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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 215178" data-attributes="member: 8">I think my favourite kind of horror is the one that has the right amount of additional emotions (sadness, despair) rather than just being frightening.That&#039;s why CARRIE always works for me - it&#039;s not only the supernatural and death scenes, but also the hatred and guilt inside the White&#039;s house, and not all horror movie makers manage to create that kind of atmosphere.The female lead in CARNIVAL OF SOULS is not a lovely damsel in distress, and I think they made the right decision because it kinda makes you wonder whether she deserves it or not, which makes it a less straightforward experience.CARNIVAL also doesn&#039;t have a strong sense of POV, we&#039;re not looking with the character but at the character - which is exactly what gives it that &quot;alien&quot; feel (imo).I&#039;m not saying that this kind of &quot;distance&quot; between the viewer and that what happens on screen works for every horror movie but in this case it helps increasing that otherwordly atmosphere.One of the cheap special effects used in this movie is speeding up some of the sequences, like when she was moving furniture and closing the curtains and whatnot, filmed from the other side of the window, we only see the fast moving shadows, and it&#039;s a creepy kind of hysteria.But even if it isn&#039;t a creepy movie then it&#039;s still a very beautiful movie - and the picture quality is simply amazing, especially for a YouTube upload.I should also mention Sidney Berger who plays the horny/hostile neighbour - according to imdb he&#039;s only done two &quot;Carnival Of Souls&quot; movies, and that itself is also a little unsettling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 215178, member: 8"] I think my favourite kind of horror is the one that has the right amount of additional emotions (sadness, despair) rather than[I] just[/I] being frightening. That's why CARRIE always works for me - it's not only the supernatural and death scenes, but also the hatred and guilt inside the White's house, and not all horror movie makers manage to create that kind of atmosphere. The female lead in CARNIVAL OF SOULS is not a lovely damsel in distress, and I think they made the right decision because it kinda makes you wonder whether she deserves it or not, which makes it a less straightforward experience. CARNIVAL also doesn't have a strong sense of POV, we're not looking with the character but [I]at[/I] the character - which is exactly what gives it that "alien" feel (imo). I'm not saying that this kind of "distance" between the viewer and that what happens on screen works for every horror movie but in this case it helps increasing that otherwordly atmosphere. One of the cheap special effects used in this movie is speeding up some of the sequences, like when she was moving furniture and closing the curtains and whatnot, filmed from the other side of the window, we only see the fast moving shadows, and it's a creepy kind of hysteria. But even if it[I] isn't[/I] a creepy movie then it's still a very beautiful movie - and the picture quality is simply amazing, especially for a YouTube upload. I should also mention Sidney Berger who plays the horny/hostile neighbour - according to imdb he's only done two "Carnival Of Souls" movies, and that itself is[I] also[/I] a little unsettling. [/QUOTE]

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