Herk Harvey’s 1962 masterpiece Carnival of Souls took us completely by surprise—despite the fact that Max had seen it probably a hundred times. We watched the Criterion Edition for this episode, and cannot recommend it highly enough: the transfer is absolutely remarkable, and allows the sharp edges of this masterwork of psychedelic, psychological horror cut you as they were meant to: deep and irrevocably, in the parts of yourself you’d always thought were safe…

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