Carnival of souls, carnival of souls 1962, horror a car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. I love to see what scared people in different eras and times. The black and white is so essential to the effectiveness of this film. Rent carnival of souls 1962 starring steve boozer and sidney berger on dvd and bluray. Following a common convention of associating the 1940s and 1950s with film noir, the list takes 1960 to date the beginning of the genre. Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist and. This is carnival of souls 1962 trailer by closeup on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. A woman experiences hallucinations and other sensations after emerging from a submerged automobile. This film a masterpiece of new french extremism that is incidentally my favorite horror film of all time does appear on peeles list of us influences, and. Carnival of souls is the story of a young woman who goes along for the ride when two hotrodders hold a drag race and are forced off a bridge, plunging into the flooded river below.
Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Darkmatter tv is the new streaming home for cult favorites. Carnival of souls was restored and revived in theaters in 1989, and made available on home video the following year, thus entering into mainstream moviegoers cultural consciousness just a few years after pearys gftff was published. Mary played by candace hilligoss, the only trained actor in the cast mysteriously surfaces after an illfated drag race sends her car off a bridge and into a deep river.
Of the three girls in the car only mary survives, but from that. Carnival of souls is in the public domain, and it can be downloaded. Dec 15, 2019 burn, witch, burn 425 1962 peter wyngarde, janet blair, margaret johnston more witch movies in my witches playlist. Carnival of souls 1962 herk harvey carnival of souls is unlike any other movie ive ever seen, wrote classichorror, adding that moments of the film blended with the crudeness of the production, are amongst the most inventive and absolutely creepy in all of horror cinema. Carnival of souls art print horror sci fi bmovie bmovie cult. The owner of this website is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon properties including, but not limited to,,, or. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. After all, fellow kansas filmmaker robert altman had made the leap from industrial flicks to hollywood, so why couldnt he. A story so unusual it will burn itself into your mind. After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection bluray. Indie horror meets world cinema in the cult carnival of souls. Carnival of souls 1962 movie clip whats the matter.
Marshall erwin rommel, touring the d hdrip follow that dream 1962 6. In kansas, mary henry candace hilligoss is riding in a car with two other young women when some men challenge them to a drag race. Carnival of souls for other uses, see carnival of souls disambiguation. Carnival of souls manufactured on demand, dolby, mono sound. Carnival of souls soundtrack 1962 the moviemusic store. Herk harveys carnival of souls 1962 defines and offers great riches. Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film shot in lawrence, kansas and salt lake city, and is occasionally screened at halloween festivals and has a huge cult following.
A car plunges off a bridge, and a young woman candace hilligoss emerges, apparently unscathed. When he stumbled onto the abandoned pavilion in utah, which at one time was a grand party. The following is a list of films belonging to the neonoir genre. The title character, played with remarkable poise by nina hoss, is an eager businesswoman from the former east who discovers that the good. Gene moore, moore, gene carnival of souls 1962 film. Carnival of souls works well enough as chillupthespine cinema, and one might even go further and argue that marys anomie, her disengagement from the living, suggests something more. The story opens with confederate sympathizer peyton farquhar being executed by hanging from the titled river span. After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. But the man whose relation with ordinary reality is severed in the french film life upside down 1965 is enough like mary for one to argue that carnival of souls has also had an international influenceappropriate for a film that was inspired as much by bergman wild strawberries, the magician and cocteau the blood of a poet, orpheus as. An intelligent and genuinely unsettling horror film. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection 1080p bluray. And while i havent seen the original yet, i probably shouldve spent money on that one rather than spending money on the 1998 version.
This is a fan page for the 1962 independent horror film carnival of souls starring candace hilligoss. Its first releases were laserdiscs of citizen kane and king kong 1933. Watch the cult classic horror film carnival of souls 1962 open. Carnival of souls manufactured on demand, restored, ntsc. Carnival of souls soundtrack cd details and availability. Oct 31, 2011 carnival of souls is a much more subtle horror movie than most, relying on creepiness and mystery more than traditional scares a great chiller movie that often springs some great conversation. Yes slightly dated but putting that aside, what a uncompromising stunner. Some people completely dismiss old films just because they are old. 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. Set in a french boarding school run by the increasingly ill christina delassalle, the film expands on clouzots obsession.
In case youve never seen the movie, heres what wikipedia has to say about it. Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film written, produced, and directed by herk harvey, and starring candace hilligoss. The pere ubu film unit performs a live underscore to the 1962 cult bmovie film carnival of souls dir. This nobudget, poorlyexecuted cult classic is unsurprisingly free of suspense, and being dated has nothing to do with it. If every low budget horror movie put this much of effort and love into their craft. Carnival of souls 1962 full movie video dailymotion. The retelling of june 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the germans, us, british, canadians, and the free french. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Ive often run into people who rate movies by appearance or in comparison to state of the art today, instead of a films own worth in its own day. Charade 1963 starring cary grant and audrey hepburn.
Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist, sidney berger horror. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection 1080p bluray remux posted in bluray remux. Carnival of souls is a psychological horrorthriller that uses irony and isolation to craft a tale of a woman slowly losing her mind. Check here english if you are not a hdcenter premium member, you cannot see premium links. He came across some inspiring locations when he decided to try his hand at an intellectual horror story. A car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. For twothirds of its spare 86 minutes, this remake of the 1962 cult classic is a.
