Sunday, August 09, 2026

Carnival of Souls (1962)

 Second viewing; previously viewed on December 14, 2005.

After being in a car accident in which everybody else in the car died, a young woman moves to another town and starts having what appears to be strange hallucinations.

This interesting film is said to be based on An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Wikipedia lists several fantastic works with a similar premise, but not all of them share what I see as the main aspect common to both Bierce's story and this film, and which is also present in a non-fantastic story whose title makes that aspect explicit: La torture par l'espérance, by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.

Rating: 57 (down from 63)

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