{"id":40265,"date":"2023-03-16T09:50:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=40265"},"modified":"2023-03-16T09:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:50:18","slug":"carnival-of-souls-in-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/03\/16\/carnival-of-souls-in-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Souls in COLOR!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Carnival of Souls in COLOR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52750398842\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52750398842_3071fb4504_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Carnival of Souls in COLOR\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I recently did <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/08\/20\/product-tampering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article<\/a> about my thoughts on the once controversial subject of colorizing old black and white films. I never knew what all the fuss was about because it wasn&#8217;t like the original was destroyed in favor of the newly colored copy. The original black and white versions of these films were always readily available whether it was on videocassette, DVD or online somewhere. The same can&#8217;t be said about a 1977 theatrical cut of <em>Star Wars<\/em> although you could <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/star.-wars.-despecialized.-edition.-v-2.5.-sc-38\/Star.Wars.Despecialized.Edition.V2.5.SC38%26DeletedScenes(5.1).m2ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">look here<\/a>.<!--more--><br \/>\n<a title=\"Carnival of Souls in COLOR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52751341905\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52751341905_96dbb6db97_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Carnival of Souls in COLOR\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I caught part of the colorized version of <em>Carnival of Souls<\/em> &#8212; a film I&#8217;ve always liked &#8212; and decided that I needed a physical copy of this version. I managed to snag an excellent copy on DVD that features both a nice, crisp transfer of the original black and white version along with the colorized version. It looks as if special care was taken during the colorization. It adds to the dream-like quality of the film. Inexplicably my DVD features a jokey commentary track from one of the guys from <em>Mystery Science Theater 3000<\/em>, but fortunately that can be turned off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently did an article about my thoughts on the once controversial subject of colorizing old black and white films. I never knew what all the fuss was about because it wasn&#8217;t like the original was destroyed in favor of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/03\/16\/carnival-of-souls-in-color\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5084],"tags":[5588,5589,645,76,5590],"class_list":["post-40265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-on-tv","tag-carnival-of-souls","tag-colorized","tag-dvd","tag-horror","tag-whats-on-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-atr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34898,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/08\/20\/product-tampering\/","url_meta":{"origin":40265,"position":0},"title":"Product Tampering","author":"Joe","date":"August 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a follow-up to my article regarding my declining ardor for streaming services. 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It IS cable television only with a LOT more commercials!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weird World of the Roku&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weird World of the Roku","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/weird-world-of-the-roku\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Untitled","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53361369840_0b0fb6c68d_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53361369840_0b0fb6c68d_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53361369840_0b0fb6c68d_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22453,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/07\/11\/that-vudu-you-do\/","url_meta":{"origin":40265,"position":2},"title":"That VUDU You Do","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"July 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I've always been a fan of Netflix and I've been a customer of theirs since 1999 back when they were DVD-by-mail only and had but one distribution center on the West Coast. Joining Netflix was a no-brainer back then considering the outrageous prices, paltry selections and, worst of all, late\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weird World of the Roku&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weird World of the Roku","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/weird-world-of-the-roku\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vudu-portal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vudu-portal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/vudu-portal.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/09\/08\/christmas-bytes\/","url_meta":{"origin":40265,"position":3},"title":"Christmas Bytes","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One Christmas morning some 30-odd years ago my Father snapped this photograph on his Sears-branded Pentax SLR as my brother unwrapped a Sears-branded Atari 2600 known as the Sears Video Arcade. In between my brother and me is the box for a small, portable, black-and-white TV that my Dad bought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Sears Video Arcade","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2172\/2303269638_154a49041f_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2172\/2303269638_154a49041f_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2172\/2303269638_154a49041f_b.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2172\/2303269638_154a49041f_b.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":815,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/12\/17\/santas-startling-confession\/","url_meta":{"origin":40265,"position":4},"title":"Santa&#8217;s Startling Confession","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This was my Christmas card from 1995 when the airwaves were filled with the likes of Jerry, Sally, Leeza, Maurie, etc. and their carnival of guests who would gleefully bare their wretched souls to hooting and hollering audiences. This was done with brush and ink on paper. I think this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawer Cards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Xmas-1995","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Xmas-1995.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37677,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/02\/everything-is-better-than-star-wars\/","url_meta":{"origin":40265,"position":5},"title":"Everything is Better than Star Wars","author":"Joe","date":"June 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a scan of an insert from the DVD package of Shock Waves, a movie originally released the same year as Star Wars which also starred Peter Cushing. 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