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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 221

Carnival of Souls

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Synopsis

Mary emerges from a river after a car crash but cannot explain her survival. Trying to resume her life, she experiences a growing separation from the people around her. An abandoned pavilion and an unsettling stranger seem connected to the change.

Cast

DirectorsHerk Harvey

Behind the scenes

Herk Harvey came from industrial and educational filmmaking in Kansas. The abandoned Saltair Pavilion in Utah gave the production a distinctive location around which to build its atmosphere of estrangement.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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