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Carnival of souls
- Title
- Carnival of souls (Motion picture : 1962) Carnival of souls / a presentation of Herts-Lion International ; written, John Clifford ; produced, directed, Herk Harvey ; a Harcourt production.
- Format
- DVD, Videodisc
- Edition/Version
- Blu-ray special edition.
- Uniform series
- Criterion collection ; 63.
- Published/Produced
- [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
- Medium
- 4 3/4 in.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Cast
- Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison, Stan Levitt, Herk Harvey (uncredited).
- Credits
- Director of photography, Maurice Prather ; editors, Dan Palmquist, Bill De Jarnette ; music, Gene Moore.
- System details
- Blu-ray, region A, full screen (1.37:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
- Local Notes
- B-WELLS Media Services: Gift from Jerry and Phyllis McCullough.
- Language
- In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Summary
- A young woman in a small Kansas town is haunted by strange images and events after she experiences a car crash. She agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget, this eerily effective B-movie classic was intended to have "the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau."
- Notes
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: selected-scene audio commentary featuring director Herk Harvey and screenwriter John Clifford; deleted scenes; outtakes, accompanied by Gene Moore's organ score; Final destination: new interview with comedian and writer Dana Gould; Regards from nowhere: new video essay by film critic David Cairns; The movie that wouldn't die!, a documentary on the 1989 reunion of the film's cast and crew; The carnival tour, a 2000 update on the film's locations; excerpts from movies made by the Centron Corporation an industrial film company based in Lawrence, Kansas that once employed Harvey and Clifford; history of the Saltair Resort in Salt Lake City, where scenes in the film were shot; trailer; essay by writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse (insert).
- Subject headings
- Dead--Drama. Immortality--Drama. Accident victims--Drama. Apparitions--Drama. Supernatural--Drama.
- Genre heading
- Fantasy films. B films. Horror films. Fantasy films. B films. Subculture films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Horror films. Subculture films.
- Other contributors
- Harvey, Herk, 1924-1996, film director, film producer, actor. Clifford, John, 1918-2010, screenwriter. Hilligoss, Candace, actor. Feist, Frances, 1910-1981, actor. Berger, Sidney L., actor. Ellison, Art, actor. Levitt, Stan, 1917-2004, actor. Prather, Maurice, director of photography. Herts-Lion International, presenter. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
- ISBN
- 9781681431765 1681431769
- Standard Identifier
- 715515181310