by Ashley Jane Davis and Jaime Davis, Staff Writers
Some of our favorite spooky/creepy/scary/terrifying stories are all about women, and let’s just say it - oftentimes complicated women - who find themselves, horrifically, in new and unexpected territories.
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy
Greetings movie friends! As I’m sure most of you know, in addition to our website which mostly covers new movie reviews, we also make a quarterly print zine. I thought it’d be fun to give everyone a quick glance at all the films that are covered in our most recent issue (which focuses on circuses, carnivals and fairs) and where you can find them. Step right up! to follow the links for the titles and it’ll take you to a listing of where it can be found (mostly powered by JustWatch.com).
Read MoreCarnival of Souls – What is Between Life and Death?
Directed by Herk Harvey (1962)
by Emmi Kurowski
“In the dark, your fantasies get so out of hand.”
What is life like after you are the only survivor of a horrible accident? How do you start over? In Carnival of Souls, we follow Mary, who is in that exact situation. After miraculously emerging from the water dazed but unharmed when the car she was in plunges over a bridge, she starts over by taking a job as a church organist in a new town. It doesn’t take long for Mary to be haunted by the ghastly presence of a pale man who seems to be following her when she is alone, seemingly luring her through spooky organ music on her car radio to an abandoned carnival ground pavilion, which has a deep subconscious significance to Mary that she doesn’t understand.
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