Jan 03, 2011 carnival of souls 1962 mary henry is enjoying the day by riding around with two friends but everything goes wrong when challenged to a drag race and their car gets forced off of a bridge. If you wont buy a premium account, you wont able to. Wandering off, her odyssey takes her to a strange small town and a carnival pavilion whose patrons walk the line between the living and the dead. The resulting movie, carnival of souls 1962, became a cult classic influencing the likes of george romero, james wan and david lynch. Op, the story it was based off of an occurence on owl creek bridge is possibly the most influential stories ever. Inspired by herk harveys 1962 horror classic carnival of souls, petzolds final entry in the ghost trilogy locates its chills in the cold cruelty of contemporary maledriven business culture.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection 1080p bluray remux avc dtshd ma 1. With candace hilligoss, frances feist, sidney berger, art ellison. In the most stomachchurning movie in the already very stomachchurning new french extremity movement dont ask, a. Carnival of souls is a 1962 independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Jul 21, 2019 carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection bluray bd50 untouched posted in bluray disc untouched.
Carnival of souls 1962 a low budget b film that became a cult classic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Carnival of souls manufactured on demand on tcm shop. Where most horror films go for the obvious effects of gore and leave nothing to the imagination, this film takes a far more subtle approach.
We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Seminal studies of the horror genre from the late 60s through to the late 80s lacked reference to the film, their indices skipping from the car 1977 to carrie 1976 without so much as a byyourleave. The film focuses on a young church organist mary henry candace hilligoss who is haunted by visions of a ghoulish netherworld after surviving what appears to be certain death when a car in which she is a passenger, plunges over the edge of a bridge into the river below. Its been claimed that this movie inspired night of the living dead and the work of tim burton and david lynch, but i find all of these claims highly unlikely. Mary feels separate from other people, yet her actions and behavior seem to purposely drive a wedge between her and anyone that tries to. David thomas and two pale boys underscore to carnival of souls. Carnival of souls 1962 august 24th, 2010 by unkle lancifer 12 comments. Carnival of souls has a good plot and some interesting dialogue, but the film is ruined by incompetence, including a cast that cannot act, and a director that cannot direct.
Les yeux sans visage is a 1960 french italian horror film adaptation of jean redons novel, directed by georges franju, and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli. Anime nere, enter the anime, the marvel anime universe. Carnival of souls le carnaval des ames 1962 with subtitles. Download mp3 ideally youll watch carnival of souls at 3 am, the witching hour, that time when most things dead prefer to reach out to the living. The car sinks into the murky depths, and all three women are assumed drowned. Watch the cult classic horror film carnival of souls 1962. An occurence at owl creek bridge is bestknown of the latter. Its plot follows mary henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. Sep 06, 2017 free movies and silent movies in the public domain.
Though fondly remembered by many horror fans, herk harveys carnival of souls 1962 was close to being a lost film for thirty years. Compelling that feeling of isolation and paranoia is the jaulty yet ethereal organ playing over the images. Free download from source, api support, millions of users. Hd carnival of souls 1962 film completo in italiano. Carnival of souls 1962 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more. Herk harveys macabre masterpiece is the story of a young woman who goes along for the ride when some smalltown kansas hotrodders hold a drag race and are forced off a bridge, plunging into. Last nights film is one of those super independently made movies, carnival of souls. Mutiny on the bounty 1962 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 5. Carnival of souls is a 1962 independent american horror feature film produced and directed by herk harvey and starring candace hilligoss and sidney berger.
Carnival of souls herk harvey, 1962 is a strange, atmospheric and unforgettable lowbudget horror film. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection bluray bd50 untouched posted in bluray disc untouched. Carnival of souls is a laughable attempt at horror. Carnival of souls legendas portugues pt 4 legendas. You can find out more about carnival of souls at a passion for horror. Watch carnival of souls 1962 full movie free online. It has influenced countless movies from carnival of souls, jacobs ladder, and somewhat lost highway and mulholland drive. Director herk harveys atmospheric lowbudget chiller has achieved a cult following. In 1962, they made this lowbudget horror film, and it did what independent films normally did in 1962. She relocates to a new city, where she finds herself unable to assimilate with the locals, and becomes drawn to the pavilion of an abandoned carnival. Carnival of souls certainly taps its creators industrial filmmaking backgroundopening with a road race.
Yet, in the early 60s, the movie was distinguished mostly by its. Herk harveys 1962 classic cult horror movie was the precursor to such eerie films as the shining and the sixth sense. After a traumatic accident, a woman candace hilligoss becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. The 50 best horror movies ever film school rejects. Now it wants her back herk harveys macabre masterpiece gained a cult following through late night television and has been bootlegged for years. Us viewers only cry baby 1990 one of johnny depps early ones. I love going back in time while watching old horror films. Now its restored and in color for the first time, and complete with an irreverent bonus commentary by mike nelson of mystery science theater 3000. Carnival of souls 1962 candace hilligoss, frances feist and sidney berger feature horror. Herk harvey after a devastating car accident that kills her friends, mary henry takes a new job in a new town and tries to start over but a phantom figure follows her until she visits an abandoned carnival and dark secrets come to light. Carnival of souls is a 1962 independent film horror film starring candace hilligoss. Its safe to say that carnival of souls would not have made the lasting impression it has on audiences without the gene moore score.
For pure skincrawling spookiness, carnival of souls is in a class by itself. Some call carnival of souls, the cheap as they come, sometimes poorly acted, sometimes barbarically edited, sometimes inadequately dubbed drivein movie from 1962 a masterpiece and one of those some people is me. Carnival of souls the current the criterion collection. Rent carnival of souls 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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. Getting comfortable despite some strange events, church organist mary candace hilligoss, who survived an apparently fatal car crash days before, shops for a dress in a utah department store, in the feature by industrial film director herk harvey, carnival. Whenever i think of the film it is always an image of mary henry isolated and afraid. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection bluray bd50. Carnival of souls 1962 criterion collection complete bluraycoaster hdcenter hidden content hdcenter premium and private download forum. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 23 produced by 1 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 3 makeup department 1 production management 3 second unit director or assistant director 1.
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