October 22, 2010

Carnival of Souls

part 3 of the Bad Horror Marathon



Data
Title: Carnival of Souls
Year: 1962
Length: 78 minutes
Director: Herk Harvey
Writer: John Clifford
Starring: Candace Hilligoss
Music: Gene Moore

My reaction
Synopsis: a woman is stared at by a creepy man
How I saw it: on video, yesterday (have on DVD)
Concept: Terrible.
Story: Terrible. My synopsis above is not meant to be snarky; that is actually what this movie is about.
Characters: Terrible.
Dialog: Bad.
Pacing: Bad.
Cinematography: Good.
Special effects/design: Indifferent.
Acting: Bad.
Music: Terrible.
Subjective Rating: 2/10 (Terrible). How and why could anyone possibly have thought that making this movie was a good idea?
Objective Rating: 0.8/4 (Very bad).

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