Carnival Of Souls (1962) - The Criterion Collection

ONE OF THE MOST CHILLING AND INFLUENTIAL CULT HORROR FILMS OF ALL TIMEA young woman in a small Kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En-route, she becomes haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, the eerily effective B-movie classic Carnival of Souls was intended to have the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau -and, with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score, it succeeds. Herk Harvey's macabre masterpiece gained a cult following through late-night television and continues to inspire filmmakers today.BONUS FEATURES SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackSelected-scene audio commentary featuring director Herk Harvey and screenwriter John CliffordNew interview with comedian and writer Dana GouldNew video essay by film critic David CairnsThe Movie That Wouldn't Die!, a documentary on the 1989 reunion of the film's cast and crewThe Carnival Tour, a 2000 update on the film's locationsExcerpts from movies made by the Centron Corporation, an industrial film company based in Lawrence, Kansas, that once employed Harvey and CliffordDeleted scenesOuttakes, accompanied by Gene Moore's organ scoreHistory of the Saltair Resort in Salt Lake City, where key scenes in the film were shotTrailerPLUS: An essay by writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse