KyleLicht The film Carnival of Souls was adequate. The only reason I watched it was because 1) I'll watch any movie and 2) the role of Shawnee Smith is present. I love Shawnee. She is an idol of mine especially after seeing "Becker" the brilliant TV show. Shawnee is perfect, she is a talented and beautiful actress whom is also, shown by this movie, a talented singer. She has it all. I haven't seen the original "Carnival of Souls" therefore I can't judge on that account. The film was pretty confusing, strange and generally creepy. The concept was fairly well and the acting was pretty average. On that note, actors such as Shawnee, Bobbie (the actress that played the main character) and whoever played Louis the clown were great actors and played their roles tremendously. The minor characters weren't very great a what they did but the main characters made all the difference. I didn't quite like the ending of the movie whereas it lacked a climax. The entire movie was also disturbing and rather confusing. I could easily abide through the boring scenes and confusing parts of the movie but truthfully, they could have done better. Although the flashbacks kept the movie alive and helped advance the plot. There were some interesting and even funny quotes in the movie, also some odd. One I was rather shocked to hear was, "Oh we're not gonna put the makeup on my face this time." What? But some quotes I liked, such as "Do you know what girls are made of? Sugar and spice and all things *checks her our* nice." I got some good laughs out of this movie. But truthfully, it wasn't a good movie. Then again, the quotes and Shawnee Smith's amazing performance made the movie semi-good. Plus the antagonist, Louis the Clown, was one bad@ss character. Therefore I give this movie a solid five out of ten.

stalkingwolf83 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.

amycrd After "Fear Of Clowns" this is the worst film I have ever had the misfortune to see.It narrowly beat "Fear Of Clowns" in that I forced myself to watch it through to the end. I wish I hadn't wasted valuable minutes of my life in doing so.Like many of you, I was tricked into watching it by the association with Wes Craven. Needless to say, I will not be tricked in the same fashion again.Very poor. So poor, that I remembered its name after all this time. This film is memorable only in its level of ineptitude.

skip6810 I think that this is without a doubt the worst movie i have ever seen Whatever happened to the Nightmare On Elm St brilliance? Freddy is the king!!. I can honestly say that there is nothing at all worthwhile about this movie. Sorta creepy in a way but only for a short while. I have never turned off a movie before the end ever .. until now Wat was Wes Craven doing at the time i will never know - in fact I'm starting to think he didn't direct it at all - Not with the brilliance of Freddy Kruger could he achieve this masterpiece of crap Risk watching it if u are incredibly bored and even then i still wouldn't watch it