Carnival of Souls (1998)
I'd never bothered with this in the past due to it being a remake of an all time classic horror film and it having quite awful reviews. However i have to admit i was pleasantly surprised.
Whilst my familiarity with the original meant i knew exactly what was playing out here, this version, produced by Wes Craven was also sufficiently different to maintain interest with it's sexual abuse sub plot, creepy clowns and Hellraiser Cenobite style imagery, giving you more actual horror than the atmospheric eeriness provided by Herk Harvey.
Bobbie Phillips is fine in the Candace Hiligoss role as is Shawnee Smith as her sister, in a film which is a re-imagining of the 1962 shocker rather than a straight up remake.
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