Anecdotes for
Carnival of Souls (1962)

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• The backdrop is the Saltair Amusement Park outside Salt Lake City.
  
  
• The Saltair that appears in the film actually burned down in the early '70s. In the early-'80s another version of Saltair was rebuilt, although it's a much smaller design. Shortly after it was built, the Great Salt Lake rose and flooded it out. In 1993, the building was remodeled and reopened, now it's mainly used as a small venue for musical acts.
  
  
• Director Herk Harvey and writer John Clifford both waived their earnings in order to get the film made under the initially miniscule $17,000 budget.
  
  

• Filmed in three weeks.
  
  
• The damage to the bridge in the opening scene of the film cost Herk Harvey $17.
  
  
• The original cut of the film ran 84 minutes but was cut down to 75 minutes by drive-in owners in order to accommodate more showings.
  
  
• This film was shot on location in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in Lawrence, Kansas, with interior shots at the Centron Studios in Lawrence. Centron was an industrial film company, producing industrial and educational films and "social guidance" short subjects in the 1950s into the 1960s. Most of this film's technical staff, including director Herk Harvey and screenwriter John Clifford, were Centron employees.
  
  
• Film debut of Candace Hilligoss.
  
  

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