“It's funny… the world is so different in the daylight. In the dark, your fantasies get so out of hand. But in the daylight everything falls back into place again.” Carnival of Souls [Corridors of Evil] (Herk Harvey, 1962)
Mar
13
National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) looking around in wonder. DP: Maurice Prather.
A slice of teenage bravura is just enough for a couple of kids to #dare each other to a drag race. Hours after the car of one of them had plunged from a bridge into the murky waters below, Mary Henry resurfaces.
– Mary Henry
Carnival of Souls was Herk Harvey's sole feature length film. He's much better known – albeit mostly uncredited – for his short PSAs including Halloween Safety, ruining your kids' favourite holiday since 1977, and Shake Hands With Danger (1980).
You don't have to tell Three Finger Joe about taking no risks.