“The world is so different in daylight. But in the dark, your fantasies get so out of hand. In the daylight, everything falls back into place again.”
Belfast International Horror Festival teams up with The Strand for a screening of Herk Harvey’s Carnival of Souls (1962) at the Harland & Wolff Staff Club as part of the festival’s cult classic strand.
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.’
After the film a member of the festival’s team will lead a post screening discussion about the themes explored within the movie.
Tickets £6
Check out more events within this year’s Belfast International Horror Festival programme – bihf.co.uk/events/
(previously Dark Hedges Film Festival)
Getting to Harland and Wolff:
Address: 8-10 Dundela Ave, BT4 3BQ (not far from the Strand)
Buses: G1 10 min walk. 3 c/f/b 5 min walk.
Parking – no parking on Dundela Ave, park on Newtownards Road – less than 5 min walk
Rating 15
Running time 100
Genre None
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