Carnival of souls 1962 ckmt creepy koffee movie time season 1 episode 1 with. Commentaries are with 1 screenwriter john clifford and late director herk harvey, and 2 former mystery science theater 3000 host michael j. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget, the eerily effective bmovie classic carnival of souls was intended to have the look. Candace hilligoss was involved in acting from the early days of elementary school plays. After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. Watch carnival of souls 1962 full movie free streaming. I love to see what scared people in different eras and times. Its funny, the world is so different in the daylight. Carnival of souls offers delightfully chilling proof that when it comes to telling an effective. Mystic80 mary henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. Wednesday showgirls sf, the dwarves, alex koll, sf ghost society. Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget, the eerily effective bmovie.
The movie stars candace hilligoss, one of those worried blonds like janet leigh in. Join danvers as he welcomes fellow horror host bobby gammonster for the demented features season two finale. When method actress candace hilligoss arrived at kansas city airport to star in director herk harveys carnival of souls 1962, back in september 1961. Carnival of souls movie trailer and videos tv guide. Unfazed by this experience, the woman heads off across country to her new job as a church organist.
But in the daylight everything falls back into place again. Critic roger ebert likened the film to a lost episode of the twilight zone. Danvers screens the horror classic carnival of souls. Carnival of souls movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. This is the version that herk harvey premiered in lawrence kansas in 1962. Information from its description page there is shown below. That film is about a young girl candace hilligoss who died, but doesnt know that she died, and is being chased by a mysterious figure played by herk harvey. Yes, it was made with not much money and the acting is not the best, but thats what makes it different then those high gloss horror films.
Sidney berger was born on july 25, 1935 in new york city, new york, usa. Its plot follows mary henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. Una notte nel cimitero 1988 tv episode soultaker 1990 the entire plot is a ripoff of the 1962 film carnival of souls. En route, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Carnival of souls is an odd, obscure horror film that was made on a low budget in 1962 in lawrence, kan. Carnival of souls is a 1962 independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. A young woman apparently survives a drag race accident that had the car she was in toppling off of a bridge and into the river below.
Carnival of souls certainly taps its creators industrial filmmaking backgroundopening with a road race challenge that results in the pivotal car accident, the film immediately recalls a teenicidestyle highway safety film, such as harveys own none for the road 1957. This reminded me of the twilight zone episode the hitchhiker. Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, carnival of souls was intended to have the look of a bergman and feel of a cocteau, and. Fortunately, carnival of souls is a stonecold classic and horrors greatest onehitwonder. Like a lost episode from twilight zone, it places the supernatural right in the. On its original release in 1962, carnival of souls was confined primarily to drivein movie houses sharing the bill with a horror film called the devils messenger, a feature length pilot shot for swedish tv in 1961, starring lon chaney jnr. Mary believes that specifically the visions of the man have something to do with an abandoned carnival site located at the outskirts of town, the carnival site to which she is nonetheless drawn.
Watch carnival of souls movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. I love going back in time while watching old horror films. And while i havent seen the original yet, i probably shouldve spent money on that one rather than spending money on the 1998 version. Many of todays viewers will see the ending coming, but i like to think it wowed them way back then. Watch the front row carnival of souls the new yorker video. A young woman candace hilligoss in a small kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in salt lake city. If characters in a horror movie are watching an old black and white movie on tv late at night, and its not night of the living dead, its almost certainly carnival of souls. Carnival of souls 1962 mary plays the organ scene hd 1080p duration. I myself caught an original airing and was petrified of the movie.
Find out when and where you can watch carnival of souls on tv with the full listings schedule at. Carnival of souls, movie, 1962 pictures provided by. Of the three girls in the car only mary survives, but from that moment on she is haunted by a strange and sinister looking apparition. Carnival of souls, carnival of souls 1962, horror a car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. One of the most underrated horror classics ever made. Carnival of souls demented features video dailymotion. Its cheaply made, the photography is grainy, the story. This nobudget, poorlyexecuted cult classic is unsurprisingly free of suspense, and being dated has nothing to do with it. The film carnival of souls 1962 and related promotional materials are public.
One of the most fascinating aspects of marys character is how. Carnival of souls has been one of my top favorite films ever since i first saw it many years ago. Carnival of souls is a laughable attempt at horror. Restored and now in color, a young church organist discovers a nightmarish world where the difference between the living and dead is impossible to tell. After three years at the university of iowa, she came to new york to study acting at the american theatre wing, and made her professional debut doing summer stock in. Carnival of souls is an influential piece of moviemaking, and is rumored to have given george romero a couple of ideas for night of the living dead. Carnival of souls was of course a box office disaster and faded from memiry until the 70s and 80s where the movie was frequently shown on late night tv. Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist and sidney berger feature horror film gorillas. The 81 minute version contains all of these scenes, except the extended scene in the organ factory, and a few short shots. Candace hilligoss, frances feist, herk harvey, sidney berger, art ellison, stan. This is something like a fulllength episode of the twilight zone, popular at the time of the movies release. Richard brody on herk harveys carnival of souls, from 1962. Now it wants her back herk harveys macabre masterpiece gained a cult following through late night television and has been bootlegged for years.
A total of 72 episodes are currently available for streaming there from seasons 1 4, 20142018. Herk harveys seminal horror oddity about a woman candace hilligoss who finds herself haunted by ghouls and ghosts after becoming the lone survivor of a car crash. Carnival of souls 1962 classic scifi and horror movie dvdr. He was an actor, known for carnival of souls 1962 and carnival of souls 1998. But there are also several clever stylistic flourishes, thanks. Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist. This page is a list of episodes for the american tv series cinema insomnia cinema insomnia is preparing for its 5th season on roku streaming channel osi74, outer space international. Watch carnival of souls 1962 full movie free online.
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