As i call for you a carnival of souls in the empty light we move toward the floor where we can dance alone we can dance alone kiss of the moon and a heart forsaken watching the dreams collide and scatter with the falling stars under the spell of my love forsaken my world is alive again, lost within her arms i sense that youll be waiting at the. Carnival of souls is an odd, obscure horror film that was made on a low budget in 1962 in lawrence, kan. Carnival of souls video quality upgrade by herk harvey. Carnival of souls 1962 is a lowbudget cult movie with a story that seems to be an episode of twilight zone. Carnival of souls goes even further, digging into the bands darkest, most challenging realms as well as surprisingly serene ones. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man.
Years later, carnival of souls enjoyed a well deserved critical reappraisal, and was once again made available. Carnival of souls analysis herk harvey the professional name of harold arnold harvey, born 3 june 1924 was a student of the theatre, first as an undergraduate then as a graduate at the university of kansas, acting and directing and afterwards remaining at the university to teach. It was later released by vci on january 15, 2001 and by cinema club on december 31st that. The album was recorded between late 1995 and early 1996, but kiss cancelled. Rent carnival of souls 1962 starring steve boozer and sidney berger on dvd and bluray. Its plot follows mary henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film written, produced, and directed by herk harvey, and starring candace hilligoss. Fire records released september 89 2014 firecd358, cd firelp358, vinyl lp order from fire records. And while i havent seen the original yet, i probably shouldve spent money on that one rather than spending money on the 1998 version. The album is a departure from the bands classic hard rock style, in favor of a dark and dense grungeoriented sound. The movie is being revived in art houses around the country for halloween, and its possible that it plays.
As i call for you a carnival of souls in the empty light we move toward the floor where we can dance alone we can dance alone kiss of the moon and a heart forsaken watching the dreams collide and scatter with the falling stars under the spell of my love forsaken my. Like a lost episode from twilight zone, it places the supernatural right in the middle of everyday life and surrounds it with ordinary people. Carnival of souls is a laughable attempt at horror. Still, the mere fact that carnival of souls, written and directed by adam grossman of sometimes they come back again fame, is a remake of the great 1962 cult film of the same name. Though fondly remembered by many horror fans, herk harveys carnival of souls 1962 was close to being a lost film for thirty years. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to utah and takes a job as a church organist. With candace hilligoss, frances feist, sidney berger, art ellison. It was released in 1997 and produced by toby wright, gene simmons, and paul stanley. Carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Carnival of souls works well enough as chillupthespine cinema, and one might even go further and argue that marys anomie, her disengagement from the living, suggests something more an. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. She relocates to a new city, where she finds herself unable to assimilate with the locals, and becomes drawn to the pavilion of an abandoned carnival. I was hoping this book would bring that feeling back, but it just wasnt the same. Compelling that feeling of isolation and paranoia is the jaulty yet ethereal organ playing over the images.
Carnival of souls has gradually developed a cult following since its release and is now considered a lowbudget classic. When i was younger i actually used to collect tricks and anytime there was a magic show on tv, i was all over it. Gene moore carnival of souls music from the original. This is a fan page for the 1962 independent horror film carnival of souls starring candace hilligoss. Eleven years ago, you couldnt find a copy of carnival of souls on video or television for love or money.
Of the three girls in the car only mary survives, but from that. The album was recorded between late 1995 and early 1996, but kiss. Your isp can monitor you, unless you use a zero log. Jazan couldnt wait to enter the carnival, but once he did, it entered him. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. The film has since been included in multiple lists by various media outlets as one of the greatest horror films ever made. The final sessions is the seventeenth studio album by american rock band kiss, released in 1997. Carnival of souls 1998 is not a remake and only borrows the title and a small part of the original storyline. Carnival of souls though fondly remembered by many horror fans, herk harveys carnival of souls 1962 was close to being a lost film for thirty years. I had a lot of hope for the carnival of lost souls because ive always been a fan of magic. Nox arcana with their cd carnival of lost souls evokes the carnival as a place of wickedness and danger.
After leaving the grounds, he becomes the sole survivor of a plane crash. The new version includes some bonus material, two live videos and two demos of previously unreleased. Watch the video for carnival of souls from saviour machines saviour machine i for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The plot is boring and totally predictable, sort of a combination of jacobs ladder with carnival of souls. Despite its low budget and unknown cast, this film sustains an ambience of creeping unease that most fx heavy big budget films cant seem to manage. Carnival of souls 1998 carnival of souls 1998 user. Instead of carnival, i do it with pitiless plunderer, but the principal is more or less the same. In 1962, carnival of souls came and went with little notice, playing the drivein circuit to the usual audiences before fading into obscurity. Herk harvey after a devastating car accident that kills her friends, mary henry takes a new job in a new town and tries to start over but a phantom figure follows her until she visits an abandoned carnival and dark secrets come to light.
