UnowPriceless hyped garbage

GazerRise Fantastic!

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

gary_sites Not much good I can say this film. Bad acting, make-up, transitions. I just need to find someone to knock me over the head for wasting an hour and 18 minutes on this terrible film.

Stephen Abell This is one strange little weird film, which balances between the brilliant and the awful. Though this is listed as a Horror flick it's more like a Dark Fantasy as there's no real horror here.I really liked the story. A girl, Mary (Hilligoss), involved in a fatal drag race is the sole survivor of the accident where the car she's travelling in crashes off a bridge... only she emerges from the river, a long time after the accident. After her recovery, she leaves the town to take up a new job as a church organist. However, there's a strange force lurking in her new home and it's quite shortly after she begins to believe she was surely drawn there... for some dark reason.What makes this a great movie is the direction. Though the majority of the film is shot in a fairly standard style, it's when the apparitions start to appear where it starts to get interesting. Herk Harvey does a good job of creating an eerie atmosphere. His style had me reminiscing about Nosferatu and The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari. Even the way that the spirits move and act is very striking. They never speak and they actually move in a similar fashion to actors in the old silent movies. This has the element of adding a strangeness to the scene and it works well.Then there's the story. I particularly liked the scene where Mary walks around the abandoned carnival. There's one section where she looks at and stands in front of a billboard... the woman on the add bears a striking resemblance to Mary. This adds to the strange atmosphere, which makes the film stronger.The only real drawback is the lead actress Candace Hilligoss who is so over the top hammy she quite nearly kills the film by herself. This type of acting works brilliantly for the spirits and adds to the power of the movie. However, in reality, where everybody else is normal this appears very poor. It's a shame that she's in the majority of the film. Had this role been given to a finer actress or she had been directed better this movie would have been so much improved.If you've not seen this one yet then I'd recommend you check it out. I'd also implore you to check out Nosferatu and The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari also. If you liked this film you would love them.

MonsterVision99 Carnival of soul is one of those movies that makes people feel really uncomfortable and leaves them with nightmares for a few days, but not me, I do find the film to be really good and quite atmospheric.The film takes us through a surreal journey that makes us wander around some Gothic scenery and some of the most uncomfortable places in a 60s horror film, its really eerie.There are many interpretations of the film that many people have come up with, but I still think that, like every other film, there really isn't a definitive answer, its all up to what you make of it.I definitely recommend this film, its not gory or graphic, but it may disturb you.

Bluesman I've just finished watching 'Carnvial of Souls' for the very first time and I've already made up my mind that it's an absolute masterpiece. This movie manages to be incredibly atmospheric on a shoestring budget of just a couple thousand dollars and achieves something that most of today's movies don't even manage on a multi- million dollar budget: To completely draw the viewer in and mesmerize them.This movie proves that you don't necessarily need tons of practical and special effects, big action sequences or an overly complex plot to make a good movie, but merely a group of dedicated people with a vision and the expertise to realize it. Herk Harvey, John Clifford, Candace Hilligoss and their colleagues probably didn't realize what exactly they were creating at the time, but they all had lots of talent and expertise as is evident in the final movie. It's a piece of art.The cinematography and direction of 'Carnival of Souls' are phenomenal, Gene Moore's organ score is haunting, and the acting is surprisingly captivating, especially Candace Hilligoss in the lead role. Her facial expressions in the scene where she's playing the organ as if possessed are chilling. The grand finale at Saltair is something that is burnt into my mind now. Such beautiful and haunting images. A brilliant movie!