Carnival of Souls (also billed as Wes Craven Presents 'Carnival of Souls') is a 1998 American horror film, a remake of Herk Harvey's 1962 horror film of the same name, although it has very little in common with the story of the original. It stars Bobbie Phillips and comedian Larry Miller, and was directed by Adam Grossman and Ian Kessner. It was executive produced by Wes Craven.

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Carnival of Souls
Film poster
Directed by	Adam Grossman Ian Kessner
Written by	Adam Grossman
Produced by	Lisa Harrison
Starring	Bobbie Phillips Shawnee Smith Larry Miller Paul Johansson Cleavant Derricks Henry G. Sanders Brendan Dillon
Cinematography	Christopher Baffa
Edited by	David Handman
Music by	Andrew Rose
Production company	Trimark Pictures
Release date	August 21, 1998 (1998-08-21)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,000,000

Plot

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Although this film is a remake of 1962's Carnival of Souls, it bears little resemblance to the original aside from the ending. This film centers on Alex Grant (Bobbie Phillips) who witnesses a carnival clown named Louis Seagram (Larry Miller) raping and murdering her mother on January 24, 1977. Twenty years later, Seagram returns after being released from prison and attacks Alex in her car. She drives the car into the river, and as she struggles back to shore she has hallucinations of Seagram and the same carnival where she met him. Alex is then drawn into a ghoulish game of cat and mouse with Seagram at the carnival.

Cast

Release

Carnival of Souls was released on August 21, 1998, on a limited theatrical run, and eventually came direct-to-video in the United States and other territories.^{[citation needed]}

The film was released on DVD by Lions Gate on February 23, 1999. It was later released by VCI on January 15, 2001, and by Cinema Club on December 31 that same year.[1]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on five reviews, with a weighted average rating of 4.1/10.[2] Shawn Handling from HorrorNews.net stated that, although the film was "a decent little fright picture" and its style made up for its lack of originality, Handling criticized the film's "run-of the-mill" performances, writing, predictable story, lack of scares, and choice of music.[3] TV Guide awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling the film "dismal", writing, "Though filled with modern-day horror contrivances, Grossman's film evokes none of the haunting atmosphere that distinguished Herk Harvey's eerily timeless original."[4]

References

External links

• Carnival of Souls at AllMovie
• Carnival of Souls at IMDb
• Carnival of Souls at Rotten Tomatoes
• Carnival of Souls at FEARnet

На других языках

[ru] Карнавал душ (фильм, 1998)