Carnival of Souls (1962)
Directed by Herk Harvey · Cinematography by Maurice Prather
PG78 min64 frames
HorrorMysteryFantasy
She Escaped Death. Now It Wants Her Back!
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What is Carnival of Souls about?
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American neo-noir psychological horror film produced and directed by Herk Harvey in his sole directorial credit. The screenplay written by John Clifford from a story by Clifford and Harvey, and starring Candace Hilligoss. Its plot follows Mary Henry, a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. 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. Herk Harvey also appears in the film as a ghoulish stranger who stalks her throughout. The film is set to an organ score by Gene Moore.
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Across 64 sampled frames, Carnival of Souls builds its coverage from close-ups (33% of the sample), with wide compositions (20%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Maurice Prather keeps 36% of it in naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Carnival of Souls (1962) are #020202, #8a8a8a, #303030, #cccccc, #adadad, #4a4a4a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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