DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Carnival of Souls is a low budget 1962 horror film starring Candace Hilligoss. Produced and directed by Herk Harvey for an estimated 000, the movie did not gain widespread attention when it was originally released, as a B film; today, however, it is a cult classic. Set to an organ score by Gene Moore, Carnival of Souls relies more on atmosphere than on special effects to create its mood of horror. The film has a large cult following and is occasionally screened at film and Halloween festivals. Herk Harvey was a director and producer of industrial and educational films based in Lawrence, Kansas, where he worked for the Centron Corporation. While vacationing in Salt Lake City, he developed the idea for the movie after driving past the abandoned Saltair Pavilion. Hiring an unknown actress, Lee Strasberg-trained Candace Hilligoss, and otherwise employing mostly local talent, he shot Carnival of Souls in three weeks on location in Lawrence and Salt Lake City. The film tells the story of Mary Henry, a talented young organist (Hilligoss). At the beginning of the film, Mary is riding in a car with two other girls when some boys challenge them to a drag race that ends up on a bridge. The boys' car nudges the girls' car, which bumps against the railing of the bridge and then falls over the side, plunging into the river. Although the others in the car die, Mary mysteriously survives. As Mary is drawn back to the scene of the ... Simmons Check Plush Sectional Discounted Ovulation Test Kits Buy Online Buy Heartstart Battery
