Articles of category "Carnival of souls"

The most ferocious thing about New York-based metal quintet Carnival of Souls is not the cinema-inspired gothic imagery of its stage-show and videos. Carnival of Souls' standout blend of fury and melody recently earned the top slot in Hit Parader Magazine's Reality HP Contest. Carnival of Souls is a perfect blend of old school authenticity and new school aggressiveness. Imagine a twisted merging of Metallica, Disturbed and early-Crue and you begin to get an idea of how intense these guys are!

The "Carnival of Souls" film is an odd, obscure horror flick that was made on a low budget in 1962 in Lawrence, Kan., and still has an intriguing power. The movie is being revived in art houses around the country for Halloween, and it's possible that it plays better today than when it was released. It's impossible to know whether this movie was seen by such directors as David Lynch or George Romero. But in the way it shows the horror beneath the surface of placid small-town life, it suggests "Blue Velvet," and a shot of dead souls at an abandoned amusement park reminded me of the lurching undead in "Night of the Living Dead."