In carnival of souls, a young woman is haunted by spooky apparitions of a ghostly stranger after surviving a drag race accident and eerily beckoned by an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Mary henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Many of these songs came from pere ubus score for the movie, which they developed and performed during the lady from shanghai tour. Extremely eerie film of a girl pursued by a phantom figure and her attraction to an abandoned dance hall pavillion after she has been seemingly drowned. Carnival of souls manages to be an insane ride to an unfortunately obvious ending. In fact, some people consider it to be the best b movie ever made. Seminal studies of the horror genre from the late 60s through to the late 80s lacked reference to the film, their indices skipping from the car 1977 to carrie 1976 without so much as a byyourleave. Gene moore carnival of souls music from the original 1962. Carnival of soulss songs stream online music songs. The thrills of this carnival are cold ones, bits of death. Carnival of souls 1962 yify download movie torrent yts. Complex magazine ranked carnival of souls number 39 on its list of the 50 scariest movies ever made. Carnival of souls original motion picture soundtrack gene.
A young girl witnesses the brutal rape and murder of her mother by a circus clown and begins to have nightmares when the carnival comes back to town when she is an adult. Carnival of soul is a band with many styles, and of many genres. Thanks in great part to the efforts of texasbased film. Jul 09, 2016 carnival of souls is a 1962 american independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Listen free to kiss carnival of souls hate, rain and more. Carnival of souls original motion picture soundtrack. Unless the phrase directed by wes craven follows it somewhere in the credits, the words wes craven presents above the title of a film dont usually inspire a whole lot of confidence. Listen to songs by carnival of souls on myspace, stream free online music by carnival of souls. Whenever i think of the film it is always an image of mary henry isolated and afraid. Gene moore, moore, gene carnival of souls 1962 film.
Watch carnival of souls 1962 full movie free online. It stars bobbie phillips and comedian larry miller, and was directed by adam grossman and ian kessner. A young woman candace hilligoss in a small kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in salt lake city. Inspired in equal measure by the dewy lushness of its countryside and the grimy splendour of its industrial heartlands, the group creates an urgent but spacey rock sound from guitar, synth, bass and drums. Made by industrial filmmakers on a very limited budget, the strikingly macabre film is an effective chiller with a nightmarishly surreal and darkly gothic. Two download singles, irene and golden surf ii with nonalbum bsides are available. A car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. Watch carnival of souls 1998 download movie free online. It was originally released in 1996 on steve rotherys shortlived label dorian music and was rereleased in 2001 on marillions label racket records. The songs grow dark at times, but the simple joy of making music infects the audience. Carnival of souls the wishing tree album wikipedia. This nobudget, poorlyexecuted cult classic is unsurprisingly free of suspense, and being dated has nothing to do with it. After a terrible car accident, mary henry tries to move on with her life but she becomes haunted by a man that nobody else can see.
Rent carnival of souls 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Really deserves the cult following that its earned. Still, the mere fact that carnival of souls, written and directed by adam grossman of sometimes they come back again fame, is a remake of the great 1962 cult film of the same name inspires more hope than usual. Carnival of souls also billed as wes craven presents carnival of souls is a 1998 american horror film, a remake of herk harveys 1962 horror film of the same name, although it has very little in common with the story of the original. Carnival of lost souls nemo swift, big ole face full of monster.
It has a long history, and a huge catalog of recorded. Now its out on video and headed for dvd, and then the soundtrack cd shows up, which is doubly impressive for a 1962 movie that got buried in theaters and had to build its audience through television screenings over a 20year period. Jazan begins to see the freakish characters from the carnival deep in the heart of the jungle he crashed into. Supernatural horror, psychological horror, mystery. May 30, 2016 this feature is not available right now. Listen free to the wishing tree carnival of souls evergreen, starfish and more. Seminal studies of the horror genre from the late 60s through to the late 80s lacked reference to the film, their indices skipping from the car 1977 to carrie 1976 without so much as a by. Carnival of souls has a good plot and some interesting dialogue, but the film is ruined by incompetence, including a cast that cannot act, and a director that cannot direct.
Of the three girls in the car only mary survives, but from that moment on she is haunted by a strange and sinister looking apparition. After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious. Its safe to say that carnival of souls would not have made the lasting impression it has on audiences without the gene moore score. Carnival of souls is the title of the first album by the wishing tree, a project by marillions guitarist steve rothery and singer hannah stobart. Carnival of souls was released on august 21, 1998 on a limited theatrical run, and eventually came directtovideo in the united states and other territories. Carnival of souls is a 1962 independent horror film starring candace hilligoss. Released appropriately on 666, the album is mostly instrumental music of the horror goth variety with sound effects and a chorus of voices to create a haunting, ghostly. For one charismatic kid, the dangerous world of the fore. Carnival of souls, carnival of souls 1962, horror a car crashes through the railings of a bridge and down into the cold waters below. Jul 23, 20 carnival of souls book one this wonderfully dark journey into the wild leads readers into the heart of a twisted circus. With bobbie phillips, shawnee smith, larry miller, paul johansson.