Carnival of Souls
1962  NR  HORROR  1h 18min
CAST— Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Herk Harvey, Stan Levitt, Art Ellison
MUSIC— Gene Moore  DIRECTOR— Herk Harvey

     Carnival of Souls (aka: Corridors of Evil), supposedly a classic, is nothing more than a lot of white makeup and organ music. Yes, it is better than many other horror films of that particular era, but that doesn’t necessarily say too much. In a nutshell, it’s the story of a young woman involved in a car accident (the only survivor?), who after the accident immediately moves to a new town where strange things start to happen to her. She starts feeling compelled to visit the abandoned carnival outside of town (the center of the strange phenomena, perhaps, hmm?). Well, the film does have one good thing going for it, but it’s kind of a good news/bad news deal: The good news is that it’s funny. The bad news is that it’s not supposed to be. Like all B-movies the filmmakers probably thought that they were shooting the most important piece of film ever to be seen by a movie-goer. Nope. Not this one. Still, if it’s a choice between this and a handful of others just like it, there’s a chance that this one just may be the one to pick. Colorized and extended versions also available.
OUR RATING— * ½