CARNIVAL OF SOULS

A 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.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Selected-scene audio commentary featuring director Herk Harvey and screenwriter John Clifford
New interview with comedian and writer Dana Gould
New video essay by film critic David Cairns
The Movie That Wouldn’t Die!, a documentary on the 1989 reunion of the film’s cast and crew
The Carnival Tour, a 2000 update on the film’s locations
Excerpts from movies made by the Centron Corporation, an industrial film company based in Lawrence, Kansas, that once employed Harvey and Clifford
Deleted scenes
Outtakes, accompanied by Gene Moore’s organ score
History of the Saltair Resort in Salt Lake City, where key scenes in the film were shot
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse

UK import