This movie is just a rip-off of the Rod Serling Twilight Zone "Hitch-Hiker" episode that aired a year before this movie

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Carnival of Souls

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mitchellfinesod — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 03:28 PM)

This movie is just a rip-off of the Rod Serling Twilight Zone "Hitch-Hiker" episode that aired a year before this movie was made. The only reason this movie was made was because the director had $30,000 to spend and was fascinated with an abandoned carnival he saw in Utah.

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Opinion02122 — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 10:57 PM)

I agree. And in my opinion, very poorly done! I can't imagine why anyone would like this film.

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CromeRose — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 02:29 PM)

I agree. And in my opinion, very poorly done! I can't imagine why anyone would like this film.
Well, there's your problem right there in your words "I can't imagine" - you see? You have no imagination. This film is an extremely cleverly made psychological terror trip shot on a pittance over three weeks with a five-person crew and local cast. It's way creepier than anything in the current run of jump-scare, loud orchestral hit schlock that passes for horror.

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quumpher — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 04:14 PM)

Agreed.

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By-TorX-1 — 9 years ago(December 16, 2016 04:28 AM)

Yeah! The film is an atmosperic marvel.
Best films ever:
Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a Train
Snakes on a Crane
Snakes on Mark Twain

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brett-horvath — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 10:58 PM)

Or its just based off the same Urban Legend (the vanishing hitchhiker) but even still the ghouls are way creeper and a lot more different, it's set in a creepy carnival and a town not a highway.

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DonnieBaker — 1 year ago(September 11, 2024 10:10 PM)

It's not a rip-off. It's more of a fleshed-out version of a similar story.
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