Supelice Dreadfully Boring

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Claudio Carvalho The eleven year-old girl Alex Grant witnesses her mother being raped and killed at home by the carnival clown Louis Seagram (Larry Miller). Many years later, Alex (Bobbie Phillips) works with her younger sister Sandra Grant (Shawnee Smith) in the Mermaid Inn that was owned by their mother. Out of the blue, Alex is attacked by Louis that was hidden in the backseat of her car on the day of the anniversary of the death of her mother. She struggles with Louis and drives her car into the sea to protect her sister. Then she swims back to the shore on the area of a carnival. From this moment on, Alex has nightmares and daydreams with Louis. What is happening with Alex?"Carnival of Souls" (1962) is a low-budget cult movie with a story that seems to be an episode of "Twilight Zone". "Carnival of Souls" (1998) is not a remake and only borrows the title and a small part of the original storyline. The plot is boring and totally predictable, sort of a combination of "Jacob's Ladder" with "Carnival of Souls". The result is an average and forgettable horror film. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Parque Macabro" ("Macabre Park")

Jan Strydom Of course I know it doesn't come close to the original film. I saw it years ago and didn't think much of it. Then a few years later I bought it on DVD as part of a set along with LEPRECHAUN and two of David Cronenberg's movies RABID and SHIVERS. When I revisited CARNIVAL OF SOULS the plot made a little more sense. But when I read the reviews on it's IMDb web page I noticed that this film was somewhat misunderstood.1. Like in the beginning of the film where Alex (Bobbie Phillips) drives her car into the ocean with Louis (Larry Miller) the man responsible for her mother's murder in the backseat. Right after this scene the film cuts to Alex waking up in her bathtub. Many seemed to have assumed she dreamed about the crash but that is not the case. When the film cuts to this scene it actually goes back a few days meaning Alex didn't dream about the crash it happened a few days later.2. There is another scene where Alex goes to see a psychiatrist and she talks to him like they've had several sessions together. But the psychiatrist reveals that he has never met Alex before. This is representative of the reality setting in of what really happened after that crash that took place which would lead us to the final revelation or the big twist ending. Of course at one point Alex is shown climbing out of the ocean and on to the pier she drove off where she sees the abandoned carnival grounds. In fact this is really Alex's soul climbing out of the water and on to the pier. The whole part between the crash and the twist at the end is really what we think is reality that slowly turns into what is actual reality.This is how I understand or interpreted it. CARNIVAL OF SOULS is really a thinking man's horror movie. You have to pay close attention to certain parts of the dialog to grasp what certain phrases actually refer to. Many plot elements are not presented in a very straightforward manner so it requires a long attention to figure out the plot.Overall, it's not the worst film I've endured. I also agree that the original is way better. But since this film strayed from the original I didn't really try to make comparisons.There is also an unofficial German remake entitled YELLA which is also better. and had it been an official remake it would be considered the more faithful of the two.

colin flowerday carnival of souls what an insult to the original 1962 masterpiece this film is rotten to the core about as interesting as watching Anne Robinson on the weakest link, the film should have been canned before its release its sad they could not have remade a sequel to the 1962 original as you are gripped by that films scary scenes as no other movie does. I'm not going to waste my time here talking about crap like this I've put my copy of it on the drawer away not to be seen ever again. Don't WATCH IT as its trash so go out and buy carnival of souls sit back late one evening on your own no lights on and be ready to be scared out of your life i love the original movie it cant be beaten unlike this garbage movie, whats up with Herc Harvey he directed the 1962 original why has he made this movie that is rubbish cant he go back to the original idea and bring our friend from 1962 back to scare us to death once more? the more i look at carnival of souls 1998 the more shocked i am that Herc Harvey could churn out garbage like this why the hell didn't he make a sequel to the 1962 masterpiece? there are awful movies this one is the pits. CARNIVAL OF SOULS 1998 YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK MOVIE.................GOODBIE! -9999,9999,9999,9999,9999.

skip6810 I think that this is without a doubt the worst movie i have ever seen Whatever happened to the Nightmare On Elm St brilliance? Freddy is the king!!. I can honestly say that there is nothing at all worthwhile about this movie. Sorta creepy in a way but only for a short while. I have never turned off a movie before the end ever .. until now Wat was Wes Craven doing at the time i will never know - in fact I'm starting to think he didn't direct it at all - Not with the brilliance of Freddy Kruger could he achieve this masterpiece of crap Risk watching it if u are incredibly bored and even then i still wouldn't watch it