A small performance stage with a microphone stand in front of a black backdrop displaying the words “International Tampa Fringe” in large, bold letters, illuminated by stage lights. Several empty chairs are arranged in the foreground facing the stage.
Tampa Fringe Festival 2025 is in Ybor City, Florida from June 11-22, 2025. Credit: c/o Tampa Fringe

If you’re tired of seeing “Weapons” or blockbuster remakes on the big screen, Tampa Fringe has your new scary watch. 

The company known for hosting rising performers at Tampa Fringe Festival, screens the 1962 movie “Carnival of Souls” next week as part of its “Frightful Film Fundraiser.”

The 120-minute movie is about Mary Henry, who ends up as the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to leave it all behind, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist, but starts to see visions of a fiendish man. As the visions grow, Mary is drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. 

Later screenings for the Frightful Film Fundraiser include “The Last Man on Earth” (1964), “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), and “Little Shop of Horrors” (1986).

For more information, go to their tampafringe.org or find @tampafringe on Instagram and Facebook.

Tickets are for The Frightful Film Fundraiser: Carnival of Souls happening on Friday, Sept. 19 in Ybor City are still available for $10.


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