
Mary Henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. When challenged to a drag, the women accept, but are forced off of a bridge. It appears that all are drowned, until Mary, quite some time later, amazingly emerges from the river. After recovering, Mary accepts a job in a new town as a church organist, only to be dogged by a mysterious phantom figure that seems to reside in an old run-down pavilion. It is here that Mary must confront the personal demons... (Full plot summary below)
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Mary Henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. When challenged to a drag, the women accept, but are forced off of a bridge. It appears that all are drowned, until Mary, quite some time later, amazingly emerges from the river. After recovering, Mary accepts a job in a new town as a church organist, only to be dogged by a mysterious phantom figure that seems to reside in an old run-down pavilion. It is here that Mary must confront the personal demons of her spiritual insouciance.
Leave your thoughts about Carnival of Souls.
| Empire MagazineAdam SmithIt retains an atmosphere of melancholic, surreal dread. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe movie is a triumph of mood over character. |
| SciFiNowSarah DobbsIf characters in a horror movie are watching an old black and white movie on TV late at night, and it's not Night Of The Living Dead, it's almost certainly Carnival Of Souls. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaCom seu roteiro óbvio e as péssimas atuações, é incrivelmente inferior às numerosas produções que supostamente inspirou. |
| CraveOnlineWitney SeiboldThe workmanlike approach only serves to highlight its spectral qualities. It's like a kitchen sink version of 'The Shining.' |
| CinefantastiqueSteve BiodrowskiThere is a nightmare quality to its best scenes, but the film is essentially a great half-hour Twilight Zone padded out to feature length. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickdemonstrates that the quality of scary filmmaking is not directly proportional to the size of the budget |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA nightmarish puzzle. It's aged very well. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayA cult classic that would have subtle yet meaningful influences on the horror genre for decades to come. |
| Mark Leeper's ReviewsMark R. LeeperWhat is amazing about the film CARNIVAL OF SOULS is that the cheap budget works so much in its favor. There is little unreal to get between the actors and the viewer. |