History YMMV / CarnivalOfSouls

* SpecialEffectsFailures: In the last shot, featuring the car full of corpses being pulled out of the river, one of the dead girls obviously blinks -- egregiously, right as the camera is zooming in on the protagonist's face for TheReveal.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: In the last shot, featuring the car full of corpses being pulled out of the river, one of the dead girls obviously blinks -- egregiously, right as the camera is zooming in on the protagonist's face for TheReveal.

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: Modern audiences will ''immediately'' realize [[spoiler:Mary is in a DyingDream or DeadAllAlong when she stumbles out of the car wreck]] - never mind that this was one of ''the very first'' movies to employ this trick.

* ItWasHisSled: Mary was DeadAllAlong.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: [[invoked]] Modern audiences will ''immediately'' realize [[spoiler:Mary is in a DyingDream or DeadAllAlong when she stumbles out of the car wreck]] - never mind that this was one of ''the very first'' movies to employ this trick.

* AngstWhatAngst: Mary's attitude about the car accident and the other two girls.

* CultClassic: Largely forgotten after its initial run, it was rediscovered on late night TV, then got VindicatedByHistory via a 1989 re-release that earned it accolades from major film critics. The renewed attention was a bit of a surprise for everyone involved. Candace Hilligoss was intrigued by a newspaper headline in 1989 about a NoBudget movie from TheSixties that had gained a following, then when she started reading the article she was flabbergasted to learn it was ''Carnival of Souls''.

** JustifiedTrope, considering Mary's "condition" and mental state.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: In the last shot, featuring the car full of corpses being pulled out of the river, one of the dead girls obviously blinks -- egregiously, right as the camera is zooming in on the protagonist's face for TheReveal.

* VisualEffectsFailure: In the last shot, featuring the car full of corpses being pulled out of the river, one of the dead girls obviously blinks -- egregiously, right as the camera is zooming in on the protagonist's face for TheReveal.

* {{Squick}}: What the sex scene in the remake ultimately turns into, along with a heaping dose of NightmareFuel.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Don't like constant church organ music? ''Too bad.''.

* TheWoobie: Poor Mary really can't catch a break in the movie, as the world seems to crumble around her into a nightmare, and the reactions of those around her amount to bemused, unhelpful (though well-intentioned) questioning to outright disdain.

* CultClassic: Largely forgotten after its initial run, it became a late night TV favorite, then got VindicatedByHistory via a 1989 re-release that earned it attention from major film critics. The renewed attention was a bit of a surprise for everyone involved. Candace Hilligoss remembered being intrigued by a headline for a newspaper story in 1989 about a NoBudget movie from TheSixties that had gained a following, then when she started reading the article she was flabbergasted to learn it was ''Carnival of Souls''.

* {{Squick}}: What the sex scene in the remake ultimately turns into, along with a heaping dose of NightmareFuel.

* CompleteMonster: Louis, the BigBad from the remake.

* NightmareFuel: Much of the film, but especially the finale. Good luck sleeping.

* {{Squick}}: What the sex scene in the remake ultimately turns into, along with a heaping dose of HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

* FridgeHorror: The ''really'' scary thing about ''Carnival of Souls'' is what it implies about the afterlife. Forget [[FluffyCloudHeaven pearly gates and tunnels of light]]; when you die, you become a cackling ghoul who haunts the desolate and abandoned corners of the world.