TV Dinners brings the community together at Foodhall, creating a space for film, food, and conversation to be shared. With its Public Access Series this spring, TV Dinners is digging down into the crates of public domain film and bringing some of the best to the screen in their lovely community living room – along with a vegan dinner, hot drinks, and popcorn.
In Carnival of Souls (1962), a young woman (Candace Hilligoss) in a small Kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion.
Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget, this eerily effective B-movie classic was intended to have “the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau” – and, with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score, it succeeds. Herk Harvey’s macabre masterpiece gained a cult following on late-night television and continues to inspire filmmakers today.
Doors 6pm, food 6:30pm, film 7pm
- Words by
- Joe Harris