
Carnival of Souls
“She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!”
Director: Herk Harvey
Producer: Herk Harvey
Overview
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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Cast

Candace Hilligoss
Mary Henry

Herk Harvey
The Man
Sidney Berger
John Linden
Frances Feist
Mrs. Thomas

Art Ellison
Minister
Stan Levitt
Dr. Samuels
Tom McGinnis
Organ Factory Boss
Forbes Caldwell
Organ Factory Worker
Dan Palmquist
Gas Station Attendant
Bill de Jarnette
Mechanic
Steve Boozer
Chip the Man at Juke Box
Pamela Ballard
Dress Sales Lady
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Reviews
8.0John Chard
March 29, 2014
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 s…
7.0Wuchak
February 15, 2022
_**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 org…
7.0CinemaSerf
May 6, 2023
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…
4.0Filipe Manuel Neto
June 17, 2023
**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…