An introverted church organ player named Mary (Candice Hilligoss),
mysteriously emerges onto a river bank dazed and uninjured hours after a serious
car accident. Mary is pursued by a terrifying, ghoulish apparition beckoning
her. Although she tries to run from this grinning stalker and the nightmarish
goings-on in an old pavilion, there is no escaping the fate that awaits her. It
is nearly impossible to watch this film and not be haunted by its combination of
music, silence and imagery.
For nearly four decades, Carnival of Souls has been
a classic of low-budget horror. It is, most amazingly, the first and only
feature film made by director Herk Harvey and writer John Clifford.
