, even though it's undoubtedly a remarkable classic of psychological horror. It's more rudimentary than one would expect, and the lack of means and resources is evident. On a very tight budget, director Herk Harvey deserves praise for the way he made the most of what he had and made a…

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