The Thousands

Carnival of Souls gets a bad rap as a B-grade horror flick. Sure, it was shot for peanuts over three weeks at an abandoned amusement park back in 1962. Yeah, the cast is full of nobodies and the director never made another film. But David Lynch and George Romero both cite this surreal thriller as a major influence. It did ‘twists’ before M. Night Shyamalan ruined them for everybody. And now you can watch the whole thing with a seven-piece orchestra and live actors, a la Rocky Horror. Sweet.