Carnival of Souls

1962 · 84 min · dir. Herk Harvey

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. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.