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Carnival of Souls (1998) -- As a child, a young woman witnessed her mother's murder. Since then, she has suffered from terrible visions of the crime and the killer. One day, to her terror, the killer returns, and he soon draws her into a cat and mouse game with deadly stakes.
Carnival of Souls (1998) -- A young girl witnesses the brutal rape and murder of her mother by a circus clown and begins to have nightmares when the carnival comes back to town when she is an adult.
Carnival of Souls (1998) -- A young girl witnesses the brutal rape and murder of her mother by a circus clown and begins to have nightmares when the carnival comes back to town when she is an adult.

Overview

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3.3/10   1,135 votes
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Writers (WGA):
John Clifford (story)
Adam Grossman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 August 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
Enter... if you dare. more
Plot:
A young girl witnesses the brutal rape and murder of her mother by a circus clown and begins to have nightmares when the carnival comes back to town when she is an adult. full summary | add synopsis
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User Reviews:
A pale imitation of the original... more (76 total)

Cast

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Bobbie Phillips ... Alex Grant

Shawnee Smith ... Sandra Grant

Larry Miller ... Louis Seagram

Paul Johansson ... Michael
Cleavant Derricks ... Sid

Henry G. Sanders ... Officer Soby
Brendan Dillon ... Henry
Anna K. McKown ... Elaine Grant (as Anna Kristen McKown)
Raquel Beaudene ... Young Alex Grant
Tiffanie Ann Taylor ... Young Sandra Grant

Joseph S. Griffo ... Photographer

Robert LaSardo ... Candyman (as Robert A. LaSardo)
Mark Paskell ... Clown
Ellen Albertini Dow ... Mrs. Meltzer
Andrew Craig ... Worker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wes Craven Presents 'Carnival of Souls'
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence/terror, a strong sex scene and language.
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | Spain:18
Company:
Trimark Pictures more

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Alex Grant: [to Sandra about Louis] I know it sounds impossible, but I know he's here. more
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Remake of Carnival of Souls (1962) more

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9 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
A pale imitation of the original..., 23 July 2001
Author: mizuno68 (rwd627@netzero.net) from Tampa, FL

Spare yourself and see Herk Harvey's original film. The director's cut is particularly good. This movie loses the ideas of the original, and I'm sorry, but Larry Miller is not menacing. I'm not sure whose idea it was to try to 'reimagine' this movie, but it certainly doesn't work on any level. If I hadn't seen the original, I would have been very confused by what they were trying to say with this one.

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How could the film makers have NOT noticed- bldbathory
Clowns *shudder* FydollaHo
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