It's hard to find a remake that actually does justice to the original,but this one is almost downright insulting.
Thre story has very little,if anything,to do with the one of the original.And whos idea was it to cast Larry Miller as the bad guy ?He is so terribly miscast.
One thing I noticed about all the positive reviews is that they say the movie should be considered a 'drama' instead of horror.Please tell me,why name it after a horror movie if it's supposed to be a drama ? I would never believe a 40 year old original could still outdo a modern remake but apparently it can.
Carnival of Souls
1998
Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery
Carnival of Souls
1998
Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery
Plot summary
A young woman is pursued in reality and in her subconscious by the sadistic carnival clown who raped and murdered her mother.
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one of the most pointless remakes ever
Oh no it's got "Wes Craven presents" in the title :(
The pits! God knows why Wes Craven insists on slapping his name on the front of drivel like this, it's only going to ruin his reputation.
I've not seen the first film that this was based on so I can't compare them.(please someone do the honors & tear this film to pieces)
Far too many prolonged dream sequences got me reaching for the fast forward button, characters you don't really care about, gorehounds will hate it & a naff ending just about sums this film up. one out of ten.
Avoid like the plague
CARNIVAL OF SOULS is a crude, ridiculously bad and ill-advised remake of the early '60s arthouse cult classic. Being a 1990s film, everything has to be now explained, so there are rapist clowns on the prowl and all kinds of nonsense assailing our uninteresting heroine. It's a badly-edited, poorly-scripted kind of movie that just kind of muddles along aimlessly, and the only surprise is just how young Shawnee Smith still looks a good decade after she appeared in the excellent remake of THE BLOB. As for this remake...avoid like the plague. Why Wes Craven had anything to do with it, I have no idea.